Our Team
Eliot Lowey, MA in Applied Behavioral Science, RPC #1102 - Director
Eliot is the Founder and Director of Cascadia established in Victoria BC in 1995. His specialties include assessing and implementing team-based treatment for complex clinical cases including high conflict divorce, families whose members are estranged from each other, and community based mental health situations that involve families with teens who are struggling in their functioning. Other specialties include stress and emotions management, marriage and family counselling, and parent and leadership coaching. As an instructor, Eliot has taught leadership for over 20 years in several institutions including, Camosun College, Royal Roads University, City University, the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto, and the Leadership Institute of Seattle. Additionally, Eliot provides one on one spiritual guidance. Early on in his spiritual journey Eliot met a world renowned spiritual teacher named Jack Swartz. Jack described Eliot as having three fundamental aspects, a scout, a map maker, and a general. Eliot helps people to scout difficult territory, map the terrain, and then provides leadership support to assist clients to take steps towards their vision. Even though Eliot is known for his counselling, coaching, consulting, training, program development, and leadership, his core offering is that of a guide.
Eileen Lowey, MA, RCC #20137
Eileen has been with Cascadia since 2009 working with individuals, youth and families. At Cascadia she has co-facilitated the Relationship Violence Program and currently facilitates the Responsible Driver Program. She has worked in all aspects of addiction including counselling, education groups, 20 day in-patient stabilization, and residential recovery services with Island Health. Her mental health experience includes training at the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children psychiatric unit and working in residential rehabilitation services for schizophrenic youth in Victoria. Her approach is based in mind-body integration including EMDR trauma therapy, somatic transformation and breath work. She utilizes these techniques to assist those facing addictions, anxiety, depression and trauma, to find greater vitality in their lives. Eileen is known to be authentic and heartfelt in her work.
Scott Campbell, MA, RCC #18528
Scott is a Registered Clinical Counsellor who has spent over 10 years working in social services and mental health. He works with MCFD referred clients to resolve family, relationship and parenting challenges, and counsels individuals who seek to improve their quality of life. He also co-facilitated the Relationship Violence Program and currently facilitates the Preventing Violence in the Family Program. As a certified Connect Parenting Facilitator, Scott works with groups of parents to build attachment and encourage healthy communication within the parent/child relationship. He has experience working with children and adults in a variety of settings, including addictions groups with Corrections Canada, a recovery center for at-risk teens, and with Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health in Esquimalt. Currently he also works with Inclusion Works, a community-based support program for young adults with disabilities.
Yuko Kawasumi, MA, RCC #13961
Yuko is a Registered Clinical Counsellor who works with children, youth, adults and parents to address family and relationship challenges. Her experience moving to Canada from Japan helps her in her specialty of working with international high school students. She is the intake coordinator for Cascadia and the Program Coordinator for International School Programs. She has experience working with children and youth using expressive art and play therapy techniques. Yuko is committed to work with each client to facilitate a positive and meaningful change in their lives and for their family members.
Laura Luz, MA, CFM, RP #4127 MTC #2411
Laura is a Registered Psychotherapist and a Master Therapeutic Counsellor, who enjoys working with individuals, couples, and families. She has served her community as a counsellor, mediator, and group facilitator for several years. In her work, she uses a spiritual lens combined with hypnosis, Internal Family Systems therapy, body-psychotherapy, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, analysis, and coaching to assist clients to heal and move forward towards a life of balance, freedom, and wellbeing. Her expertise centres around relationship dynamics, human-behaviour, and the spiritual journey of awakening. She fluently speaks the language of symbolism, dreams, life-patterns, intuition, and vibrational theory to bring a new perspective and vision to her clients. She does this with an understanding that includes both compassion and upliftment. Clarity and insight are easily accessed within her work with clients. Laura is described as knowledgeable, warm, and caring by those who know her.
Dayle McMillan, MA, RCC #18402
Dayle is a Registered Clinical Counsellor. She works with community based clients and referrals from MCFD to help individuals work on boundaries, conflict resolution, self-care, anger management, addictions, creating safety plans among other presenting problems. Dayle co-facilitates the Preventing Violence in the Family Program, where she supports families who are experiencing child protection issues. She loves working in a team based environment with a focus on continuous learning. She’s passionate about helping others and personal growth. Dayle provides a safe and non-judgemental space and clients are always met with unconditional positive regard.
Dr. Peter Meuser, R. Psych. CPBC #489 - Consulting Psychologist
Dr. Peter Meuser, holds an M.A. and Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology; University of Ottawa, 1976 & 1978), and is a seasoned practicing Clinical/Forensic Psychologist, continuously registered in BC since 1979 (CPBC, BCPA, CPA, CRHSP). Peter has been Cascadia’s consulting psychologist for the past 15 years. He provides clinical supervision, as well as a full range of psychological assessments for clients. As a former RCMP Police Officer (A/Cst.), Peter is recognized by Provincial and Supreme Courts as an Expert Witness, widely respected by Courts, Law Enforcement Agencies, and Legal community for comprehensive Psychological/Legal and Forensic Assessments, which he has conducted with hundreds of high-profile, complex legal cases since 1990. His multi-professional Agency, “DR. MEUSER & ASSOCIATES, INC.,” services BC, Haida Gwaii, and the Yukon Territories, offering specialized psychological, forensic, risk, parenting capacity & addiction assessments, corporate consulting, and counselling services. Advanced, organizational, writing, clinical, statistical data-analysis and people skills are his forte.
Elaine Paterson, MA, CPCC, PCC
With an MA in Leadership and Training, and established in her career as an Education Program Coordinator, Elaine was compelled to develop skills beyond traditional leadership/management. She found her calling in coaching to bring forth the best in others and graduated as a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) in 2011. When she attained 500+ hours of experience, she earned the international credential of Professional Certified Coach (PCC). Her clients include executives, department chairs, healthcare faculty, PhD candidates, CEOs, supervisors, business owners, and peers. Topics include leadership, developing teams that thrive, project management, personal time management, emotional intelligence, inner resourcefulness, and creating balance. Elaine embodies the career/life balance that her clients seek. She brings unique skills on how to make conscious choices, create meaningful change, release fear, clear stress, develop compassionate presence, and call forth wisdom.
Bob Finlay, MA, RFT, RCC
Bob has been a practicing clinician for 51 years with the last 35 years devoted to serving individuals and families in the Family Law field. He is a Certified Family Law Mediator having mediated over 1200 Family Law and Child Protection cases. He has also been designated as an Expert witness at the Supreme and Provincial Courts in BC. Throughout his career, Bob has worked as a Divorce Coach, a Parent Coordinator in high conflict situations and is currently a highly sought after consultant on complex family cases where children are resisting contact with a parent. As a Family Therapist, Bob counsels and coaches individuals, couples and children on a variety of presenting problems. He is trained in a multitude of treatment modalities including energy psychology approaches such as EMDR, EFT, and Applied Kinesiology. He is able to quickly assess the root causes of the presenting issue and develop a plan of action to resolve it. Bob uses a holistic approach paying attention to a person’s physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects. He is passionate about enhancing the health of his clients, and assisting his clients to develop meaningful and intimate connections with loved ones as cornerstones for a fulfilled life.
Sharon Storoschuk, BS, MS, MPH
Sharon is an Intuitive Coach, Medium, and Group Facilitator, at Cascadia Counselling. After 30 years in Public Health, Sharon transitioned her career to the field of Spiritual Transformation and Development. Early in her new career path, she became a Reiki master, a Cranial Sacral Therapist, and started attending women’s groups. She is a Level 6 student and Level 1 Teacher at the Training in Power Academy. Sharon began facilitating her first women’s group in 2016 and never looked back. This new passion led her to completing a year-long Intuitive Coach Training in 2018. Ever since, Sharon has pursued her mission of uplifting women into finding their voices and being the leaders of their life. She helps others create a better world by connecting to their hearts and living in grace and love. Her sessions and groups focus on teaching about the divine feminine, creating abundance, invoking goddess energy, establishing spiritual businesses and guiding meditation. It brings her joy seeing her clients find their voice, feel more comfortable in their own skin, tune into the divine within, and live an unapologetically authentic life! Her gifts are holding sacred space for others, tuning in to individuals on a spiritual, mental, emotional and physical level, understanding and using energy to heal, and listening to divine guidance.
Erin Lowey, MSc, PhD Candidate
Erin co-created the complex case assessment process for Cascadia and operationalized the clinical administrator role. Currently, Erin is a PhD candidate in Social Psychology at the University of Victoria. She specializes in relationship research and how romantic relationships begin, particularly examining how and why some friendships develop into romance. She also has extensive knowledge on the components needed for fostering healthy, long-term romantic relationships. Further, she has skills in how to conduct ethical and informative scientific research and data analysis. Erin is the primary research consultant and data analyst for Cascadia.
Thea Sadler, Masters in Industrial and Organizational (IO) Psychology
Fueled by a passion to help individuals and groups thrive, Thea is an internal consultant and facilitator at Cascadia with a Masters degree in IO Psychology. Throughout her Master’s degree Thea facilitated over 30 workshops and interactive presentations on relevant workplace topics to members of the University. Additionally, Thea worked on several consulting projects helping non profit and corporate organizations with employee experience, employee engagement, communication processes, and leadership development. Currently, she is helping Cascadia expand its offerings, assisting groups, and training as a coach. Thea’s coaching philosophy aims to support individuals to align their choices with their core values, develop systems and structures to facilitate change, and create a life of deep fulfillment and purpose. She creates a compassionate environment utilizing humble inquiry to extract the client's innate wisdom. Her approach is rooted in a deep commitment to her own personal development and spiritual work that expands to her work with clients.