Tracy Lowe is working with patients on a case by case basis. If you wish to see Tracy for counselling or Guided Imagery & Music, please call the Acacia Health – Dockside to reach Tracy.
Practices Guided Imagery & Music (GIM), the first counsellor in Victoria accredited in GIM.
Areas of interests:
- Music and neuroplasticity
- Therapeutic altered states of consciousness
- Social justice and mental health
There have been times in Tracy’s life when music seemed like her best counsellor. It helped her feel whole and connected when everything else was falling apart. Where words failed, music was there to express the inexpressible. Through this, Tracy has developed a lifelong interest in the therapeutic power of music and expressive arts. She has been fortunate enough to study a unique form of music psychotherapy known as Guided Imagery & Music.
Tracy began volunteering as a counsellor as a young adult. After working for years in media, she decided on a career change. Her interest in music, spirituality and mental health led her back to university. After completing an MA in Counselling Psychology at the University of Victoria, Tracy joined the Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association in 2015 and the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors in 2020. Tracy now practises as a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC), a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and an accredited practitioner of GIM – the only GIM accredited counsellor based in Victoria.
A lifelong learner, Tracy was in the first cohort of Vancouver Island University’s Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Graduate Certificate program. She’s also currently learning about the Safe & Sound Protocol, an evidence-based listening therapy based on polyvagal theory that supports clients to be more regulated and present.
What Tracy loves about Counselling is that there’s space to combine the best of old and new, from ancient healing methods involving music and nature to innovative technology that supports neuroplastic change. Counselling, therapy, and just life can be hard work. The gift of music and imagery is that they can help us access resources we never knew we had, glimpse other possibilities and make this work not just bearable but beautiful to experience and fun to do.
