Chanbona Anhaouy Counselling and Consulting

Who is Chanbona (Bona)? Who is Bona and what I can offer you? I am a Cambodian born, who lives in Vancouver and Lower Mainland, BC, Canada. I speak fluently in Cambodian, Vietnamese, and English. I can understand and communicate (intermediate level) in Laosian and Thai. I am a registered social worker, previously worked as a child protection social worker for many years, and I am practicing family counselling. I am also a mother, sister, auntie, great auntie, and friend. I love singing, enjoy jogging, walking, going out with friends and families, reading, cooking and sewing. I am a mother to an autistic child who is an adult now. I am family oriented and love my community-Cambodian and Canadian. I am relational, passionate, and caring. I am fortunate to have the trust of clients (with whom I work for the last many years) who amazingly and bravely share with me their deepest thoughts/feelings/emotions such as worries, fear, quilts, shame, insights, and happiness. I am grateful and honoured to be part of the support of their self-growth and success they discover for themselves in their relationship(s), family, work, and in life. I wish to share my knowledge and skills to assist and support others to feel happier and healthier about themselves and their lives. I have a Bachelor of Social Work, with a combined 25+ years experiences in child welfare systems, both in BC and ON, extensive on-going professional training/workshops, as well as life experiences such as war, trauma, migration, parenting, co-parenting, multigenerational family systemic issues, and a special needs child, living with Autism spectrum disorder. I am a Registered Social Worker, who used to work as a child protection social worker for the Ministry of Child and Family Development in Vancouver, BC, and for Peel Children's Aid Society, in Peel Region, ON, for a combined 15+ years. I have been working in Vancouver and Lower Mainland, BC, for about 10+ years, primarily in the therapeutic and relationships, parenting services, as a Family Counsellor, at Family Services of Greater, where I provide support and/or assist with parents and families, who struggle with extreme stress, and at the same time face mental health issues, addiction concerns, crisis, situational and historical trauma and abuses, challenges in everyday parenting/coping/managing, co-parenting, difficulties managing life transitions, and much more.