Counselling & Mental Health Support in Victoria, BC

Alight Counselling offers in-person and online counselling and specializes in relationship issues; understanding and working with emotional triggers; healing wounds from childhood trauma and youth bullying; women’s issues, including low self-esteem, perfectionism, burnout, self-criticism, and body image issues; mental health issues, including anxiety and depression; and generally supports folks on their personal growth and development journey.

Marlie Philp, Registered Therapeutic Counsellor, is the owner and founder of Alight Counselling, and is based out of Victoria, BC, Canada.

Alight Counselling works with folks who…

• Experience feelings of anxiety, depression, low self-esteem or negative self-talk

• Have difficulty coping with stress or overwhelm of daily life

• Seem to “have it all” but still feel a sense of dissatisfaction, like “something is missing”

• Struggle to feel “like themselves”, experience social anxiety, or find it difficult to be their authentic self with others

• Have experienced childhood trauma or negative effects from past relationships

• Want to heal emotional wounds and experience more self-love and self-compassion

• Repeat the same patterns of behaviour in relationships or have an insecure attachment style

• Struggle with emotional regulation, anger management or communication skills

• Are navigating relationship issues, including personality differences, ineffective communication, infidelity, unproductive conflict, and discrepancy in sexual desire

• Want to lead a more authentic, happy, satisfying life