Nadine Nakagawa

Accepting New Clients. Nadine is student counsellor working from an intersectional, anti-oppressive approach that considers collective and community healing. She identifies as a queer Hāfu woman and brings art, creativity, and embodiment to her practice.

English, Sliding Scale Available, BIPoC Identified, Student Counsellor, Queer Identified, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Available in the Evening, Available on Weekends, Expressive Arts Therapy, Art Therapy, Student Counsellor/ Lower Cost, Accepting New ClientsLuisa OspinaApril 3, 2025Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person, Hybrid

Jotika Chaudhary Samant, RSW

Accepting New Clients. Jotika is a Queer, Disabled, chronically ill, cis, femme of Colour. She is an Expressive Arts Therapist and Registered Social Worker. She is passionate about the arts as profound and powerful tools to support re-connecting to our bodies.

BIPoC Identified, English, Associate Counsellor, Sliding Scale Available, Accepting New Clients, Art Therapy, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Expressive Arts Therapy, Queer Identified, Registered Social Worker, Available on Weekends, Available in the EveningLuisa OspinaMay 6, 2024Individual Counselling, Virtual

Surya Govender, RTC

Accepting New Clients. Surya is an Art Therapist with a feminist, trauma informed perspective, focused on compassion, harm reduction and finding joy. Surya is a parent with a deep understanding of the ways our chosen/birth families shape us. She is biracial, queer, able bodied and cisgendered.

Queer Identified, English, BIPoC Identified, Art Therapy, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Sliding Scale Available, Accepting New Clients, Associate Counsellor, Registered Therapeutic CounsellorLuisa OspinaDecember 21, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person, Relationship Counselling

Luisa Ospina, RCC-ACS

Accepting New Clients. Luisa is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor who works primarily with people who have experienced trauma, including sexualized violence, experiences of ongoing oppression, and family separation. You can expect sessions with her to be light-hearted, validating, critical of structural barriers, and educational.

Sam Kaplan, RCC

Accepting New Clients. Sam is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and RCC-Approved Clinical Supervisor (provisional), who works alongside folks navigating identity, traumas and relationships. Currently with space for Hormone Readiness assessments and clinical consultation.

Sandra Suasnabar Alberco, RCC

Waitlist for New Clients. Sandra is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Registered Therapeutic Counsellor who is passionate and committed to offering a safe, transparent and nourishing holding space for Clinical Supervisees and Consultees. Sandra specializes in supporting survivors of trauma (intergenerational, gender-based and sexualized), folks navigating identities and life transitions, grief and loss, and historical systemic oppression.

Christie Ma, RTC

Accepting New Clients. Christie is an Associate Counsellor who engages the arts as a way to access and tangibly contend with trauma, feelings, and experiences held in our bodies. They seek to connect with you where you are at and offer a collaborative therapeutic experience that honours your ways of knowing.

Queer Identified, English, Art Therapy, BIPoC Identified, Cantonese, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Accepting New Clients, Associate Counsellor, Non-Binary Identified, Available in the Evening, Registered Therapeutic CounsellorLuisa OspinaApril 4, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual, Relationship Counselling

Raman Cheema, RCC

Accepting New Clients. Raman is an Art Therapist. She works from a trauma-informed, multicultural perspective to understand how social and cultural factors influence our lives. You can expect sessions with Raman to be validating, warm, and educational.

English, BIPoC Identified, Art Therapy, Associate Counsellor, Punjabi, Expressive Arts Therapy, Available on Weekends, Accepting New Clients, Available in the Evening, EMDR, Registered Clinical Counsellor, Hormone Readiness AssessmentLuisa OspinaApril 5, 2022Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person