Veronica BlackbournPsychotherapist, Guidance Counsellor

Veronica Blackbourn

Psychotherapist, Guidance Counsellor

About

Painful psychological and emotional symptoms are a form of communication from the psyche and the body. I seek to understand what a client's symptoms may be saying in order to best respond to the needs they express.

How I work

I see therapy as a process of self-exploration, understanding, and acceptance that can open up space to let go of old and repetitive patterns and self-concepts. The context of a warm and supportive therapeutic relationship makes it possible to uncover a liberating new array of thoughts, feelings and ways of being. In this work I approach my clients, and encourage my clients to approach themselves, with both compassion and curiosity, trusting in their innate ability to change and to grow.

Veronica practices in English

Independent

Is running their own practice from Montréal. See map

Services

Starting from $120

Service location:
In-Person
Online

psychotherapy

Accepting new clients

Starting from $160

Regular price

$16050min

NIHB

$16050min

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Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB)

Direct billing through Express Scripts

Accepting new clients

Free

Regular price

Free50min

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Clinical Supervision

Able to supervise for OPQ psychotherapy permit.

Accepting new clients

Starting from $120

Regular price

$12050min

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What I can help with

anxiety

depression

trauma

inherited trauma

systemic trauma

gender exploration

sexuality exploration

self exploration

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mourning

acceptance

integration of aspects of self and experience

relationships

family history

psychodynamic psychotherapy

psychoanalytic psychotherapy

About my clients

Communities

LGBTQ2S+

Self-identifies

Students

Neurodivergent

BIPOC

Parents

Perimenopausal/Menopausal

Trauma survivors

Artists

Age groups

teenagers to seniors (ages 13 and up)

Qualifications

Veronica9 years of experience

Ordre des conseillers et conseillères d'orientation du Québec (OCCOQ)

2017

20657-17

Valid in Québec

Veronica Blackbourn

Insurance receipts under title

Guidance Counsellor

receipts issued under the guidance counsellor title can be claimed as business expenses on taxes

Ordre des psychologues du Québec (OPQ)

2019

61829-19

Valid in Québec

Veronica Blackbourn

Insurance receipts under title

Psychotherapist

The psychotherapy title is recognized by most insurance companies

Where I work

5515 Chemin Queen Mary, Montréal, Québec, H3X 1V4, Canada

Good to know

Questions you might have (but haven't asked yet)

Veronica BlackbournFeb 24, 2026

What should I expect to do outside of sessions?

Observe yourself, be curious about what you see, notice strong emotions, remember dreams

Veronica BlackbournFeb 24, 2026

My therapeutic style and approach

I am psychodynamically trained, which I consider to be a form of witnessing and accompaniment; the sessions reveal their own structure, and in my experience we end up following the threads we need to follow. I strive to think and practice from an anti-oppressive framework, recognizing that individuals face not only their own personal challenges, but also inherit the struggles of the wider social and political contexts they inhabit.

Appears on

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Medavie Blue Cross Covered Professionals

Many international students in Montreal are covered by Medavie Blue Cross through their university health plan, including students at McGill and Concordia. The psychologists, social workers, and psychotherapists listed here have credentials recognized under Medavie Blue Cross plans, meaning sessions are typically eligible for reimbursement after you pay upfront and submit a claim.

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