Ashtyn Bevan

  • 15 min Phone Consultation
    No Cost

    Individual Counselling

    50 min
    Sliding Scale: Starting at $80
    Standard: $125
    Generous: $130+

    75 min
    Sliding Scale: Starting at $100
    Standard: $175
    Generous: $180+

    Relationship Counselling

    50 min
    Sliding Scale: Starting at $100
    Standard: $140
    Generous: $145+

    75 min
    Sliding Scale: Starting at $120
    Standard: $180
    Generous: $185+

    Hormone Readiness Assessments
    Two 50-minute sessions: $300 per assessment (Sliding Scale Available)

  • Location: Venables, Virtual

    Days and Hours:

    • Thursday 2:00pm - 8:00pm (Virtual)

    • Friday 9:00am – 2:00pm (In-Person)

    • Saturday 10:00am – 2:00pm (Virtual)

    • Anti-Oppressive

    • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

    • Emotion-Focused Approaches

    • Harm Reduction

    • Internal Family Systems (Parts Work)

    • Intersectional Feminist Therapy

    • Narrative

    • Queer Theory

    • Relational & Person-Centred

    • Sex-Positive & Kink-Informed

    • Somatic

    • Strengths-Based Practice

    • Trauma-Informed Practice

    • EMDR Therapy — Alivia Maric, PhD, RPsych & Eve Wilensky, MA, RCC EMDR Training (In progress)

    • Foundations Level I: Foundations of Theory and Practice - Vancouver School for Narrative Therapy  (2025)

    • Indigenous Tools for Living Training (2023)

    • Supporting Sex Workers – Living in Community (2023)

Bio

Hi, I’m Ashtyn (she/her).

I care deeply about creating a space where people feel safe enough to show up as they are. I will show up as a collaborative partner in the work, bringing curiosity, compassion, honesty, and a bit of playfulness when it helps things feel a little lighter.

My approach to counselling is relational, embodied, and grounded in genuine connection. My care experience comes from the anti-violence sector, where I provided crisis support to folks navigating violence, substance use, and the realities of systems that don’t always offer care. Being in those rooms taught me so much about resilience, resourcefulness, and the strength people already carry, even when the world tells them otherwise. Those experiences continue to shape how I show up in the counselling room and my passion for supporting survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.

I believe you are the expert in your own life, and my role is to walk alongside you as you make choices that feel empowered and aligned with who you are. My work is integrative and rooted in trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, feminist, and harm-reduction values, with a strong emphasis on community care. I draw from a range of therapeutic approaches when working with individuals and couples, and I strive to create a space that is inclusive and affirming for people of all genders, sexualities, and relationship structures. Our work together centres consent and genuine connection, and is responsive to what feels meaningful in the moment. Sessions move at your pace, with the intention of creating a space where you can show up as you, without judgment.

Who am I? Well, I’m a queer, cisgender, neurospicy, able-bodied settler living and working in Vancouver, BC on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. An ADHD diagnosis in adulthood helped connect a few dots (okay, quite a few). Alongside my own counselling journey, it’s helped me find more compassion and acceptance for myself, something I hope to support others in finding, too.

Outside of the counselling room, I’m usually listening to music or gathering with community as I see collective joy as an act of resistance. I also enjoy crafting silly, bejewelled creations and spending time with my rescue pup, Dolly Barkin, who reminds me daily of the power of rest and a good snuggle.

Image Description: Ashtyn is standing in front of green foliage, centered in the photo, looking directly at the camera. She has wavy, shoulder-length hair in a blend of brown and blonde tones. She is wearing gold aviator shaped glasses, along with both a septum piercing and a nose ring. She wears an olive coloured shirt paired with a bolo tie that has a pastel, heart-shaped ornament at the collar.

Ashtyn Bevan

(she/her/hers)
Pre-licensed Associate Counsellor

In-Person and Virtual Sessions

Ashtyn is currently accepting new clients!

If you are interested in connecting with Ashtyn, please contact ashtyn@expressivewellness.ca. For existing clients, self-book here.

English, Sliding Scale Available, Neurodivergent, Queer Identified, Somatic Practice, Accepting New Clients, Pre-Licensed Counsellor, Hormone Readiness Assessment, EMDRLuisa OspinaVirtual, In-Person, Hybrid, Individual Counselling, Relationship Counselling