Embracing Healing and Resilience

My name is Yoolina Lee (이 유리나), and I was born in South Korea in 1985. I grew up deeply influenced by my grandparents’ stories about their lives during the war. Listening to them helped me understand how trauma, especially from conflict and colonization, can be passed down through generations.

At 15, I moved to Victoria, BC, leaving my family behind for the first time. Since then, Canada has become my home. As a first-generation South Korean immigrant, I deeply relate to the unique challenges that international students and workers face. I understand how hard it can be to adjust to a new culture, miss your family, navigate long-distance or interracial relationships, and carry the emotional weight that can come with immigration. I’m here to support you with warmth and understanding as you move through those experiences.

Just like you, I’m on a journey of personal growth. I continue to learn and evolve through my own counseling and clinical supervision, growing alongside the people I support.

저는 한국에서 초등학교와 중학교를 마친 후 캐나다로 이주하여, 빅토리아에서 고등학교와 대학교를 졸업했습니다.  20대 초반에 처음 심리상담을 받으며, 마음을 나누는 일이 얼마나 깊은 위로와 힘이 될 수 있는지를 직접 느꼈고, 그 경험이 제가 상담사의 길을 걷게 된 계기가 되었습니다. 심리 상담을 통해 한 사람의 내면 여정에 함께할 수 있다는 것, 그리고 그 여정이 삶의 방향을 찾는 데 도움이 될 수 있다는 것이 저에게는 늘 소중하고 감사한 경험입니다.

I support individuals through deeply personal challenges, including chronic shame and guilt, relationship difficulties, depression, family trauma, and the incarceration of loved ones - struggles I have personally experienced. These lived experiences give me a unique understanding of the emotional complexity behind such hardships.

My own journey with a burn injury, fibromyalgia, panic attacks, mood disorder, and complex PTSD has deepened my appreciation for how closely emotional and physical pain are often connected.

In our work together, I offer a space where you can feel safe, respected, and supported as you move toward healing, self-understanding, and compassion.

• BC Association of Clinical Counsellors/ Registered Clinical Counsellor

  (RCC #24689)

• Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association/ Canadian Certified Counsellor

  (CCC # 11248252)

• Yorkville University/ Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (2021-2024)

• Vancouver Community College/ Courses in Community Counselling Skills (2017-2020)

• University of Victoria/ Bachelor of Science in Economics (2004-2009)

• Internal Family Systems Trauma Treatment Program - Frank Anderson (2024-2025)  

• Pain Reprocessing Therapy Training - Pain Reprocessing Therapy Center (2023) 

• Compassionate Inquiry Professional Training - Gabor Mate (2019-2020)