yoona hawkins, mc, CCC
ccpa Professional designation #12517
Yoona has a Master of Counselling from City University of Seattle and a Graduate Diploma in Education from Simon Fraser University.
With over a decade of counselling experience, Yoona has worked with people with diverse mental, emotional, and personal challenges. She has over 20 years of experience working as both a teacher and counsellor in the lower mainland.
Yoona’s counselling style is accepting and collaborative. She believes that the best counselling includes real-life solutions and alignment with the client’s most important values.
Yoona is Korean-Canadian, grew up in Toronto, Ontario, and has lived in BC for over 25 years. She is the author of Be the Calm: A therapeutic workbook for your personal uprising against stress.
yoona’s education and credentials
Professional Association Registration
Registered with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA)
Member #12517
Education
Master of Counselling
City University of Seattle, Vancouver, B.C.
2015
Thesis: Connectedness in Counselling: A Paradigmatic Shift Through Multiple Domains
Graduate Diploma in Education
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.
2014
Publications
Academic
Hawkins, Y, (2016). Connectedness of Events: Ideas of Causality and Synchronicity. Yearbook 2016: A Collection of Topical Essays, Adlerian Society UK and Institute for Individual Psychology, pp. 52-64
Trade
Hawkins, Y. (2026). Be the calm: A therapeutic workbook for your personal uprising against stress. Cold Noodle Creative.
Certifications and Trainings
Advanced Training in Dev. Narrative Therapy Questions Certificate, Vancouver School of Narrative Therapy
Narrative Therapy Techniques for Navigating Grief and Uncertainty, Training by Clair Bidwell Smith, LCPC
The Hakomi Method to Somatic Healing: Complete Mind-Body Trauma Transformation Certificate, Training by Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MA, LMFT, CHT
Treating Collective Trauma with Hakomi: Listening to the Body, Training by Manuaela Mischke-Reeds, MA, LMFT, CHT
Master the Core Skills and Competencies of CBT Certificate, Training by Charles Jacob, PhD
DBT for Clinicians: 15 Core Techniques to Improve Emotional Regulation, Manage Distress and More Certificate Training by Alexa Mulee, LMHC, C-DBT
ACT for PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, and Personality Discorders Certificate, Training by Daniel J. Moran, PhD, BCBA-D
Polyvagal Informed Practices: Anchoring in Change Through the Nervous System, Training by Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP II, E-RYT, EMDR-C
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) Certifcate, Crisis Centre of BC
Suicide to Hope Workshop, Crisis Centre of BC
San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training, Provincial Health Services Authority
Trauma Informed Practice through an Indigenous Lens, Burnaby School District
Attending Briefly: Working with Children, Adolescents, and their Families, City University of Seattle
SafeTALK Suicide Awareness Training, Crisis Centre of BC
Learning Through Loss Training: Grief and Loss Counselling for Adolescents
More Walk Less Talk: CBT in Action Workshop, Catherine Padesky
Working with Transgender Youth Training, Burnaby School District
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) Training, Burnaby School District