Annie Kao, RCC

(she/her)
Registered Clinical Counsellor #24092

Hello, it means so much that you are here.

I’m Annie (she/her), a Registered Clinical Counsellor and founder of Juno Counselling. I am a first-generation Taiwanese Canadian and I grew up between Taipei, Los Angeles, and Vancouver. Before becoming a counsellor, I spent over a decade building a career in the corporate world. My diverse personal experiences navigating cultural transitions, career pressures, and the early years of parenthood led me to slow down and reconnect with what truly matters. This journey inspired me to pursue a career where I could be in meaningful connection with others and support them in their own healing and growth.

I work with career professionals experiencing burnout that are searching for purpose and sustainable ways to balance the demands of work and personal life. I also work with parents navigating the ongoing challenges of raising children and making sense of the emotional and identity shifts that come with different stages of parenthood. Much of my work involves helping people explore how their relationships, with partners, family, friends, and themselves—shape the way they move through the world. Together, we make sense of these experiences to foster greater clarity and self-trust. With couples, I focus on strengthening communication, fostering repair, and deepening emotional intimacy. I also support individuals through grief and major life transitions, finding resilience, compassion, and meaning-making along the way.

Outside of my work as a counsellor, I am a parent to a vibrant child and a cat mom. I also like to connect with different parts of myself through making pottery, travelling, and engaging in physical activities. As a serial hobbyist, I am always open to try new things and learn more about myself along the way. 

​我是台北出生，在溫哥華及洛杉磯長大的卑詩省註冊心理諮商師。目前在卑詩省提供成年人線上諮商服務。

我相信，每個人內在都擁有與生俱來的力量，以及深厚的成長潛能。與我合作的過程中，您可以感受到一種積極參與、互相協作的關係。我重視與個案創造一個開放、接納且充滿安全感的空間，陪伴您更深地理解自己，並創造一段與你的價值觀相符的生命故事。在諮商的過程中，我專注於您的經歷帶給你的體會及情緒，從這過程之間學習及回味這歷程對您的意義。我提供個人及伴侶諮商服務，以您為個人中心的角度，一起探查並檢視您與自己和其他人的關係、情緒思維及行為模式，從這些資訊中，發覺您想要從中獲得什麼。

​我的專長議題有：自我及生涯探索，人際關係，文化衝擊，多元性向及伴侶，事業職涯方向，情緒與壓力調適，產前及產後憂鬱，及伴侶諮商。

諮商方式上，我偏好整合多元取向，依照每位個案的獨特需求調整方向，讓我們能共同創造出一段貼近您自身經驗的治療歷程。我經常運用的療法包括：敘事治療、認知行為治療、身體導向治療，焦點解決短期治療，以及內在家庭系統理論。