Dr. Gigi Hofer 250-516-2665 gigihofer@gmail.com
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC)
Many of my clients with extended medical have coverage for my services
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn"
Benjamin Franklin
Post-Secondary Degrees
PhD in Education (The University of British Columbia, 2016)
Courses focusing on various aspects of education, such as learning disabilities, self-regulated learning, and social-emotional learning. Dissertation entitled Former Students’ Perceptions of the Impact of Their Alternative Education Experiences: A Narrative Inquiry
While completing my PhD, I worked as a Research Coordinator and Project Manager
MA in Counselling Psychology (The University of Victoria, 2009)
Thesis-based MA program, consisting of extensive coursework in counselling such as counselling skills and practice and career counselling as well as two counselling practica
BA in Psychology (Concordia University, Montreal, 2004)
Program covering 5 main areas of psychology: social, developmental, clinical, neuroscience and cognition
Sample of Work Experience
Counsellor
2015-present - Volunteer counsellor at Citizens Counselling Centre, Victoria, BC
Working with clients experiencing challenges such as anxiety, depression, and difficult life transitions
2008-2016 - Group facilitator at BC Families in Transition, Victoria, BC
Co-facilitating an 8-session therapeutic group called Caught in the Middle. Participants were children aged 9 to 12 whose parents were going through separation or divorce
Tutor
2008-2009 - Peer learning strategist at the Resource Centre for Students with a Disability (UVic)
Working collaboratively with UVic students with a learning disability to design, implement and evaluate learning strategies
Teacher
2004-2005 - Instructor at Hess Language School in Taiwan
Teaching ESL classes to students from K to 12. Creating lesson plans and assignments and teaching and grading students
Here is my PhD dissertation
Findings included aspects of alternative education programs that students most valued. For example, their autonomy; kind, supportive teachers; and the provision of structure
Here is an academic article recently published by myself and colleagues
“The curious paradox is that if I accept myself just as I am, then I can change”
Carl Rogers
Owl Education