Dr. Gail Krivel-Zacks is a Registered Clinical Counsellor who received her doctorate in Education Psychology and Special Education.  Dr. Gail has dedicated her career to directly helping children and adolescents thrive in their unique communities. She is intimately familiar with the school environment having taught in elementary schools and in faculties of education at the University of British Columbia and  Vancouver Island University.   Dr. Krivel-Zacks is committed to meeting the individual needs of each of her clients and building on their strengths in a collaborative and proactive manner. She is also available to provide individual sessions for parents who are challenged by their children’s behaviours at home or at school.  Dr Gail’s style is best matched with highly verbal clients who are motivated to find solutions, strategies and pathways forward.

WHO DOES DR GAIL PROVIDE SERVICES TO?

Parenting for kids 0-5

Counselling for kids, teens and university-aged young adults

Parenting for parents of kids 6-18

Parent-Child relationships

School advocacy

SERVICES

 Some ways that Dr Krivel-Zacks can help:

• Helping kids and families navigate learning and thriving with ADHD
• Providing strategies and solutions to manage school anxiety and avoidance
• Helping kids and families to understand how social & emotional health impact learning 
• Helping kids to use flexible problem solving with peers and teachers
• Increasing student confidence and competence using evidence-based strategies to boost self esteem
• Helping “socially disorganized” children develop the motivation, conversation skills and social understanding to develop positive and lasting relationships with peers
• Helping ‘late diagnosed’ teens with learning and life strategies to manage ADHD
• Teaching strengths-based resilience strategies to bounce back from life stresses and worries
• Helping kids & teens with self-advocacy, boundaries and assertiveness skills
• Maximizing social skills and social interactions with both neurodiverse and neurotypical kids and families
• Facilitation of attachment and connections in parent-child relationships
• Providing strength-based intervention to help clients with ADHD thrive
• Helping pregnant and new moms with attachment based mindsets and strategies
• Helping parents and kids with life transitions such as school changes and success with starting kindergarten, middle school, high school and university

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC)

BC Certified Teacher