About Heart & Oak Therapy
Counsellors Who Get to the Heart of Your Issues
When you're struggling, you want help from someone you connect with - A therapist who gets you!
You also need a counsellor whose approach and skills get to the heart of your issues.
Our unique approach gives you insight and perspective beyond the surface of your problems, getting straight to the heart of what you’re really struggling with. With the right understanding, personalized tools, and effective guidance, you’ll feel relieved as you deal with your issues with newfound confidence and skill.
Meet Our Registered Clinical Counsellors
Will Bratt
Will Bratt is a dynamic counsellor with a passion for helping people feel more secure and at peace in their lives.
If you struggle with anxiety, relationship issues, parenting and family issues, or a history of trauma, he’s here to help you feel more empowered and at ease.
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“My experience with Will Bratt was right up there with the best of them. I'd never worked with a male counsellor before and I was a little leery at first, and I was amazed at how warm he was. He really made me feel safe. He helped me address my anxiety issues in a way no one ever has.” - Tessa
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If you’re looking for a therapist who is experienced, relatable, skillful, and warm, Will Bratt is the whole package. No matter what you’re seeking help for, Will shows up eager to make a difference. His nonjudgmental, lighthearted demeanor will help you feel comfortable and relaxed as you open up about the important things you’re struggling with.
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Will Bratt's counselling approach is conversational, laid back, and client-directed.
That means you only talk about what's important to you, and work toward goals that will actually make a difference in your life.
Will uses thoughtful questions to help you explore your concerns with a fresh perspective.
His approach helps you see your problems in a new light, and gives you insight into real tangible solutions that weren't clear before.
His calm, nonjudgmental demeanour helps you feel safe and at ease while you discuss experiences that might otherwise feel hard or overwhelming.
The new understandings that Will helps you gain allow you to feel more grounded, validated, and aware of what you can do to make things better.
Laura Brown
Laura Brown takes a lighthearted approach to helping you create lasting change in your life and relationships.
Her skillful approach to body image issues, anxiety, relationships, and chronic/reproductive health issues helps you see your strength and feel more confident.
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“I can't thank Laura enough for helping my girlfriend and I through a very difficult time. Her compassion for both of us came through right from the beginning. She articulated problems that we were unable to ourselves and provided insight that helped us work through the crisis point.” - David
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As a counsellor, Laura Brown is most passionate about helping you create satisfying, meaningful relationships - with yourself and others!
Whether you've been longing to connect more deeply with your partner, feel more secure in your relationship with your own body, or navigate challenges with chronic health issues, Laura wants to help you feel happier and more fulfilled.
As a skilled, dynamic counsellor in Victoria, BC, Laura helps you make the changes you've been longing to create in your life. Whether you struggle with self-esteem, anxiety, uncertainty, or worries, Laura's creative and lighthearted approach can help you finally feel more confident, secure, and happy. -
Laura Brown approaches all her therapeutic work in a genuine and lighthearted way. As your therapist, she offers a warm, inviting, and safe environment to explore the issues that are most important to you.
Although your problems may feel heavy and serious, therapy doesn't always have to.
In your therapeutic conversations, Laura turns the volume way up on your strengths.Her approach helps you feel inspired, hopeful, and motivated to take positive action.
She works in ways that uphold your dignity and sense of self, strengthen your connection to your inner-resources, and explore real solutions that fit within your unique life.
Will uses thoughtful questions to help you explore your concerns with a fresh perspective.
His approach helps you see your problems in a new light, and gives you insight into real tangible solutions that weren't clear before.
His calm, nonjudgmental demeanour helps you feel safe and at ease while you discuss experiences that might otherwise feel hard or overwhelming.
The new understandings that Will helps you gain allow you to feel more grounded, validated, and aware of what you can do to make things better.
See Your Problems For What They Are
Traditional mainstream therapists focus on determining what is wrong with you in an attempt to resolve your problems.
This involves assessing the way you think and feel, and framing your thoughts and feelings as symptoms of disorders.
This tired, old approach treats you as though your feelings are the problem, and that the cure lies in simply thinking differently.
Let's face it: If it was that easy, you wouldn't be here right now.
The reality is, your life is made up of more than just thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.
You are a complex social being, linked to other people, family, community, and society at large. By ignoring this, traditional mainstream therapists can fail to help you understand the full context around your problems.
These outdated approaches make real longterm change difficult to achieve.
You deserve an Approach That Works
At Heart & Oak Therapy, we take pride in using progressive approaches to counselling.
We believe in looking beyond the surface of your problems, exploring all facets of your life, including how you relate to the world and how the world relates to you.
Using the best parts of Narrative Therapy and Evolutionary Psychology, our strong theoretical framework offers insights that help you feel a sense of mastery over problems that once felt overwhelming. This allows you to see your struggles with a fresh new perspective, and realize tangible solutions to make things better.
By taking a careful look at the rich context that makes up your life, we help you recognize your strengths and capacity to overcome adversity.
This fuller perspective makes space for you to see new possibilities and create change for good!
Counsellors Who Work for Social Change
Another shortcoming of mainstream therapies is that they fail to address important social issues that may contribute to your struggles.
Progressive therapists and activists have shown us that inequalities and injustices in our social world can have a direct relationship with your personal suffering.
Approaches that focus only on thoughts, feelings, and behaviours can leave you feeling alone and ashamed when your pain is in response to real experiences of harm and injustice.
As passionate therapists, we are dedicated to promoting healing beyond the individual level.
We help you recognize connections between the problems you experience and issues that exist within society.
Acknowledging the relationship between your struggles and social injustice helps you feel validated and is essential to addressing problems at their source.
Our approach connects your personal therapy to the bigger process of positive social change.