Crime Victims Assistance Program (CVAP) Counselling
in Langley, BC and Beyond.

Crime Victims Assistance Program (CVAP) Counselling

If you’re looking for CVAP counselling in Langley, BC, Pacific Pines Wellness provides compassionate, trauma-informed therapy for survivors and eligible witnesses of violent crime. Through British Columbia’s Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP), eligible clients may receive financial coverage for counselling services.

At Pacific Pines Wellness, we understand that the effects of trauma can continue long after the event itself. You may be experiencing anxiety, hypervigilance, sleep difficulties, grief, fear, difficulty trusting others, or feeling disconnected from yourself and your everyday life. Therapy can provide a safe, supportive space to process your experience and work toward greater emotional safety and stability.

Our Langley counsellors can help you navigate the emotional impact of violent crime with individualized, trauma-informed care. For eligible CVAP clients, direct billing may be available with no top up fees, helping make access to counselling simpler and more affordable.

Whether you’re seeking trauma counselling in Langley, support after experiencing a violent crime, or counselling through CVAP, Pacific Pines Wellness is here to support you at your own pace.

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CVAP Counselling in Langley BC

Our Trauma Informed Approach to Therapy

We believe therapy should be more than simply talking about what happened. Our approach is trauma-informed, collaborative, and individualized to your needs, experiences, and goals.

Trauma can affect the way you think, feel, relate to others, and respond to the world around you. You may understand that you are safe now, while your body and nervous system continue to react as though the danger is still present. Therapy can help you understand these responses, develop greater emotional regulation, and build a stronger sense of safety within yourself.

Together, we may work on:

  • Understanding your nervous system and the ways trauma can influence your thoughts, emotions, and physical responses.
  • Building safety and trust so you have a supportive space to explore difficult experiences at a pace that feels manageable.
  • Developing coping and regulation skills to help with anxiety, overwhelm, intrusive thoughts, sleep difficulties, and emotional distress.
  • Processing difficult experiences when you feel ready, without pressure to revisit details before you have the tools and stability to do so.
  • Strengthening relationships and boundaries by exploring trust, communication, attachment, and patterns that may have changed following trauma.
  • Reconnecting with yourself and rebuilding confidence, choice, and a sense of control in your life.

You don’t have to have everything figured out before starting therapy. We meet you where you are and work together toward the changes that matter most to you. Healing isn’t about forgetting what happened, it’s about helping you feel more grounded, empowered, and connected to the life you want to live.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP) is a British Columbia government program that provides financial assistance to eligible victims of violent crime. This assistance can include funding for counselling and other support services following a traumatic experience.

No. You do not necessarily need to have reported the crime to police to apply for CVAP assistance. However, the program may require certain information or documentation to determine eligibility.

If you are approved for counselling through CVAP, Pacific Pines Wellness can direct-bill the program for eligible sessions. This means you may not need to pay for covered counselling services out of pocket.

Sessions are 50 minutes in length, which allows enough time for meaningful conversation.

Counselling can help you process the emotional and psychological effects of trauma. Depending on your needs, therapy may address anxiety, fear, hypervigilance, grief, sleep difficulties, PTSD symptoms, relationship challenges, emotional regulation, and rebuilding a sense of safety and trust.

CVAP may provide assistance to eligible victims of violent crime, as well as certain family members and witnesses. Eligibility is determined by the Crime Victim Assistance Program.

The first step is to connect with us for a consultation. We can discuss what you’re looking for, answer questions about CVAP counselling, and help you understand the process of accessing covered services. You don’t have to navigate it alone.