Irais Granados
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Irais primarily works with adults and teens navigating anxiety, perfectionism, grief, life transitions, and relationship challenges. She helps adults who may be feeling stuck, unseen, or emotionally exhausted—particularly those carrying the weight of multiple roles and the expectation to hold everything together. She also works with teens and adults who may be experiencing challenges related to body image and self-esteem.
Her approach is grounded in deep listening, empathy, and her own lived experience. She views therapy as a collaborative space—one that invites honesty, curiosity, and self-compassion. She encourages everyone that it is entirely okay to arrive with uncertainty or hesitation.
Irais understands that these experiences require patience, deep listening, and a willingness to move at the client’s pace.
She offers in-person sessions on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and virtual sessions on Monday evenings.
Outside of her clinical work, Irais enjoys spending time in local coffee shops reading thrillers and romantic comedies, trying new pastries, hiking, and going on long walks with her dog, Coco. She also enjoys listening to music and unwinding with colouring books.
Issues irais works with:
body image
self esteem
burnout
perfectionism
performance pressure/athletics
anxiety
life transitions
prenatal
postpartum
infidelity
early attachment wounds
types of therapies
Her work draws from a range of therapeutic approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), attachment-based therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), person-centred and strength-based approaches, as well as art therapy. She integrates these modalities in a flexible and responsive way, tailoring each session to the unique needs of the client.
Background and Training
Irais is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and art therapist who holds a Master of Counselling Psychology in Art Therapy from Adler University. She also has a background in psychology and criminology, with undergraduate studies at Simon Fraser University.
Her clinical training spans both community-based and private practice settings, where she has delivered individual counselling and art therapy, designed and facilitated therapeutic workshops, and led open studio programming. Through this work, she has supported adults from a wide range of backgrounds and life circumstances, developing a grounded and responsive clinical presence. Her approach is warm, attuned, and integrative, drawing from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), person-centred, and attachment-based frameworks.
She is a member of the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors and the British Columbia Art Therapy Association, and was awarded the Adler Merit Scholarship.
Irais offers counselling in both English and Spanish, supporting clients in expressing themselves more fully in the language that feels most natural to them.
