Don Hatcher
Individual & Couples Therapist (CCC, MACP)
I work with an all-inclusive, anti-oppressive lens, and I acknowledge that I am a settler living and working on Treaty 1 territory. I live as an ally in the reconciliation process. I believe that everyone deserves to live their best life and for many of us, entering therapy is the first major step towards that goal.
I believe in building a trusting and safe therapeutic space, and whether you are trying to find balance and connection in your relationship with yourself, your partner, or others, we can work together to help get you there. In this way, you can move forward in your life and thrive.
My approach is collaborative and my experience extensive, and as we work together as equals, I see you as the expert of your life. That means I am client-centered and we
start where you are at with what you need. And as a humanist, I believe in your intrinsic nature to be able to heal and grow and we will create a specific plan that best reflects your unique needs, whether you are an individual or a couple.
Away from the therapeutic world, I am also married and I am the father of two. I am also a self-taught musician who plays several instruments and can be found, in my off time, often playing, challenging myself to improve and become better.
If you decide that we can work together, I would be honored to walk beside you on your therapeutic journey. Please contact me by phone, email, or my booking link.
My clients are amazing people. They come in with their struggles, their hurts, their fears, their insecurities, their difficult stories, their trembling hands, their breaking hearts, and they lay it on the table. They bravely take a look at their lives, and inside themselves, and take steps to grow and shift so they can finally experience the changes that they have wanted to see in their lives.
So often my clients come into session feeling defeated, broken, isolated, anxious, or hurt, but I also see their courage, their resilience, their tenacity, their strength, their joy, and their unwavering desire to connect in meaningful ways with people in their lives.
I am so deeply honored that my clients trust me to see and walk alongside them.
My passion for therapy grew out of the observation that when people are in personal or relational distress, not only is human support the best medicine, but they often need someone to walk with them or guide them back toward finding their connection, place of centre, or sense of wholeness.
To my mind there is no greater work. I really care about people and find it very fulfilling to watch people step back into their power, enjoy better relational health, or more personal wholeness.
I am the proud mother of four amazing teens, 2 doodles, and 2 cats who avoid us. I like to tinker with a guitar, and am a persistent but unsuccessful gardener. You can often find me having coffee with a friend or walking on the nature trail close to my house.