Jotika Chaudhary Samant

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, RSW, Accepting New Clients, Art Therapy, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Expressive Arts Therapy, Queer IdentifiedLuisa OspinaMay 6, 2024Individual Counselling, Virtual, Phone

Nida Khan

Nida offers individual sessions. Sessions with Nida are grounded in connection, empathy, validation, and curiosity. She hopes to facilitate a safe space with a non-judgmental approach to allow you to freely express your truth. In sessions, you an expect a warm and affirming space to heal.

English, BIPoC Identified, Sliding Scale Available, Available in the Evening, Accepting New Clients, Conversational Hindi, Student Counsellor/ Lower CostLuisa OspinaApril 18, 2024Individual Counselling, Virtual

Maïté Ledig

Waitlist closed. Maïté (she/her) is a student counsellor who supports folks navigating identity, trauma, relational issues and life transitions. Her work centres on helping clients connect to their strengths and cultivate deeper mind-body awareness. Maïté offers counselling in English and French.

English, Sliding Scale Available, Available in the Evening, French, Queer Identified, Student Counsellor/ Lower CostLuisa OspinaApril 15, 2024Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person, Relationship Counselling

Harmony Sonder

Harmony (she/they) is a transfem, neurodivergent student counsellor who lives with chronic pain. Her areas of interest and life experience include gender affirmation, religious trauma, disordered eating, and disability. Harmony strives to be flexible, creative, and ultimately responsive to the client’s needs.

English, French, Queer Identified, Sliding Scale Available, Accepting New Clients, Neurodivergent, Student Counsellor/ Lower Cost, Available in the Evening, Available on WeekendsLuisa OspinaApril 15, 2024Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person

Sammy Gagné

Sammy (she/her) is a neuro-spicy, disabled, queer, poly, Métis student counsellor. By creating a sex-and-body-positive, empowering, affirmative, anti-oppressive and safe space, her focus is working alongside sex work, poly, kink, and queer folx.

English, Sliding Scale Available, BIPoC Identified, Available in the Evening, Available on Weekends, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Queer Identified, Neurodivergent, Student Counsellor/ Lower Cost, Accepting New ClientsLuisa OspinaApril 12, 2024Individual Counselling, Virtual, Relationship Counselling

Ramineh Rahimi

Ramineh (She/Her) is a student counselor who believes in therapy from a holistic, trauma-informed, culturally, and socially just-centered approach. She emphasizes creating a safe space. With a foundation of empathy, compassion, and non-judgment, she offers sessions in both English and Farsi.

English, Sliding Scale Available, Accepting New Clients, BIPoC Identified, Farsi, Student Counsellor/ Lower CostLuisa OspinaApril 10, 2024Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person

Aileen Cham

Aileen is a queer, bicultural individual bringing 5+ years of frontline experience in community mental health to her role as a student counsellor. She walks alongside marginalized and minority folks facing addiction, cultural trauma, identity exploration, anxiety, and relational challenges.

English, Waitlist Available, Sliding Scale Available, Accepting New Clients, BIPoC Identified, Available in the Evening, Available on Weekends, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Queer Identified, Student Counsellor/ Lower CostLuisa OspinaApril 10, 2024Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person, Relationship Counselling

Nava Kasiri

Nava (she/her) is a student counsellor who is a second-generation Persian immigrant. She cultivates a safe, collaborative, and non-judgmental space to support clients in exploring concerns related to anxiety, stress, identity, relationships, and life transitions. Sessions with Nava are warm, curious, trauma-informed, and strengths-focused.

English, BIPoC Identified, Sliding Scale Available, Accepting New Clients, Student Counsellor/ Lower CostLuisa OspinaApril 4, 2024Individual Counselling, In-Person, Virtual

Elli Klaus

Elli (she/her) is a student counsellor, joining the profession after nearly two decades of working as a Registered Massage Therapist. Elli's work is informed by a deep curiosity about the psychosomatic response to trauma and other challenging life circumstances. She provides a safe and non-judgmental space for the collaborative exploration of her client's unique stories.

English, Sliding Scale Available, Accepting New Clients, Available in the Evening, Queer Identified, Student Counsellor/ Lower CostLuisa OspinaApril 3, 2024Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person

Tessa Teng

Tessa is a student counsellor centring her practice around empathy, compassion, collaboration, and safety. She believes in meeting each client where they are at, understanding that every person has their own story that shapes the way they experience the world. Clients can expect sessions to be person-centred, trauma-informed and strength-based.

English, Waitlist Available, Sliding Scale Available, Accepting New Clients, BIPoC Identified, Student Counsellor/ Lower CostLuisa OspinaApril 3, 2024Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person

Gurvaan Mann

Gurvaan (she/they) is a student 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.

English, Accepting New Clients, Available in the Evening, Queer Identified, Available on Weekends, BIPoC & Queer Identified, BIPoC Identified, Punjabi, Student Counsellor/ Lower Cost, Sliding Scale AvailableLuisa OspinaMarch 18, 2024Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person, Relationship Counselling

Hannah Jarvis

Waitlist for New Clients. Hannah (They/She) is a student counsellor that is a queer, small-fat, white settler. They work with individuals and couples that are exploring concerns related to identity, desire, grief, polyamoury and body image. You can expect sessions with Hannah to be gentle, warm, validating, playful, trauma-informed, and mindful of systemic oppression.

English, Sliding Scale Available, Available in the Evening, Non-Binary Identified, Queer Identified, Student Counsellor/ Lower Cost, Conversational ASL, Available on Weekends, Waitlist AvailableLuisa OspinaFebruary 15, 2024Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person, Relationship Counselling

Bethany Bowman

Waitlist for New Clients. Bethany (she/her) is a student counsellor who brings a warm, vibrant energy and a lightness that helps you carry whatever burden you bear. Her “why” in this work is that she believes we are all worthy of a life of joy, authenticity, pleasure, and aliveness. You can expect sessions with Bethany to be caring, playful, and collaborative.

English, Queer Identified, Sliding Scale Available, BIPoC Identified, Available in the Evening, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Student Counsellor/ Lower Cost, Waitlist AvailableLuisa OspinaJanuary 5, 2024Individual Counselling, Virtual

Mayra Gonzalez

Waitlist closed. Mayra (she, her) is a student counsellor who offers services in English and Spanish. You can expect a safe and compassionate session with anti-oppressive practices. She supports folks navigating life transitions, cultural identity, and experiencing structural barriers.

English, Sliding Scale Available, BIPoC Identified, Available in the Evening, Available on Weekends, Student Counsellor/ Lower Cost, SpanishLuisa OspinaJanuary 4, 2024Individual Counselling, Virtual

Ivan Leonce, RSW

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.

BIPoC Identified, English, Queer Identified, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Sliding Scale Available, Accepting New Clients, Associate Counsellor, RSW, Available in the EveningLuisa OspinaJanuary 3, 2024Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person

Surya Govender

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 CounsellorLuisa OspinaDecember 21, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person, Relationship Counselling

Sawlat Tirtha, RSW

Sawlat is a first generation Bengali immigrant raised in Canada. She is a Registered Social Worker who works alongside folks navigating life transitions, anxiety, depression, relational struggles, sexuality, and trauma.

BIPoC Identified, English, Associate Counsellor, Sliding Scale Available, Accepting New Clients, RSW, Available on Weekends, Available in the Evening, FNHA ProviderLuisa OspinaDecember 21, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual

Aminata Barry

Waitlist for New Clients. Aminata (she/her) is an internationally-raised student counsellor with multicultural competence. Dedicated to providing clients with a non-judgmental, warm and compassionate space. She takes on a person-centered and collaborative approach, engaging with empathy and curiosity.

English, Queer Identified, Sliding Scale Available, BIPoC Identified, BIPoC & Queer Identified, French, Student Counsellor/ Lower Cost, Available in the Evening, Waitlist AvailableLuisa OspinaDecember 9, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person

Lina Lee

Waitlist for New Clients. Lina (she/her) is a student counsellor who offers a compassionate, respectful, and inclusive healing relationship where you can feel heard, safe, and supported. Lina values strength-based, trauma-informed, and harm-reduction approaches.

English, Queer Identified, Sliding Scale Available, BIPoC Identified, Available in the Evening, Available on Weekends, Student Counsellor/ Lower Cost, Waitlist AvailableLuisa OspinaDecember 9, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person

Michaela Woeller

Waitlist For New Clients. Michaela is a queer student counsellor who cultivates a nurturing space where clients feel safe and empowered to embrace and explore their authentic selves. You can expect sessions with Michaela to be anti-oppressive, curious, creative and playful.

English, Queer Identified, Sliding Scale Available, Student Counsellor/ Lower Cost, Waitlist AvailableLuisa OspinaDecember 9, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person