Registered Social Worker · MSW, RSW
Counselling and coaching in White Rock and Surrey
For adults of all ages, including seniors, with anxiety, depression, or feeling weighed down by a history of past events. In person, by video or by phone.
No cost. No obligation to carry on.
Meet Lorraine
Whatever hardship, trauma or pain has happened in your life, your journey has brought you to this point along your life path.
Lorraine Hall is a Registered Social Worker with over 30 years of clinical experience. Previously, she was a Clinical Coordinator in Mental Health and was also the Director of Perinatal Social Work at Grace Hospital, now known as BC Women’s Health Centre. She has worked in health care in both Canada and the United States, with a background in two professions, nursing and social work.
She works with adults of all ages, individually, as couples, and in groups.
What Lorraine helps with
Anxiety
When feelings of fear and worry are excessive and out of proportion to the situation and the mind will not switch off, with intrusive thoughts, increased heart rate, trouble breathing and sleeping and similar difficulties.
Depression
Flatness, exhaustion, persistent feelings of sadness, emptiness, and a loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities and often includes a sense of guilt or shame that it’s your fault.
Trauma and PTSD
Trauma is not what happened to you, it’s what happened inside of you because of what happened to you. Post traumatic stress can be intrusive memories, avoidance, negative changes in thinking and mood and in physical and emotional reactions.
She also works with grief, stress, anger, self esteem, life transitions, relationship difficulties, spirituality, and the questions that come with getting older. See the full list.
How she works
Lorraine uses resilience oriented, trauma informed engagement, compassionate inquiry, and positive reframing; a solution focused, strength based approach, with mindful body-based self regulation tools.
The aim is the root of the problem rather than the symptoms on the surface. Unresolved trauma is still an under-explored risk factor in both mental and physical health.
As much as we want change, we often resist the very change we need. Your part in this process is crucial to your healing journey, which is to be as kind to yourself as possible. Sometimes that is the hardest part.
30+
years of clinical experience
25+
years as Clinical Coordinator in Mental Health and Director of Perinatal Social Work
MSW
University of British Columbia
RSW
registered with the BC College of Social Workers
Fees
Free consultation
15 minutes by video or phone. A chance to talk about what is going on and whether working together makes sense.
Individual session
$150 for 60 minutes. A sliding scale is available, when conditions apply.
Couple session
$170 for 60 minutes. Payment by cash or e-transfer.
Lorraine has strong clinical insights and wisdom in her work with clients which is informed by her many years of experience in the field.
Pierre Imlay, Registered Social Worker
Start with a short call
Fifteen minutes by video or phone, no cost, and no obligation to go further. Monday and Wednesday appointments.
If you need help right now
This website is not a crisis service. If you are in distress and need to speak to someone today, the Fraser Health Crisis Line is open 24 hours a day, every day: 604-951-8855 or toll free 1-877-820-7444.
If you are having thoughts of suicide, or you are worried about someone else, call or text 9-8-8 at any time.
If there is immediate danger, call 9-1-1.