Against All Odds
Coaching & Counselling
You don't need someone to just listen. You need someone to guide you.
Counselling and crisis-style coaching for people carrying the chaos, grief, fear, and impossible decisions that come with loving someone in addiction.
Online counselling available across Canada.
What this work is really about
“Addiction doesn't only happen to the person using. It rearranges the nervous system of everyone who loves them.”
Stop spiralling after every crisis
Learn what is support — and what is self-abandonment
Build boundaries that do not collapse under guilt
Make decisions from clarity, not panic
You are exhausted from managing someone else's consequences.
You are afraid that one boundary will become the thing that breaks them.
You miss who they were, while trying to survive who addiction made them.
The other side of this
Imagine what life looks like when you finally put yourself back in it.
This work is hard. But on the other side of it is something you may have forgotten was possible: your own life, reclaimed.
Peace without guilt
Sleep through the night without checking your phone. Feel calm without feeling selfish.
Boundaries that hold
Say no without spiralling. Let consequences happen without feeling responsible for fixing them.
Your identity back
Remember who you were before addiction became the centre of your life. Reconnect with joy, hobbies, and friendships.
Clarity in crisis
Respond instead of react. Know what is yours to carry and what is not.
Recovery is not just for the person using.
You deserve to heal too. You deserve to stop surviving and start living. You deserve support that sees you as the main character of your own story — not a supporting role in someone else's addiction.
Rediscover energy and motivation
Rebuild trust in yourself and your decisions
Create a life that does not revolve around crisis
Model healthy boundaries for your family
Feel hopeful again — even on hard days
Choose the support you need
Not all support should look the same.
Some people need deeper counselling. Some people need immediate guidance through a crisis. Many need both at different times.
Counselling
For ongoing healing, self-reflection, grief, trauma patterns, attachment wounds, family dynamics, and rebuilding your own identity outside of addiction.
Start counsellingCrisis Coaching
For the moments when things are happening now — relapse, intoxication, threats, manipulation, family conflict, treatment decisions, or what-do-I-do-tonight panic.
Get guidance
About Asha
Professional experience. Lived experience. No sugar-coating.
Certified by the Canadian Addiction Counselling Federation and an International Addiction Counsellor with a BA in Psychology. Trained in Emotion Focused Family Therapy with 7 years of experience in family-focused addiction counselling.
As Featured On
Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences
“Shattered: Living in The Shadows of Addiction” — The Mental Health Podcast
The 23 Best Psychotherapists in Vancouver
Ranked #9 among Vancouver's top psychotherapists for addiction and family support.
Connect With Me
Meet Asha
Against All Odds was built for the people who are often treated like side characters in addiction: the partners, parents, siblings, adult children, and loved ones trying to hold everything together while slowly losing themselves.
With 12 years in personal recovery, I understand every facet of the treatment process from the inside out. As a workshop facilitator, educator, and guest panel speaker at the Recovery Capital Conference, I bring both professional expertise and lived understanding to this work.
I am deeply knowledgeable in local BC resources including detoxes, treatment centres, funding options, and government programs — so I can help you navigate the system, not just your emotions.
CACCF Certified Counsellor
Clinical Supervisor
International Addiction Counsellor
BA in Psychology
Emotion Focused Family Therapy
12 Years Personal Recovery
Recovery Capital Conference Speaker
Publications
Written pieces on addiction, family, and recovery.
Insights, education, and honest conversations about what it really means to love someone through addiction.
Article
Recovery-Adjacent Trauma
The hidden injury families carry through addiction and recovery — why loved ones often feel worse when things are getting better.
Read more
Article
Hope Fatigue
The exhaustion no one talks about — what happens when hoping starts to hurt more than it helps.
Read more
Women's Journal
How Against All Odds Counseling Supports Families in Recovery
A feature on our mission to support the people standing beside those struggling with addiction.
Read on Women's Journal
More articles coming soon
Free Resource
5 Essential Tools to Handle a Loved One's Addiction
Clear Boundaries. Real Strategy. No Chaos.
For parents. Partners. Siblings. Adult children. Anyone trying to love someone through addiction without losing themselves in the process.
- How to set boundaries that actually stick
- What to say (and not say) during a crisis
- How to stop enabling without abandoning
- Protecting your mental health while supporting them
- When to step back — and how to do it
How it works
Simple enough for crisis. Deep enough for change.
01
Book a free call
We clarify what is happening, what kind of support fits, and whether this is the right place for you.
02
Choose your pathway
Counselling, coaching, group support, or a combination depending on urgency and depth.
03
Start making decisions differently
Less reacting. Less rescuing. More clarity, boundaries, and emotional steadiness.
Outside Resources
You are not alone. Help is available.
Whether you need immediate crisis support, treatment options, or ongoing community — these resources can help.
*These are predominantly BC-based resources. For other provinces, please reach out and I can help connect you with local services.
Crisis Hotlines
BC Treatment & Detox
Support Groups
Funding & Programs
Books & Learning
You are allowed to need help too.
Loving someone in addiction can make your life feel like a hostage negotiation with grief. Start with one conversation.
Asha Corbett · Against All Odds Coaching & Counselling · admin@againstallodds.ca