Ganimat Sood
(she/her/hers)
Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) #14061
deVries Counselling Group
Port Moody, BC
Education and Experience
Ganimat Sood is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with more than 15 years of multicultural experience supporting children, adolescents, adults, and families.
She holds a Master’s degree in Psychology from India and a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University in Canada.
Throughout her career, Ganimat has worked in a variety of settings and has supported clients from diverse cultural backgrounds with a wide range of emotional, behavioural, and mental health concerns.
Ganimat has received specialized training in:
- Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), supporting parents in strengthening their relationships and emotional connections with their children
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Expressive Arts Therapy, including play therapy, art-based interventions, and sand-tray therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, Levels I and II
- Occupational Awareness Training for First Responders, Levels I and II
Counselling Specialities
Ganimat works with children and adolescents ages 5 to 19, adults, and families. Her areas of focus include:
- Trauma, including emotional, physical, and sexual abuse
- Stress, anxiety, and depression
- Supporting parents in building stronger, more connected relationships with their children
- Family relationships and emotional well-being
- Adjustment challenges and life transitions
She also provides counselling services to clients funded through the following programs:
- Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP)
- Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC)
- First Responder programs, including police officers, firefighters, and other emergency personnel
Key Characteristics
Growing up in a family of psychologists, Ganimat developed an early interest in human behaviour and the ways people understand, cope with, and overcome life’s challenges.
She is known for her compassionate, approachable, and supportive manner and for building trusting therapeutic relationships with children, teens, adults, and parents. Ganimat is committed to helping clients recognize their strengths, navigate difficult experiences, and move toward a more fulfilling and meaningful life.
She is passionate about ongoing professional development and continues to expand her knowledge and skills to provide thoughtful, high-quality, and culturally responsive care.
With extensive multicultural experience and fluency in English, Punjabi, and Hindi, Ganimat is well equipped to support individuals and families from a broad range of cultural backgrounds.
Counselling Approach
Ganimat takes an integrative and eclectic approach to therapy, recognizing that no single therapeutic approach meets the needs of every client. She tailors the therapeutic process to each individual’s unique experiences, strengths, values, goals, and cultural background.
Her work is grounded in client-centred, attachment-informed, and family systems perspectives. She supports clients in exploring how early relationships, attachment patterns, family dynamics, and life experiences may influence their emotions, relationships, and current challenges.
Depending on each client’s needs and goals, Ganimat integrates Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based strategies, expressive arts modalities, and other evidence-informed approaches. Through a compassionate and collaborative therapeutic relationship, she helps clients deepen self-awareness, develop effective coping skills, build healthier relationships, and create lasting, meaningful change.
Ganimat believes that every individual is unique and has the capacity to grow, heal, and thrive when provided with the right support. Throughout the therapeutic process, each client’s needs, values, goals, and lived experiences remain central in guiding the work.
Personal Background
As an immigrant, Ganimat understands many of the challenges that can arise when creating a new life in a different country, adapting to a new environment, and navigating cultural transitions. This personal experience contributes to her understanding of the emotional, relational, and practical stresses that individuals and families may encounter during times of change.
Ganimat is happily married and has an adult daughter.
