About Cascade
Who We Are
Cascade Christian Counselling offers a caring, faith-based approach to helping you move towards healing.
Built upon evidence-based therapeutic approaches and rooted in God’s Word, Cascade Christian Counselling aims to be faith-affirming and supportive. We are ready to help you deal with anxiety, depression, grief and loss, marital issues and more. All of our therapists have the appropriate education and experience, and work from a Christian worldview, utilizing their own faith to lead their efforts in the counselling process. We serve the lower mainland from our offices in Surrey, Abbotsford and Chilliwack, and also provide counselling in Smithers, BC.
What is Christian Counselling?
At Cascade, we define Christian counselling as counselling that is rooted in evidence-based therapeutic approaches that include the Christian faith. This is done through the therapist’s dedication as a Christian, the use of prayer for clients inside or outside the therapy room, and any client directed use of scripture and faith-based discussion. The power of Christ is present to heal and produce lasting change, and from our perspective, essential in the work of healing. In a practical sense, we aim to use the truth of God in counselling as it is received and understood from God’s work and God’s Word. The truth of God’s work (our evidence from the world) is found in evidence-based therapeutic approaches, and the truth of God’s Word is found in the Bible and the work of the Holy Spirit, through Jesus Christ.
Christian counselling is for everyone. We welcome individuals of all or no faiths, although Christian counselling at Cascade means that the counsellors are Christians and will work from a Christian worldview. Our therapists will utilize their own faith to lead their efforts in the counselling process, but our client-centered approach means that your counsellor will respect your perspective and that you will lead in the process of including (or not including) aspects of your faith. While our focus is working with Christians in a faith-affirming context, we find that those of any faith appreciate working with a counsellor with a spiritual perspective. Our hope is that you will feel cared for, heard, and deeply understood.
our non-profit mandate
Accessible Counselling
Cascade is a non-profit organization that has been in operation for over 40 years. With a mission to “provide psychologically valid Christian Counselling and consulting services to the whole community,” we raise funds in order to provide lower session fees to those who can’t afford to get the help they need. If finances are something that would stop you from seeking counselling help, please get in touch or find out more about our session fees.
Our Name & Logo
Healing change requires movement and progression.Our Name and Logo have symbolic meaning for the process of change in counselling and the faith that roots our practice. The name “Cascade” is evocative of moving water cascading along a brook or river, an image we love of life and change and progress. The three wave-like rings in the logo symbolize the importance of the Trinity: Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. Water is also symbolic of the Holy Spirit who guides us in our endeavours to walk through the healing process. The green and blue colours are symbolic of the truth of God’s work in the world (green), and the truth of God’s Word from the Holy Spirit (blue).
