Posts in BIPoC & Queer Identified
Rachelle Wilmot, RCC

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Rachelle (she/they) is a Biracial, Queer, Neurodivergent Registered Clinical Counsellor and Social Worker eager to work alongside folks, co-creating safety within their healing journey. Their practice is trauma-informed, so you can expect a welcoming and empowering therapeutic space.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Chronic Pain
+ Low Sexual Desire
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ BPD/ CPTSD
+ Religious Trauma
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Infidelity
+ Relationship Issues
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Substance-related issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ OCD
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Disordered Eating
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Ivan Leonce, RSW

Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Ivan is a Registered Social Worker keen to support folks through all the tough, tender & tricky parts of simply being alive and in this world. His counselling style invites an exploration of our unique stories, and relationships to the people, places & practices important to us as sources of wisdom on ways forward.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Relationship Issues
+ Substance-related issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Daniel Oommen, RCC

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Daniel (they/them) is a registered clinical counsellor and certified sexologist who works with individuals and relationships, with a focus on sexuality, intimacy, trauma, and non-monogamy. Their approach is collaborative, trauma-informed, compassionate, and grounded in anti-oppressive principles.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ Aromanticism
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Low Sexual Desire
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Pregnancy and Postpartum
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Erectile Dysfuction
+ Orgasm Difficulties
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ BPD/ CPTSD
+ Religious Trauma
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Painful Sex
+ Infidelity
+ Relationship Issues
+ Rapid/Delayed Ejaculation
+ Hypersexuality/ Compulsive Sexual Behaviors
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Shana Soo, RCC

Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Shana (she/they) is a registered clinical counsellor who is passionate about providing a safe, validating, and collaborative space for clients. Their practice is anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and harm reducing, with a touch of playfulness.

Areas of Focus:

+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Chronic Pain
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ Religious Trauma
+ Relationship Issues
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ COVID-Conscious
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Angel Sukkau, RCC

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Angel (she/them) is a queer, biracial, neurodivergent settler living on unceded land. Her practice is rooted in harm reduction, anti-oppression, and trauma-informed frameworks. They are passionate about supporting people's healing journeys and enjoy strengthening connections to oneself through an Internal Family Systems (IFS) lens and somatic (body) recognition and engagement.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ Aromanticism
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Chronic Pain
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ BPD/ CPTSD
+ Religious Trauma
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Infidelity
+ Relationship Issues
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Psychosis
+ Substance-related issues
+ Hypersexuality/ Compulsive Sexual Behaviors
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ OCD
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Disordered Eating
+ Fat-Specific Issues/ Impacts of Sizeism
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Luisa Ospina, RCC-ACS

In-Person & Virtual
Waitlist Available

Bio

Luisa (she/they) offers trauma-informed, queer-affirming counselling, art therapy, and clinical supervision. Her anti-oppressive, relational approach supports people and practitioners in healing from trauma, navigating systemic oppression, and deepening connection and self-understanding.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Chronic Pain
+ Low Sexual Desire
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ BPD/ CPTSD
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Relationship Issues
+ Substance-related issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Steph Blandino, RCC

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Steph sees counselling as an opportunity to walk beside folx, co-creating safety and dignity as they navigate their healing journeys and call in their own wisdom. She believes her role is one of facilitating and collaborating, and that each client brings their own expertise, gifts, and the seeds for resilience.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ Aromanticism
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Chronic Pain
+ Low Sexual Desire
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Pregnancy and Postpartum
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Erectile Dysfuction
+ Orgasm Difficulties
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ BPD/ CPTSD
+ Religious Trauma
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Painful Sex
+ Relationship Issues
+ Rapid/Delayed Ejaculation
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Substance-related issues
+ Hypersexuality/ Compulsive Sexual Behaviors
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Disordered Eating
+ Fat-Specific Issues/ Impacts of Sizeism
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues
+ Perinatal

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Gurvaan Mann, RCC

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio


Gurvaan (she/they) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor that works with people navigating anxiety, life transitions, issues of identity, and experiences of trauma. You can expect sessions to be inviting, validating, and attentive to structural barriers.   She works from an IFS, EMDR, somatic, and trauma informed lens.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ BPD/ CPTSD
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Relationship Issues
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Substance-related issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Fat-Specific Issues/ Impacts of Sizeism
+ Identity Issues

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Jessamine Liu, CCC

In-person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Jessamine (she/her) is a queer, Filipino-Taiwanese immigrant and settler on stolen Coast Salish lands. She hopes to co-create intersectional, anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and collaborative spaces with her clients. She works with grief, navigating diasporic identities, identity exploration, and dreaming alternative ways of being.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ Aromanticism
+ Chronic Pain
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ Religious Trauma
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Infidelity
+ Relationship Issues
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Substance-related issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ COVID-Conscious
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Christie Ma, RTC

Virtual
Accepting Clients

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ BPD/ CPTSD
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Psychosis
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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​Jotika Chaudhary Samant, RSW

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

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.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Chronic Pain
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Self-Esteem
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ Religious Trauma
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Painful Sex
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Substance-related issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Disordered Eating
+ Fat-Specific Issues/ Impacts of Sizeism
+ COVID-Conscious
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Pin-Han Hsu, RCC

Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Pin-Han's approach to therapy is person-centred, strengths-based, and trauma-informed. Pin-Han provides anti-oppressive and nonjudgmental care to marginalized individuals who are in the LGBTQ2S+ communities, immigrants, who use substances, and survivors of domestic violence.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ BPD/ CPTSD
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Substance-related issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ COVID-Conscious
+ Identity Issues

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Sammy Gagné, CCC

Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Sammy (she/her) is a Certified Canadian Counsellor offering individual, relationship, and sex therapy. She specializes in supporting folx navigating identity, sexuality, relationships, neurodivergence, trauma, sex work, and chronic illness. Sammy’s style has been described as warm, educational, validating, authentic, and curious.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ Aromanticism
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Chronic Pain
+ Low Sexual Desire
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Erectile Dysfuction
+ Orgasm Difficulties
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ BPD/ CPTSD
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Painful Sex
+ Infidelity
+ Relationship Issues
+ Rapid/Delayed Ejaculation
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Hypersexuality/ Compulsive Sexual Behaviors
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ OCD
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ COVID-Conscious
+ Identity Issues

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Maryanne Wong, RSW

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Maryanne is a queer, bicultural Associate Counsellor and Registered Social Worker with both lived and professional experience. Their perspective is informed by an intersectional social justice lens. She approaches her counselling work with a collaborative, inquisitive spirit and trauma-aware, harm-reduction approach.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Chronic Pain
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Self-Esteem
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ Relationship Issues
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Disordered Eating
+ Fat-Specific Issues/ Impacts of Sizeism
+ COVID-Conscious
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Surya Govender, RTC

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

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

Areas of Focus:
+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ Aromanticism
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Chronic Pain
+ Low Sexual Desire
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Pregnancy and Postpartum
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Orgasm Difficulties
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ BPD/ CPTSD
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Infidelity
+ Relationship Issues
+ Psychosis
+ Substance-related issues
+ Hypersexuality/ Compulsive Sexual Behaviors
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ OCD
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Disordered Eating
+ Fat-Specific Issues/ Impacts of Sizeism
+ COVID-Conscious
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues
+ Perinatal

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Austin Lee

Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Austin (he/they) is a multi-racial, non-binary, gay, and neurodivergent pre-licensed clinical counsellor who is passionate about creating safe and affirming spaces where people can explore and embrace their authentic selves.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ Religious Trauma
+ Relationship Issues
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Identity Issues

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Nakita Sekhon

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Nakita (she/her) is a cisgender, queer, disabled/neurodivergent, Indo-Canadian settler and woman of colour. She works with individuals, families, and youth, with a focus on neurodiversity, disability, health-related challenges, and life transitions such as grief and loss. I offer a counselling space that is real, down-to-earth, and supportive, where you can feel comfortable being yourself and know you’ll be met with honesty and care.

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Soyoung Yu

In-person & Virtual
Waitlist Available

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ Relationship Issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ OCD
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Ashleen Pratap

Virtual
Waitlist Available

Bio

Ashleen (she/her) is a cisgender, second-generation settler and queer student counsellor. She works from an anti-oppressive, intersectional, multicultural and trauma-informed lens supporting individuals including the BIPOC and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. She works collaboratively with clients and creates a safe, welcoming, and non-judgmental space to support clients in knowing they are not alone in their life challenges.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Chronic Pain
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Self-Esteem
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Identity Issues

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Marcus Chan

Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Marcus (he/him) is a queer, second-gen Chinese student counsellor passionate about co-creating safe, warm spaces for BIPOC folks navigating identity, life transitions, religious trauma, grief, and relationships.

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