Wellness Works
COUNSELLING
we fuse passion, compassion, and social justice to nurture growth and healing on your journey to purpose.
About Me
My passion is what drives me. My compassion is what defines me.
Farah Kotadia, MBA, CPHR, MACP, RCC, Certified Grief Counsellor. I am humbled by the resiliency of the human spirit. It takes strength and courage to be vulnerable. I practice counselling with a non-judgemental approach, creating a warm, open, and safe environment for clients. I believe that each individual is on their unique healing journey, and I want to honour that experience in a collaborative way. I want to help you find a meaningful, fulfilling life by finding your purpose. I have a fierce social justice lens, believing that there is a place for all individuals who face barriers of gender, race, religion, disabilities, sexual orientation, and gender expression.
What’s New
December 15th, 2025
Mon, December 15th, 2025
This was something a client said to me recently.
“Why?” I asked.
“Because it will make me look weak.”
Society often equates vulnerability with weakness. Keeping our emotions and challenges private can be a protective mechanism to keep us safe, free of judgement and rejection. How many times have we thought: What will people think if they know this about me? What will they say? It works as a shield, keeping us from being our authentic selves.
The strength in vulnerability is that it allows us to create intimacy with others; to connect with people in a more humanistic way; to give others permission to be vulnerable and to let them know that they are not alone. We can start by accepting and sharing our flaws, our past mistakes, our regrets.
I have always believed that vulnerability shows your true character, your strength, your ability and capacity to overcome challenges that life has thrown at you. Choosing to be your authentic self outweighs all that society teaches us about who we are and who we ought to be. About what it means to show up, be engaged and committed and remain true to your values.
Services
Focusing on the intersectionality between Counselling and Human Resources.
I work with clients who are experiencing anxiety, depression, grief, loss, and trauma, as well as those searching for meaning in their work, who are exploring career transitions. My passion is helping people develop appropriate strategies and coping mechanisms to realize their power and potential, both personally and professionally.
If you are struggling in your personal or professional relationships, including family conflict, difficulties at work, heartbreak in your friendships or in other relationships, let’s explore your feelings and thoughts about what you’re going through. If you have experienced a troubling event, want to work on your career or resolve a workplace issue, or if you live with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, or loss, we will use my mix of to focus on solutions and help you to get to the heart of what’s going on. Together we will develop strategies to help you feel better.
My Approach
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT)
- Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Narrative Therapy (NT)
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- Mindfulness strategies
Clinical Counselling
- Self-Esteem
- Stress
- Communication Challenges
- Life Skills
- Self-Compassion
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Grief
- Trauma
- Loss
Career Counselling
- Workplace conflict
- Toxic workplace
- Career planning
- Finding your purpose
Corporate Wellness
- In-House Mental Health Support – Individual or Group
- Lunch and Learn Modules: Conflict Resolution, Approaching Work with a Trauma-Informed Lens; customized workshops and webinars on HR and Mental Health
Newcomer Integration
20 years of experience in the Immigrant Integration sector, helping organizations and newcomers navigate settlement
Speaker/Facilitator
- Conference Plenaries
- Webinars and Workshops
Hours
Location in Vancouver
Thursdays, 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM
East Vancouver Counselling
202 – 1651 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC
Location in Coquitlam
Tuesday, 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Cove Counselling & Co.
221-1024 Ridgeway Ave
Coquitlam BC
V3J 1S5
Mon – Thu 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Fri 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sat/Sun 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM