Cranbrook, BC Counsellor
Joanna Copeland-Butt

Registered Clinical Counsellor

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more powerful than the risk it took to blossom.”

Anais Ninn

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Counsellor Joanna Copeland Butt

Hi, I’m Joanna.

Hello and welcome! I’m Joanna and I am glad you reached out today.

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor with a master’s degree and advanced professional training. After more than 28 years in the business sector I began a new career as a counsellor in 2015, bringing both professional depth and over five decades of lived experience to my work.

My approach is deeply informed by my own counselling journey, which began in midlife as I worked to heal childhood trauma, anxiety, and self‑defeating beliefs. My therapy journey shaped my compassionate, direct but grounded style and inspired me to support others in creating meaningful, lasting change.

Working with anxiety, trauma, ADHD are specialties. I enjoy supporting those who have relationships with emotionally immature loved ones, and I am passionate about supporting women in perimenopause and menopause.

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My practice is informed by compassionate curiosity and a client centered approach that is a blend of heart and science.

After working in a residential addiction treatment facility for over five years I opened Wise&Kind Counselling Ltd. in 2020 and remain committed to continuous, evidence-based professional development. My work is informed by professional training in IFS, CBT, DBT, trauma informed practice, polyvagal theory, and interpersonal neurobiology among other modalities. My practice is also informed by the work of Lindsay Gibson, PsyD, author of Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents.

I am the mother of an adult child, wife of over 30 years, devoted dog Mum, avid paddle boarder, book clubber, home cook, Lego enthusiast, and lover of world travels who hails from Newfoundland but has called Cranbrook home for over 25 years.

Gibson, L. C. (2015). Adult children of emotionally immature parents: How to heal from distant, rejecting, or self-involved parents. New Harbinger Publications.

Education

  • Gonzaga University, Master of Counselling, 2015.
  • Memorial University of Newfoundland, Bachelor of Arts (Hons), 1995.
  • Memorial University of Newfoundland, Bachelor of Arts, 1994.

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