Executive Directors

Heather Flanagan - President and Director of Membership (604) 617-6350:

Heather is a standing Director of ARCH. She is a Registered Clinical Hypnotherapist and Registered Clinical Counselling- Hypnotherapist. Her private practice is based in Vancouver with emphasis on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Parts Therapy and Family of Origin therapy. Other areas of focus include self confidence/self esteem, anxiety, phobias, weight management, children/teen issues and more.

Sylvain Joseph - Vice-President (604) 283-1850:

Sylvain is a standing Director of ARCH. He is a Registered Clinical Hypnotherapist and Registered Clinical Counselling- Hypnotherapist. He works with an integrated structure of several modalities, including Cognitive/Behavioural, NLP and Hypnosis helping clients with self-esteem, anxieties, fears and phobias. He has specialty certifications in the following areas: Weight Control, Smoking Cessation, Pain Management, ADD and Immune Disorders. He is in private practice in downtown Vancouver.

Gerda Toffoli - Records and Certificates (604) 224-5502:

Gerda is a standing Director of ARCH. She is a Registered Clinical Counselling-Hypnotherapist and has a Masters’ degree in Counselling Psychology from UBC. She has extensive experience in personal and group counselling, including the use of guided imagery to deal with major life transitions, grief and loss counseling, conflict resolution and peer-helper training. Focus in her client-centered private Vancouver practice includes personal growth and interpersonal relationships, self-esteem and self-confidence, anxiety and stress management, insomnia and overcoming internal blockages in sports, academics, or other endeavours.

Kemila Zsange - Secretary (604) 687-4325

Kemila is a standing Director of ARCH. She is a Registered Clinical Hypnotherapist and Registered Clinical Counselling- Hypnotherapist (Cand.). She has a full-time private practice based in West-End Vancouver, offering services that help people find their own inner wisdom to interrupt patterns, to learn from the depth of their own being and to be the best they are meant to be. She treats men, women and children around issues and conditions such as Fear and Phobia, Insomnia, Performance Anxiety, Depression, Weight Loss, Stress Reduction, Past Life Regression and Future Life Progression. She also teaches Self-Hypnosis courses in local community centres.

Oceanna Hall – Treasurer

Eileen McAdam (604) 721-8429:

Eileen is a standing Director of ARCH. She is a Registered Clinical Hypnotherapist and a Registered Counselling-Hypnotherapist with specialist training in Time Line Protocol Therapy. She has certification in Business Management, Marketing and Human Resources. Areas of practice include Stress Management, Career Burnout, Confidence Building & Self Esteem, Motivation, Women’s Issues, Regression, Grief & Loss and more. Her practice is located in North Vancouver.

Dr. Aftab Iqbal (604) 502-9716:

Dr. Iqbal is a standing Director of ARCH. He completed his Ph.D from the University of Glasgow UK and has taught in the university and also worked in the Industry before moving to the field of Hypnotherapy. He is a Registered Clinical Hypnotherapist and Registered Clinical Counselling-Hypnotherapist. He has developed specialization in dealing with Depression, Anxiety, Grief, Phobias and Physical and Sexual abuse. He is also experienced in Couple counselling, Cessation of Smoking and Weight Management. Dr.Iqbal runs his practice in White Rock and shares a clinic with medical doctors and counsellors.

Dafna Ohana (604) 722-3229

Dafna is a standing Director of ARCH. She is a Registered Clinical Counselling-Hypnotherapist (RCCH) with further training in Past-Life Regression. Her work in the Downtown Eastside has provided her with skills in counselling clients dealing with childhood neglect and abuse, substance misuse, trauma and depression. In her Person-Centred practice based in Vancouver, she integrates several modalities including; Family of Origin, Parts-Mediation Therapy, Behavioral-Cognitive Therapy, Transpersonal therapies and Regression. Areas of focus include: personal growth, psychosomatic dis-orders, family and relationship issues, spiritual development, ADD-ADHD, PTSD, pain management and more.

Andrew Bexson (604) 868-5533:

Andrew is a standing Director of ARCH. He is a Registered Clinical Counselling-Hypnotherapist, a Registered Professional Counsellor and a Life Skills Coach. He recently set up a new school – Bexson’s Hypnotherapy Training Institute, teaching a Clinical Hypnotherapy program. In his own practice Andrew helps clients overcome and/or cope with; anxiety; depression; stress, trauma; physical/emotional/sexual abuse; grief and loss; smoking cessation; allergies and phobias; improving self-confidence/self-esteem; future career/life changes, couples counselling and many more. He uses a number of therapeutic methods including; Parts Mediation Therapy, behavioral cognitive therapy, solution focused brief therapy, counselling; gestalt dream work. His practice is based in New Westminster.

List Of Provincial Liaison Representatives
Provincial Liaison Representatives promote the Association within their provincial boundaries and are the legislative watch-dogs for the Association. For ethical issues contact the ARCH head office for information regarding the correct complaint protocol.

British Columbia

Dr. V. R. (Brick) Saunderson, RCCH
(250) 248-0316

Sharon McCann, RCH Newtworking » North Vancouver Island (Nanaimo to Port Hardy)

(250) 703-3724

Ontario

Luke Chao, RHt
(416) 556-4068

Quebec

Pierre Benoit, RCCH
(514) 472-3535

Saskatchewan

Tony Senz, RCH