Authentic and embodied wholeness
Anxiety, Trauma, and Disordered Eating Psychotherapy in Victoria, BC
Specialized in person and online services
Seek to understand your inner world, lean into the unknown, untangle distressing patterns, and find expansion and growth.
Experienced & Specialized
Therapy
Hanna Law
(she/her) MSW, Registered Social Worker
I’m a compassionate, relatable therapist offering trauma-informed, strengths-based care.
I create a warm, open space where you can explore your thoughts, emotions, memories, and beliefs without judgment. My goal is for you to feel truly seen, heard, and understood, because healing happens in safe connection.
Many people reach out when they feel stuck, overwhelmed, or caught in patterns they can’t seem to shift. You don’t have to navigate this process alone.
Therapy moves at your pace. Together, we’ll gently untangle what’s holding you back and help you reconnect with yourself and your life in meaningful ways.
You, as a whole and complex human, are welcome in our shared space. Together, we will navigate all that you are going through.
At Coastal, you will find…
Warmth, Attunement, Curiosity, & Togetherness
Is This Therapy The Right Fit For You?
We could be a good match if you…
Feel committed to growing and healing, but notice yourself stuck in the same patterns again and again
Want to stop avoiding difficult emotions or situations, even though they feel overwhelming right now
Long to feel more calm, steady, and at ease in moments that usually trigger anxiety
Are curious about the deeper roots of your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours
Feel a pull to understand and shift patterns that no longer serve you
Want to learn how to experience your emotions safely, without becoming flooded by them
Are looking for a genuine, trusting therapeutic relationship where you feel supported as you explore your inner world and create meaningful change
Specialized Services
Offered to youth, adults, and families feeling the pull towards exploring their rich inner worlds, understanding complex patterns, and discovering clarity and wholeness.
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Helping you heal your relationship with food, your body, and exercise. Health at Every Size (HAES) aligned, trauma-informed, and strengths-based.
Rooted in CBT-E and Intuitive Eating, a framework that promotes food freedom, joyful movement, and positive body image. Shifting away from restrictive eating, body checking, and compensatory exercise.
Family-Based Treatment (FBT) is available for families of teens struggling with eating disorders. Collaboration is key, and I will work alongside medical professionals for comprehensive care.
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EMDR helps ease distress and heal trauma. Sessions follow a unique structure so you feel safe and can slowly process painful memories. We will work to resolve traumatic memories by shifting unhelpful beliefs, finding new perspectives, and releasing energy from the body.
Using bilateral stimulation and dual attention to effectively and quickly resolve stuck reactions. Helping you integrate experiences and move forward.
EMDR can also be helpful for anxiety, body image distress, and OCD.
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When anxiety gets in the way of our goals and interests, it’s important to challenge it. Through gradual exposure, you will feel increased confidence and reduced anxiety, allowing you to do what’s important to you.
Therapy supports you to explore your fears and insecurities and learn to respond to them with mindfulness and effective coping skills.
Treating panic attacks, social anxiety, worries/fears, and phobias. Experience relief from demanding intrusive thoughts and frustrating compulsive behaviours.
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Experiencing strong emotions doesn’t have to be overwhelming and concerning. We can learn to cope with intense emotions and gain skills in distress tolerance, urge surfing, mindfulness, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Therapy that helps balance strong feelings through mindfulness and other evidence-based skills.
This therapy is for you if you’re someone who struggles to control their anger, self-harms when upset, feels overwhelmed with anxiety/sadness, and often feels in crisis.
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Struggling families and couples benefit from support to understand the cycles they get stuck in, attune to each other and connect deeply, and learn to communicate more effectively.
The Gottman method is an effective and evidence-based therapy for couples. It’s skills-based and emotion-focused, helping couples get to the root of their problems and solve them.
Emotionally focused family therapy (EFFT) helps families find new ways of connecting and communicating. Maintaining secure attachments through validation, effective coregulation, and collaborative behaviour change.
A safe space to heal.
Affirming and inclusive counselling
2SLGBTQIA+ friendly
Health at Every Size
Neurodiverse affirming
Trauma-informed
Everyone is welcome here
I gratefully and respectfully acknowledge that I live, work, and play on the ancestral, traditional, and unceded territory of the Lekwungen, Songhees, Esquimalt, and WSÁNEĆ peoples.
Office, Nature & Online
Our office is located in a quiet building on Oak Bay Avenue in Victoria, BC with ample street parking.
Secure online video and phone sessions are available to all BC residents.
Walk-and-talk counselling sessions are available on Fridays in local areas.
Walks typically take place at the Cedar Hill Golf Course or throughout Oak Bay. Other locations may be available upon request.