
Meet Shelley Coates
Throughout my life, I have been intensely interested in the ways human beings interact with each other, especially in the non-verbal and subtle ways that couples communicate. Long before I became a registered counsellor, friends and colleagues would share their problems with me – helping them was something that I loved to do.
At the start of my counselling career, I worked with the BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BCSPCA), helping employees whose high-stress jobs were taking a toll on their relationships. During that time, I developed a special interest and expertise in helping people with emotionally demanding jobs improve their relationships.
Over the years, I have helped hundreds of individuals and couples heal their pain, change their negative patterns, and create the relationships and life they want. As a Registered Master Therapeutic Counsellor who specializes in the area of relationships, I have developed an approach and expertise that helps me to quickly identify the issues, suggest solutions, and work with clients towards real change.
I’m a relationship and couples counsellor with a passion for helping people get unstuck
I understand what it takes to make a love relationship succeed
I believe humans struggle to be good, and that they do the best they can with the limits and level of awareness they have.

Counselling training
- Diploma in Professional Counselling, Vancouver College of Counsellor Training, Vancouver BC
- Developmental Model in Couples and Relationship Counselling – Certificate
- Relational Life Therapy Level 1
- Critical Incident Stress Management – Certificate of Training
- Awareness Integration Therapy – Gestalt 1 – Certificate
- Awareness Integration Therapy – Gestalt – Certificate
- Awareness Integration Therapy – Certificate 3
Counselling memberships
- Member of the Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists of Canada Registration # 1021
- Registered Counsellor with the Crime Victim Services Program of British Columbia
Ready to build a BETTER LOVE?
If you are ready to move beyond your relationship problems and create a better love, I offer both in-person and online counselling services, with offices in Ladner and White Rock, BC. Clients come to me from Ladner, Tsawwassen, North Delta, South Surrey, Richmond, and Langley – and meet me online from anywhere.
Appointment lengths and rates are shown in the first step of the online booking process.