MANREET BUTTAR, MA
CLINICAL COUNSELLOR | ATTACHMENT-FOCUSED, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE CARE FOR CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS & ADULTS
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Choosing a counsellor is deeply personal, and Manreet understands that beginning therapy can feel both hopeful and overwhelming.
Manreet is passionate about supporting children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families through anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, emotional regulation difficulties, self-esteem concerns, and significant life transitions. She strives to create a warm, compassionate, and non-judgmental environment where people feel genuinely welcomed, carefully listened to, and safe enough to explore the experiences that have shaped their lives.
Her approach is attachment-focused, collaborative, and tailored to each person’s unique needs, strengths, culture, and goals. Manreet believes that our earliest relationships can influence how we understand ourselves, connect with others, respond to stress, and navigate emotional challenges throughout life. She works alongside clients to help them better understand their emotions, recognize patterns that may no longer be serving them, strengthen relationships, and move toward meaningful change.
Recognizing that reaching out for counselling often requires courage, Manreet aims to make the process approachable and supportive from the first session. Her work reflects the Gentle Currents Therapy commitment to bringing together genuine human connection, emotional safety, and evidence-informed practice.
Manreet provides in-person counselling at Gentle Currents Therapy in Langley, British Columbia, with online counselling also available across BC.
Manreet believes that healing often begins within safe, trusting relationships. Her therapeutic approach is grounded in attachment theory and informed by the understanding that our earliest relationships can shape how we experience ourselves, regulate emotions, navigate conflict, and connect with others throughout life.
Working collaboratively with each client, Manreet helps people better understand their emotional experiences, identify patterns that may no longer be serving them, and develop healthier ways of relating to themselves and the people who matter most. She recognizes that every person’s story is unique and tailors therapy to each client’s strengths, goals, values, cultural context, and stage of life.
Manreet integrates evidence-informed therapeutic approaches including Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). Rather than relying on a single model, she thoughtfully adapts these approaches to help clients build emotional awareness, strengthen resilience, improve relationships, and develop practical coping strategies that support psychological wellbeing.
Her interest in attachment and relationship patterns also informs her work with couples. Manreet supports couples seeking to better understand recurring relational patterns, strengthen emotional connection, navigate conflict, and develop healthier ways of communicating and responding to one another.
Before entering graduate counselling training, Manreet spent several years supporting children, adolescents, and families in educational and community settings. Her experience includes working within preschool and before-and-after-school programs, providing one-to-one support for a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and helping create safe, encouraging environments where children could develop emotionally, socially, and academically.
These experiences strengthened her appreciation for emotional safety, secure relationships, developmental understanding, and family collaboration. They also deepened her interest in supporting children, adolescents, and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, emotional regulation difficulties, self-esteem concerns, relationship challenges, and significant life transitions.
Manreet understands that every stage of life brings different developmental and emotional challenges. Her counselling approach is individualized, collaborative, and responsive to each person’s developmental needs, family context, cultural background, strengths, and lived experiences.
Whether supporting a child experiencing anxiety, an adolescent navigating identity and relationships, or an adult facing significant change, Manreet strives to provide a compassionate therapeutic relationship where people feel heard, respected, and supported as they develop greater understanding and resilience.
Many people seek counselling because they feel overwhelmed by persistent anxiety, emotional exhaustion, low mood, self-doubt, relationship stress, or the challenges of navigating significant changes in life.
Manreet provides compassionate, evidence-informed support for people experiencing anxiety, depression, stress, emotional dysregulation, relationship difficulties, self-esteem concerns, and emotional overwhelm.
Working collaboratively with each client, she helps people explore connections among their thoughts, emotions, behaviours, relationships, and life experiences. Therapy can provide an opportunity not only to develop strategies for managing immediate concerns, but also to better understand patterns that may be contributing to emotional distress.
Drawing from attachment-focused counselling alongside CBT, ACT, DBT, and EFT, Manreet helps clients develop practical coping strategies, increase emotional awareness, strengthen emotional regulation, and build healthier ways of responding to themselves and others.
Whether someone is experiencing persistent worry, emotional overwhelm, sadness, relationship stress, or a significant life transition, Manreet strives to provide a supportive environment where counselling can proceed at a pace that feels safe and manageable.
Relationships can be among the greatest sources of connection in our lives, but they can also become places where old hurts, communication difficulties, stress, and recurring emotional patterns emerge.
Manreet enjoys working with couples and individuals who want to better understand the relational patterns influencing their lives. Her attachment-focused perspective helps clients explore how emotional needs, previous experiences, communication patterns, and ways of responding during conflict can affect connection and intimacy.
Drawing particularly from Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), alongside other evidence-informed approaches, Manreet works collaboratively with clients to identify unhelpful relational cycles, improve emotional awareness and communication, and develop healthier ways of connecting.
Her goal is not to assign blame, but to create an emotionally safe environment where people can better understand themselves and one another while working toward healthier, more secure relationships.
Fluent in both English and Punjabi, Manreet values culturally responsive counselling that honours each person’s background, family experiences, beliefs, identity, and community.
She recognizes that culture and family relationships can influence how people understand emotional wellbeing, relationships, identity, expectations, and the decision to seek counselling. Her own lived experiences, together with her professional work supporting children and families within diverse community settings, have strengthened her commitment to providing counselling that is respectful, collaborative, and responsive to each person’s cultural context.
Manreet strives to create an inclusive therapeutic environment where people from different backgrounds feel welcomed, understood, and able to explore their experiences without fear of judgment.
Her commitment to compassionate community care also extends beyond the counselling room. Through several years of volunteer service with Chimo Community Services, Manreet provided emotional support through crisis-line work and later served as a Group Leader. These experiences reinforced the importance of attentive listening, empathy, calm presence, and meeting people with dignity during times of significant distress.
Whether supporting children, adolescents, adults, couples, or families, Manreet remains committed to helping people develop greater self-understanding, strengthen relationships, build resilience, and move toward meaningful emotional wellbeing.
Manreet holds a Master of Counselling Psychology from Adler University in Vancouver and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Simon Fraser University.
Her graduate education strengthened her clinical knowledge in attachment theory, trauma-informed care, emotional regulation, child and family development, culturally responsive counselling, and evidence-informed psychotherapy.
Alongside her academic training, Manreet has developed meaningful practical experience supporting children, families, and individuals through educational, community, and crisis-support settings.
Prior to joining Gentle Currents Therapy, Manreet worked in preschool and before-and-after-school programs, providing developmental and emotional support for children. This included one-to-one support for a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Her years of crisis-line volunteer service further developed her experience providing compassionate support to people experiencing significant emotional distress.
Manreet has also completed additional education and training related to Psychological First Aid, diversity and inclusion, child care, and crisis support. She approaches professional development as an ongoing responsibility and an important part of providing thoughtful and ethical care.
Manreet provides counselling within the collaborative, trauma-informed clinical environment at Gentle Currents Therapy under the clinical supervision of Dr. Michael Dadson, PhD, RCC, CCC, Clinical Director.
Clinical supervision supports Manreet’s continued professional development through consultation, reflective practice, and collaborative clinical discussion while supporting thoughtful, ethical, and evidence-informed care.
Her work takes place within the broader Gentle Currents commitment to compassionate, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed care that honours each person’s dignity, relationships, strengths, culture, and capacity for healing.
Choosing a counsellor is deeply personal, and Manreet recognizes that reaching out for support can require courage.
When you meet with Manreet, you can expect a therapeutic relationship grounded in warmth, compassion, curiosity, and genuine respect. She strives to create a space where you feel welcomed, carefully listened to, and supported without judgment—a place where you can explore your experiences at a pace that feels right for you.
Whether you are navigating anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, trauma, emotional overwhelm, family concerns, identity questions, or an important life transition, Manreet will work collaboratively with you to better understand your experiences and identify approaches that support greater emotional awareness, healthier relationships, resilience, and wellbeing.
Fluent in English and Punjabi, Manreet is committed to culturally responsive counselling that honours each person’s unique story, values, family, identity, and lived experience.
At Gentle Currents Therapy, we believe healing begins in safe and respectful relationships, where each person’s story is honoured with care. Our hope is that you experience a place where you feel genuinely welcomed, carefully listened to, treated with dignity and respect, supported without judgment, and thoughtfully guided as you discern the path that is right for you.
Every person is welcomed with dignity, compassion, and hope.
