Maddy Laranjo – Clinical Counsellor – Registered Social Worker
I offer therapy for high-achievers navigating anxiety, perfectionism, disordered eating, body image challenges, relationship challenges, life transitions, and burnout. I help teens, athletes and adults challenge negative beliefs, soften their inner critic, and break free from overwhelming patterns that no longer serve them.
I believe that when we’re given the space to explore our inner world and past experiences, we can better understand the patterns, beliefs, and protective parts that have shaped our story and how we move through the world.
My approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded in the belief that healing happens through connection, safety, and regulation. With a background in Health and Exercise Sciences and competitive sport, I also view movement and nervous system regulation as a valuable tool for mental health and holistic well-being, and I often integrate this knowledge into my practice.
For disordered eating and body image support, I support clients in healing their relationship with food, movement, and their bodies through a non-diet and health at every size lens. As someone who has gone through eating disorder recovery myself, I understand the cycles of shame that keep us stuck and the emotional challenges that often arise throughout the recovery process. I also recognize how challenges with food, body image, and exercise are often intertwined with trauma, perfectionism, OCD, sport, and the influence of diet culture. With compassion and curiosity, I help clients untangle these patterns and move toward a more peaceful, trusting and understanding relationship with themselves.
Whether you’re navigating anxiety, daily stress, unresolved trauma, disordered eating, low self-esteem and feeling not like yourself, you don’t have to walk this path alone. I offer in-person counselling in Kelowna and virtual sessions across British Columbia! If you’re curious about working together, I invite you to book a free 15-minute consultation call or email me at [email protected].
Outside of counselling, I’m also a movement instructor, registered kinesiologist, and trail runner. My love for community movement, connection, and holistic well-being is at the heart of my everyday life!
Specialties – Issues:
- High-Achieving Anxiety
- Perfectionism, People-Pleasing
- Body Image & Self-Esteem
- Disordered Eating & Eating Disorders
- Binge Eating & Compulsive Exercise
- Sport Psychology & Mental Performance
- Nervous System Regulation & Burnout
- Life Transitions, Identity & Grief
- Relationship Challenges
Specialties – Modalities
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Polyvagal Theory
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
- Parts Work / IFS-Informed Therapy
- Somatic-Based Therapy
- Nervous System Regulation and Mindfulness-Based
- Motivational Interviewing/Life Coaching
Client focus: Youth (12+), Young Adults, Adults, Athletes
Cost per session: $150/individual 50 mins | $225/individual 85 mins
