Rod Taylor, BA, MSW, RCSW
Clinical Social Worker

I am very passionate about helping young people overcome their mental health concerns so they can reach a place of happiness and health. I specialize in assessing, diagnosing, and treating everything from mild to complex mental health issues. The impact of mental health issues for a young person can be very stressful. Equally stressful is finding the appropriate services to help them. I pride myself on assessing the underlying factors related to someone’s mental health concerns, followed by developing a mutually agreed upon treatment plan, with the end goal to help clients get to a place where they no longer feel the need for counselling. After all, no one ever sees me when they’re happy. Although the province of BC recognizes age 19 as a legal adult, I see clients beyond that age, as there remains a youthful state of brain development for people in their early to mid 20’s. Outside of my career, I divide my time between family commitments, doing my best to be a husband and father, skateboarding, and playing guitar.

Training & Experience

  • Registered Clinical Social Worker (RCSW) in good standing with the BC College of Social Workers.

  • Graduate of the Masters of Social Work (MSW) program, University of Victoria (2006).

  • Over 18 years of clinical experience related to assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of children and youth.

  • Extensive experience working in diverse communities, including Northern BC and with indigenous peoples.

  • 9 years of frontline clinical experience specific to Indigenous Child & Youth Mental Health.

  • 3 years of frontline clinical experience specific to Youth Forensic Psychiatric Services.

  • 5 years of frontline clinical experience in Northern BC with Child & Youth Mental Health.

  • 28 years of diverse experience working with children & youth in a wide variety of frontline positions: street outreach worker for high-risk youth; conducting child protection and youth probation services in the Innu community of Sheshatshiu, Labrador; and conducting volunteer outreach work with ‘street kids’ in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

  • Extensive experience working with people from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, as well as people of diverse gender identity and sexual orientation.

  • Extensive training and knowledge in the application of comprehensive mental health assessments, cognitive and dialectical behavioural therapy, applied behavioural analysis, emotional focused therapy (EFT), emergency mental health assessment, and differential diagnosis.

Ready to take your first steps towards happiness and health?

I offer compassionate, empowering, and nonjudgmental services that focus on helping young people reclaim their happiness and health. My goal is to help you identify the underlying cause of your mental health concerns so that, together, we can develop an effective treatment plan that helps you get back to living the life you want. I invite you to take the first steps towards positive change. Let’s come up with a plan to help you or your child reclaim joy in their life. Click below to schedule your initial consultation today.