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May Yao – MCP RCC


Registered Clinical Counsellor

About 

May works from a trauma-informed, compassionate, and non-judgmental approach, prioritizing emotional safety, trust, and collaboration. She strives to create a supportive space where clients can move at their own pace while exploring thoughts, emotions, and lived experiences, particularly those shaped by stress, adversity, or trauma.

Drawing on her previous experience as a Special Education Assistant, she brings a practical, strengths-based, and behaviorally informed approach to her work with neurodivergent individuals. When working with couples, she integrates principles from the Gottman Method through supporting emotional attunement, communication, and repair.

 

Somewhere warm, honest, and free of judgment, where you don't have to explain yourself from scratch or worry about being misunderstood.

Before stepping into this role, May spent years working as a Special Education Assistant with the North Vancouver School District, walking alongside young people through some of their most challenging moments. That work taught her that real support looks different for everyone — and that practical, grounded care can make all the difference.

You might be dealing with pressure to figure out your future while still trying to understand who you are right now. You might feel anxious in ways you can't quite name, or find yourself stuck in friendship dynamics that leave you drained. You might be carrying the weight of family expectations, cultural pressures, or a sense that you don't quite belong — anywhere.

In your sessions, May will support you to go at your pace. There's no agenda, no pressure, and no judgment. You work on what matters most to you — whether that's managing anxiety, navigating friendships and relationships, building confidence, or just having a space to think out loud.

 

For young people caught between cultures — balancing family expectations with the world you're growing up in — May brings both professional experience and personal understanding to that conversation.

For couples, she uses the Gottman Method. Relationships are one of the most meaningful — and most challenging — parts of being human. Even the strongest couples can find themselves stuck in cycles of miscommunication, distance, or conflict that feel impossible to break out of on their own.  Together, May help you look at the patterns beneath the arguments: the unspoken needs, the moments of disconnection, and the ways you've each learned to love and to protect yourselves. 

Today, May works with children, teens, young adults, adults, couples, and newcomers. Remember, you don't have to be in crisis to seek support; we are here to walk alongside you at your own pace.

 

May is honoured to help you live your most authentic story, and she looks forward to connecting with you.

秉持著富有同理心且不加評判的態度,我致力於營造一個安全且充滿關懷的環境,讓你能夠安心探索自己的想法與感受。我的目標是協助你克服生活中的障礙,並培養出過上充實人生所需的工具。我深信,每個人都有成長與療癒的可能。作為第一代移民的親身經歷,我深刻理解移民與青少年在成長過程中所經歷的艱辛,以及在文化轉變與調適過程中所面臨的挑戰。我們一起走在這段旅程上,用理解與支持,一步步迎向更有韌性、更有希望的改變。

Working from a holistic, person-centred, strength-based lens.

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