Madison King
msw, rsw, rcc
availability:
Madison is currently accepting new clients.
therapy formats:
Madison offers both in-person therapy in Squamish, and online therapy across BC.
works best with:
- adults
- youths
- first responders
- families
- couples
specialties:
- environmental disasters
- traumas
- grief and loss
- life transitions
- prenatal and perinatal
- parental challenges
rates:
complimentary initial consultation
$90/30 mins individuals
$180/50 mins individuals
$200/50 mins families/couples
About Madison
West Coast born and raised, Madison finds her strength and energy in nature. Running, skiing, hiking, and canoeing are a few of the activities that have drawn her and her family to the Squamish Valley. She recognizes the healing nature of being outside and seeks opportunities to share her love for the outdoors with her family, friends, and clients.
Madison’s Approach to Counselling
Madison believes that it takes courage to begin the counselling process. She admires her clients’ courage to work hard to improve their lives by doing deep trauma work, changing unhealthy behaviours, and building stronger relationships. She listens nonjudgmentally and helps her clients to develop self-compassion and self-understanding. Her clients also feel a sense of safety in her direct approach. Clients reflect to Madison that she creates an environment that supports vulnerable engagement which promotes meaningful change.
Madison is passionate about supporting adults and youth who are facing challenges related to recent or past trauma, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges (family, romantic, friendship, and work) and caregiver support. Her approach to therapy is relationship-centred and trauma-focused. She is trained in many evidence-based modalities such as Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT). She combines these modalities to meet her clients’ needs.
Madison is a Registered Social Worker and a Registered Clinical Counsellor, and has provided counselling and support services to individuals and families for many years. She has extensive experience in working with individuals who have experienced environmental disasters, single incident and complex traumas, complex grief and loss, life transitions and prenatal, perinatal and parental challenges.
Madison was inspired to become a therapist after engaging in her own healing work which made her realize that therapy can be a catalyst for the most profound transformations. Beyond her professional accreditations and experience, Madison is a kitchen-dancer, a glacial-dipper, a whole-hearted mother, an adventure-seeker, a lifelong griever, and a deep appreciator of genuine connection.
Official certifications:
Madison is registered both as a Registered Clinical Counsellor (15988) and a Registered Social Worker (13665).
See all of Madison’s Certificates and Training
2025 Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for First Responders with PsychWire. Presented by Dr. Sara Gilman, PhD.
2024 Running Dialectical Behavioural Therapy DBT Skills Development Groups with The Association for Psychological Therapies (APT). Presented by Elinor MacCormac, PhD.
2023 Basic Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Training with Envision. Presented by Dr. Kelly Penner Hutton, PhD.
2023 Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) in the Real World: Practical Skills Training with Envision. Presented by Dr. Jeff Riggenbach, PhD.
2023 Moving Clients through Grief and Loss into Growth and Resilience with Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy with Envision. Presented by Dr. Leanne Campbell, PhD.
2020 Hospice Training with the Merritt and District Hospice Society.
2019 Dialectical Behavioural Skills with Behavioural Tech. Presented by Marsha Lineman, PhD.
2019 Advanced DSM 5: Application of the DSM-5 with the Ministry of Children and Family Development.
2019 Problematic Substance Use with the Ministry of Children and Family Development.
2019 Naloxone Training with the Ministry of Children and Family Development.
2019 RRSR: Recognizing and Responding to Suicide Risk with the Ministry of Children and Family Development.
2019 SafeTalk Suicide Alterness Refresher Training with the Ministry of Children and Family Development.
2019 Connect Parent Group Attachment Program Facilitator Training. Simon Fraser University. Presented by Siobhan Avery and Morlene Moretti.
2019 Structured Analysis Family Evaluation (SAFE) Home Study Refresher Course Certificate with the Consortium for Children. Presented by Kathleen Cleary.
2018 Emotion Focused Family Therapy with the BC Association of Social Workers. Presented by Natasha Files, MSW, RSW.
2018 Using Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) to Treat Emotion Dysregulation Disorders with Jack Hirose & Associates Inc. Presented by Sheri Van Dijk, MSW, RSW.
2015- 2017 Three hours per week of specific mental health disorder treatment and training. Treatment implementation from a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy approach with the University of British Columbia. Presented by Edward Taylor, PhD.
2015-2017 Weekly Cognitive Behavioural Therapy coaching and skills implementation with the University of British Columbia. Supervised by Edward Taylor, PhD, David Guthrie, MSW, RSW and Dianne Power-Jeans, MSW, RSW.
2017 SafeTalk Suicide Alertness for Everyone with LivingWorks.
2017 SWKNAQINX: Aboriginal Health Modules Certificate with the University of British Columbia. Presented by Eric Mitchell, Knowledge Keeper, Chris Marchand, Knowledge Keeper and Donna Kurtz, Associate Professor School of Nursing.
2016 Early Childhood Educator Assistant Certificate.
2015 Solution-Focused Strategies with Solution Talk. Presented by Kelly Ainslie, MC, BSW, RSW.
2015 Structured Analysis Family Evaluation (SAFE) Home Study Course Certificate with the Consortium for Children. Presented by Kathleen Cleary.
2015 High Fidelity Wraparound 101 Facilitator Training with High Fidelity Wraparound, Vroon VanDenberg. Presented by Christen Terakita, Wraparound Facilitator and Trainer and Sarah Dillman, Wraparound Evaluator and Trainer.
2015 The Practice of omanitew: Allying with Indigenous People with Blue Quill First Nations College. Presented by Dr. Reg Crowshoe and Dr. Leona Makokis.
2014 Cornell University, Residential Child Care Project with the Family Life Development Center in the New York State College of Human Ecology at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Presented by Lynne Downey and Denise Snyder.
2014 Beyond Bullying: Creating Safe Spaces for Youth with Calgary Sexual Health. Presented by Pam Krause.
2014 Experiential Learning Training with Enviros Wilderness School Association. Presented by Carolyn Godfry
2014 Aboriginal Awareness Certificate of Achievement: Level 1 with Enviros Wilderness School Association. Presented by Casey Eagle Speaker.
