ABOUT
Leanne was born and raised in the Lower Mainland, and has lived and worked in communities across Northern and Central British Columbia. She currently resides in Victoria, where she is active in the community supporting many initiatives, having run various programs and projects supporting youth and the community at large.
Leanne holds a Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology, a Bachelor of Arts in Child & Youth Care, and is a Qualified Arbitrator (Q.Arb), with numerous diplomas and certificates acquired over her years of experience in the field of mental wellness. Her work experience has spanned from group homes for youth, transition homes, working with youth in high schools and children and staff as a School District Elementary Counsellor, to over a decade with the Provincial Government in Child Protection and Child & Youth Mental Health direct service delivery and public policy. Leanne is a trained neutral child interviewer and is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors.
Leanne operates a private practice offering specialized family law clinical and reporting services including expert court testimony, therapeutic family reunification counselling, Hear the Child and Views of the Child Reports, and Section 211 Parenting Assessments. Appreciating each matter carries its’ own novelties and complexities, Leanne tailors her approach and services to each file, often developing customized assessments and reports and innovative processes based on the needs of the parties. These have included family reunification assessments, independent analyses or reviews, and customized reporting for family justice processes such as mediation, arbitration, or court cases involving children.
In addition, Leanne provides private counselling and skill development through Coastality, a hybrid practice she founded to offer services online (virtually) across British Columbia, and in-person at its offices located in the heart of Downtown Victoria. She is proud to have brought together a team of dedicated and highly-experienced professionals offering this integrated, multi-disciplinary hybrid service model. Please feel free to contact her or the Coastality office, or visit the Coastality website to find out more about Leanne’s specialties and areas of professional interest.
Please feel free to e-mail or fill out the contact form on this site with any enquiries you may have about the various types of services Leanne offers. For general counselling services, please visit the Coastality website directly.
Leanne Toews acknowledges that her work takes place primarily on the unceded Coast Salish Territory of the Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ nations, and that the areas she additionally serves across British Columbia possess a complex history for which she has the utmost respect, appreciation, and gratitude.
The regulatory body for general counselling services Leanne provides is the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC). Please visit their website by clicking on their name to learn more about what they do and what services and options may be available to you.