About Donetta

Daye holds a Master's degree in Counselling Psychology, a second Master's in Anthropology, and a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology and Religious Studies.  She is also a certified Level Three Guide with the Sea Kayak Guides Alliance of B.C. and has 17 years of experience facilitating wilderness leadership and eco-therapy programs with children, youth, and adults. 

Daye is a Canadian Certified Counsellor (C.C.C.) with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, and before coming to Seahorse Counselling, was a full-time Clinical Counsellor with the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, serving Ahousaht, Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ, Kyuquot/Checleseht, Ehattesaht, and Nuchatlaht First Nations.  She has seven years of experience in the "helping field", including with mental health crisis lines, as a senior facilitator with Restorative Justice Victoria, and a clinical internship at Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health in Victoria.  

Works with: Adult individuals, children, preschool children, parent+child, first responders, First Nations. 

Areas/Issues: anxiety, depression, grief + loss, trauma, PTSD, self-harm, spirituality, intergenerational trauma, residential school 

Therapeutic Modalities: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Sand Tray Therapy, Expressive Play Therapy, Nature-Based Therapy, Art Therapy 

Funding/EFAP Programs: FNHA 

Certification/Training: CBT, DBT, Narrative Therapy, and Expressive Play Therapy

If you are interested in receiving counselling Daye, please click on the button below, or contact Daye at (250) 871-1184 or email donetta@seahorsecounselling.ca.