# No Fear Counselling

> No Fear Counselling is a Burnaby-founded mental-health provider that matches clients with a large collective of therapists for in-person and virtual care. Its practical edge is access: 60-plus locations, 200-plus therapists, multiple languages, low-cost practicum options, and routes through insurers and public or institutional funding programs. After a 2024 all-share combination with Move Health and a 2026 merger with Bayridge Counselling Centres under Ch’íyáqtel Wellness, the brand now sits inside a national, First Nations-owned mental-health network while continuing to operate locally.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Burnaby, Canada
- **Founders:** Ofir Vaisman (Founder and Clinical Director)
- **Team size:** The company website says 200+ therapists across 60+ locations; LinkedIn lists 51-200 employees, while the supplied record estimates 67 employees.
- **Products:** Individual counselling, Couples and family counselling, Trauma and ICBC counselling, Low-cost counselling, Group counselling and workshops
- **Notable:** Grew from a small group of therapists to a public claim of 200+ therapists across 60+ locations., Reports serving more than 20,000 clients since 2014, including more than 10,000 motor-vehicle accident survivors., Built a practicum program through which more than 200 master's-level counselling students have completed experiential training since 2018.

## Products & services

- **Individual counselling** — In-person, video and phone therapy matched to a client's needs, concerns, language, location and budget.
- **Couples and family counselling** — Relationship, marriage and family therapy, including Emotionally Focused Therapy and other evidence-based approaches.
- **Trauma and ICBC counselling** — Trauma-focused therapy and claim-supported counselling for motor-vehicle accident survivors; the company says it has handled more than 10,000 ICBC cases.
- **Low-cost counselling** — Sessions with supervised practicum students starting at a suggested $50 for 50 minutes, plus post-practicum interns and sliding-scale options.
- **Group counselling and workshops** — Facilitated groups, mental-health webinars and experiential workshops such as Kintsugi art sessions.
- **Institutional and funded care** — Counselling routed through programs and partners including ICBC, FNHA, VAC, CVAP, WorkBC, EAPs and extended-health plans.

## Achievements

- Grew from a small group of therapists to a public claim of 200+ therapists across 60+ locations.
- Reports serving more than 20,000 clients since 2014, including more than 10,000 motor-vehicle accident survivors.
- Built a practicum program through which more than 200 master's-level counselling students have completed experiential training since 2018.
- Completed an all-share merger with Move Health in September 2024; the combined organization reported 70+ locations and 300+ healthcare professionals.
- Merged with Bayridge Counselling Centres under Ch’íyáqtel Wellness in May 2026 to form a national First Nations-owned mental-health provider.

## Latest updates

- **2023-06** — Union Gospel Mission announced a partnership providing counselling support to recovery-program members moving into aftercare.
- **2023-09** — Cognetivity Neurosciences announced a partnership to bring its CognICA cognitive assessment technology into No Fear's network.
- **2024-09** — No Fear completed an all-share merger with Move Health Holdings after a strategic partnership earlier that year.
- **2026-05** — No Fear and Bayridge Counselling Centres merged under Ch’íyáqtel Wellness, becoming operating subsidiaries of a national First Nations-owned mental-health platform.
- **2026-05** — Founder Ofir Vaisman continued publishing the 'Overwhelming... But in a Good Way' couples-therapy podcast and developing his Get EFT educational brand.

## Links

- Website: https://www.nofearcounselling.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/no-fear-counselling/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/nofearcouns
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheEmotionallyFocusedTherapist
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nofearcounselling
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nofearcounsellingcorp/

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Last updated: 2026-08-23