Perhaps, like many, there is a disconnect between your faith and your life. Your desires, thinking, reactions, and/or behavior doesn’t seem to match what you say you believe. Perhaps your marriage is more dominated by anger and conflict rather than intimacy and friendship. You feel guilty, disillusioned, discouraged and rather tired of it all. “Where is the full life Jesus talks about?” you wonder. “Where’s the freedom, and the joy?”
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New Beginnings Christian Counselling is about finding hope. Hope for change, for freedom, and for joy.

​ABOUT DAVID

I am a Certified Professional Counsellor (CPC), registered with the Professional Association of Christian Counsellors and Psychotherapists (which is associated with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association), and a referral counsellor for Focus on the Family.

I am also an ordained minister & Pastor of Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church, and a certified Life Coach. I have a Masters Of Theological Studies in Counselling and have been in pastoral ministry since 1992. My wife and I have been happily married for 29 years, and we have three grown daughters.

SPECIALIZATIONS

  • Marriage
  • Pre-marriage
  • Depression
  • Anger
  • Fear and Anxiety
  • Addiction
  • Bitterness
  • Sexuality
  • Self-esteem
  • Life and marital coaching

Services

IN-PERSON SESSIONS​
I offer in-person sessions at my home office in Vernon. 

VIDEO/PHONE SESSIONS
For those that are unable to make an in-person session, or would prefer to receive counselling from the comfort of their own home, we can schedule a phone appointment or a video session through Zoom or Skype. 

COVID-19 Protocols
If you or someone in your family is sick, please don't come in for your session at this time. We can set up a video session, or reschedule an in-person session for when you are healthy. 

​Pricing: $110 for a 55 minute session (includes GST)
Availability: Monday - Thursday
*Please note that cancelling or rescheduling an appointment must be done 24 hours in advance.
*If you do not receive a confirmation email or text message after booking your appointment, please contact David directly. 

TESTIMONIALS

Chris Squires

 
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I have yet to meet anyone who has matched Dave's ability to speak wisdom into difficult situations. He demonstrates excellent listening skills and has an awareness of people's unique communicative abilities and needs. I see in Dave the most significant, and perhaps most difficult to acquire skill: a warm and genuine rapport with people. I would wholeheartedly and without hesitation recommend Dave.

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Bryan Clarke

Chaplain
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University of Alberta

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“Dave has been my good friend and colleague for many years now and has always had a listening ear and grace-focused understanding in our conversations. He brings a balance of rationality and sensitivity that I find rare in leaders today – not afraid to speak the truth but fully aware of how it must always be spoken in a loving, gracious, and encouraging way.

​I will recommend that my students at the university take advantage of Dave’s online counselling skills, because he works through personal issues in an approach that is grace oriented, Christ-centered, and biblically focused.”

Bryan Clarke

Chaplain
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University of Alberta

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​“Dave is a warm, engaging man with a ready laugh and a compassionate heart. Above all, he understands how to apply the good news of God’s redemption to hearts still ravaged and broken. He has been of great help to many in our congregation, and we recommend him highly.”

Tom Rush

Pastor
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Bethel Church, Kelowna

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​250-558-5730 | [email protected]
​3702 13 St. Vernon, BC, V1T 3T4
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