Mark Kerr, MA, RCC

I am a licensed Registered Clinical Counsellor operating out of Vancouver, British Columbia, and a university professor in the field of counselling psychology. I graduated with distinction from Simon Fraser University with a BA in Psychology and graduated from the University of British Columbia with my MA in Counselling Psychology.

I have worked in the field of psychology for nearly 15 years in a variety of different roles that typically moved between educator, facilitator, and clinician in some form or another. I started my clinical work as a behavioural interventionist while in my undergrad and later moved into the role of a behavioural consultant working primarily with young adults with varying exceptionalities (primarily autism).

In my clinical counselling journey, I completed 4 years of crisis and suicide prevention work, and several more years of trauma psychotherapy, and over the past 5 years, I have done a deep dive into the psychedelic world. My clinical interests have included working with men, in particular military populations, and male survivors of sexual abuse, however, I have worked with a variety of different populations and with many different mental health challenges in my career. I am lucky to be able to draw on my eclectic training and background when doing this work.

One of the reasons I decided to get into the field of counselling was because of the struggles I had with mental health throughout my life. At varying points, I dealt with anxiety and depression alongside a chronic health condition which made me want to help others in their struggle. When I am not working (which is rare!) I enjoy being physically active as I believe this is an integral part of mental health and my work as a clinician. I like to hike, bike, run, and hit the gym just to name a few of the activities.