Lightwave Studio for Art Therapy and Counseling has two locations. One is located at
1190 Dobler Road, Parksville, V9P 2C5;
the other at
477 Wallace Street - Suite 308 Nanaimo, V9R 5B7
477 Wallace

both on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
The phone number for both offices is (250) 240-1221

How to get to the Parksville location

From Parksville:
turn onto Alberni Highway, turn left on Bellevue Road, and then right on Dobler.

From Nanaimo:
Take exit 51, turn onto Alberni Highway, turn left on Bellevue Road, and then right on Dobler.


From Qualicum Beach:
Take Inland Island Highway south, take the first exit to Parksville, turn right on Alberni Highway, immediately turn left on Bellevue, and again right on Dobler.

From Port Alberni:
Turn right on Price, left on Fair, right on Fairdowne, and left on Dobler.


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How to get to the Nanaimo location


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• If you are coming from south of Nanaimo on the old highway (#1), turn left at the lights at Milton. (There is a Shell station at that intersection.) Go to the second traffic lights which is Fitzwilliam St. and turn right. (RCMP and fire station at intersection). The fourth street on the right is Wallace St. Turn right.


• If you are coming from the north on the new highway (#19), follow the signs to the city centre (left at the second Jingle Pot exit). Jingle Pot turns into Third which turns into Fitzwilliam. Wallace St. is the fourth right after the lights at Milton Street (RCMP and fire station at intersection).


Hours and Rates
  • Appointments are available primarily on Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays at both offices.
  • In-person session fee is $90/hour.
  • Telephone/email consultation is charged at $45/hour.
  • There is a full charge of $90.00 for missed sessions or for those cancelled in less than 24 hours before the scheduled appointment.
  • Team consultation meetings are charged at $90/hr plus travel time
  • Under special circumstances alternative payment arrangements can be negotiated.


  • The focus is on finding creative solutions through empowering the person. In the treatment of children this at times may require the participation of both the child and parent.
  • My practice draws when appropriate from the fields of art therapy, play therapy, sandplay therapy, hypnosis, cognitive-behavioural therapy, Brief Solution Focused Therapy, inner-child work, and body-mind therapies (i.e. techniques that help integrate awareness of emotions, intuition, and body sensations) .

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tel: (250) 240-1221
artandplay@gmail.com
ArtandPlayTherapy.com


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