Registered Clinical Counselling // East Kits & East Van

Find yourself again after heartbreak

Break ups don't define you, stop patterns that repeat them.

Is the Grief of This Ending Harder Than You Expected?

 

Let’s have a conversation about your experience and how I can help.

Breakups don’t always hurt in proportion to how long the relationship lasted — or how right it seemed on paper. Sometimes the loss of a relationship cuts to something deeper: a sense of who you were, what you believed about love, and who you hoped you might become.

The pain of a breakup can show up in ways that feel disorienting:

  • You replay conversations, looking for the moment it changed.
  • You feel relief and devastation at the same time — and don’t trust either.
  • You wonder whether you loved too much, or not enough.
  • You’ve been told to “move on” but don’t know how to actually do that.
  • You feel fine, then suddenly aren’t — and can’t explain why.

Heartbreak is not a failure of strength. The depth of a loss often reflects the depth of what you brought to it.

A Depth-Oriented Approach to Therapy for Break ups

“A relationship ending is rarely just about the other person — it often reopens something much older.”

We heal when we understand not just what we lost, but what we were carrying.

How the Work Unfolds

The work unfolds gradually. Together we begin to understand your anxiety and overthinking and create space for new ways of relating to your situation.

Make sense of what happened

Go beyond the story of the breakup itself. Explore what this relationship meant to you, why it held the weight it did, and what needs or hopes were alive in it.

Uncover your hidden beliefs and needs​

Uncover the attachment patterns, early relational wounds, or beliefs about love that may have shaped this relationship — and that quietly influence how you grieve.

Rebuild and move forward

Reconnect with a steadier sense of yourself — not the version of you defined by this relationship, but the one that was always there underneath it.

This work is for:

Find yourself again after heartbreak

Start the journey to understand what this ending is asking of you — and who you want to be on the other side of it.

Hi, I am Malahat

Therapy is not only a method. It is also a relationship.

Many of the patterns that bring people to therapy were once intelligent adaptations — ways of maintaining connection, avoiding hurt, or carrying responsibilities that once felt necessary.

Over time, these strategies can begin to limit your freedom in relationships.

In therapy, we explore these patterns with curiosity rather than judgment. Often, change begins when long-standing expectations about relationships are gently challenged by a different experience.

What you will find in our work together is a space that is:

 

• thoughtful

• emotionally grounded
• attentive to complexity

I focus on your goals and plans.

Learn more about me.


Working with me

Individual sessions are $165 for 55 minutes. Most extended health plans cover sessions with a Registered Clinical Counsellor — check with your provider to confirm your coverage.  


Not sure if we’re a good fit? Start with a free 15-minute call — no commitment required.

I am specialized in depth-oriented and attachment-informed psychotherapy.
I have a Masters in Counseling Psychology and I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (# 21215). I work in person in Vancouver, BC and Virtual across all BC.

Overtime you can expect:

Less confusion. More groundedness. More yourself.
  • A clearer sense of who you are outside of this relationship
  • Understanding of the patterns that drew you in and kept you there
  • The capacity to grieve fully — and eventually, to let go
  • Less fear and more trust in your own judgment about relationships
  • Reconnection with your own values, desires, and sense of worth
  • Openness to future connection, when the time is right
  • Greater emotional resilience when relationships become uncertain

Results of therapy for Break up Near me

What results can you expect?

This approach may benefit you if:
  • You feel stuck in grief and can’t find your way forward
  • You keep returning mentally to the relationship even when you don’t want to
  • You feel ashamed of how much this is affecting you
  • You are ending a relationship you know isn’t right, but can’t seem to leave
  • You’re worried you will repeat the same pattern in your next relationship
  • You feel a loss of identity — unsure who you are without this person
  • You want to understand what happened before you’re ready to move on

How Break up therapy in Vancouver benefits you

Is this work right for you?

Let’s have a conversation about how therapy can improve your situation.

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