About Finu Cherian, MC, RCC
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor and trauma therapist in Vancouver offering individual counselling for adults with a focus on childhood trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), complex PTSD, grief, and long-standing emotional struggles connected to trauma, shame, and loss.
Before becoming a counsellor, I spent close to 30 years working in medical research, including global leadership roles. My work required me to solve problems, manage complexity, and make high-stakes decisions.
I bring my research and leadership experience into the way I think, listen, and practise counselling today.
In my work with clients, I combine compassion, clinical insight, careful attention, curiosity, and a strong focus on healing.
I believe that my purpose in life is to help others heal.
Why Did I Become a Counsellor?
If you had met me a few years ago, on the surface, I was a successful Project Leader in medical research who knew how to perform under pressure, meet expectations, and appear to have everything under control.
But underneath, I was dealing with unresolved trauma, grief, and caregiver burnout.
Counselling helped me understand my experiences, reconnect with myself, and become true to who I am.
Through counselling, I realized that my purpose in life is to be of service.
That experience motivated me to pursue a Master of Counselling and begin the work I do today.
Who Am I As a Counsellor?
I am attuned and observant, with a strong sense of what is happening underneath the surface.
In our work together, I pay close attention to the details of your experience and see you in your wholeness, including your strengths, challenges, beliefs, culture, spiritual needs, relationships, and life experiences.
Together, we can explore root causes, the beliefs you have formed about yourself that are no longer true or helpful, and what you need in order to heal.
I continually seek knowledge to improve myself as a human being and as a counsellor.
My Credentials
Education
• Master of Counselling
• Bachelor of Science, Chemistry
Training
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Emotionally-focused Individual Therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
• Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy
• Narrative Therapy
• Polyvagal Theory
• Rogerian / Person-Centered Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
Ready to Feel More Like Yourself Again?
I invite you to reach out for compassionate, in-depth support.