About Rootline Counselling
Therapy grounded in understanding you.
At Rootline Counselling, we believe meaningful therapy begins with understanding the whole person — not reducing you to a diagnosis, symptom, or problem to solve.
Our online counselling services support people across British Columbia navigating trauma, anxiety, ADHD, relationship challenges, emotional overwhelm, and periods of change. We take the time to understand not only what you’re experiencing, but the patterns, relationships, experiences, and nervous-system responses that may be shaping it.
The goal isn’t simply to help you cope better. It’s to help you understand yourself more deeply, create meaningful change, and feel more connected to the life you want to live.
What guides our work
Good therapy is more than applying a set of techniques. It’s a relationship built on curiosity, trust, and an understanding that your experiences make sense in the context of your life.
Understand, don't pathologize
We approach your experiences with curiosity rather than judgment. Instead of asking “What’s wrong with you?” we’re interested in understanding what happened, what you learned to do to survive or adapt, and what you may need now.
Work with the whole person
Thoughts, emotions, relationships, past experiences, identity, environment, and the nervous system all influence one another. Therapy considers the whole picture rather than treating one symptom in isolation.
Change that reaches beyond therapy
Insight matters, but therapy should also change how life feels outside the session. Our work helps you develop greater awareness, choice, connection, and new ways of responding to yourself and the world around you.
Meet our Team
Finding the right therapist matters. Our team is growing thoughtfully, with a focus on experienced, compassionate clinicans who offer grounded, evidence-based care.
Meet Amanda
I’m Amanda Steele, a Registered Clinical Counsellor and the person behind Rootline Counselling. I became a therapist because I’ve always been curious about what lives beneath the surface — why we respond the way we do, where our patterns come from, and what can help us finally move beyond the things that keep us stuck.
My style is warm, engaged, and conversational. You won’t find me quietly nodding from the other side of the screen. I’ll ask questions, help you notice connections, gently challenge you when it’s helpful, and make room for humour alongside the harder moments.
You don’t need to arrive knowing exactly what’s wrong or where to begin. We can figure that out together. I believe the ways we’ve learned to cope make sense when we understand what shaped them. Therapy is a place to understand yourself more deeply, loosen old patterns, and find a way forward that feels more like you.
I may be a good fit if you’re struggling with:
- Trauma or past experiences that are still affecting you
- Anxiety, overwhelm, or feeling constantly on edge
- ADHD, burnout, and feeling like life is harder than it should be
- Relationship and attachment patterns you can’t seem to break
- Self-worth, identity, or feeling disconnected from yourself
- LGBTQ+ experiences and wanting therapy where you don’t have to explain or defend who you are
Wondering if we’d be a good fit?
What is it like to work with me?
Therapy with me is warm, collaborative, and conversational. I’m an active therapist — I’ll ask questions, share what I’m noticing, and help you make connections between what you’re experiencing now and what may be happening underneath. There’s room for depth, honesty, curiosity, and humour too.
How do I know if you’re the right therapist for me?
A good therapeutic relationship should feel safe enough for you to be yourself — and comfortable enough to be honest when something isn’t working. You don’t have to know immediately. Our first few sessions give us a chance to get to know one another and see whether working together feels like a good fit.
What happens in our first session?
We’ll start with what brought you to therapy and what you’d like life to feel like instead. I’ll ask some questions to understand you and your experiences, but there’s no pressure to tell me everything at once. We’ll go at a pace that feels manageable and begin figuring out where it makes sense to start.
What if I don’t know what I want to work on yet?
That’s completely okay. You might just know that something feels off, you’re overwhelmed, or you don’t want to keep feeling the way you do. You don’t need to have it all figured out before coming to therapy. Part of our work can be understanding what’s happening and discovering what you need from here.
Have questions? Let’s connect.
We’re here to help. Send us a message using the form and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
You don’t need to have the right words. We’ll help guide you.
Email: admin@etalkwellness.com
Phone: 604-970-5420