Elli Klaus

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

In-Person and Virtual Sessions

Elli is currently accepting new clients!

If you are interested in connecting with Elli, please contact elli@collective-healing.ca. For existing clients, self-book here.


Elli is a cisgender, queer and uninvited settler on the unceded, traditional lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh), and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nations of the Coast Salish peoples. She enters the counselling profession after almost two decades of working as an RMT with a focus on supporting clients through complex health issues, cancer treatment and post-surgical recovery. She is experienced in supporting clients and their caretakers dealing with systemic conditions, such as chronic pain and fatigue or other chronic health issues.

Elli aims to help clients better understand their stories within a framework honouring cultural diversity and enduring race, gender, ethnicity, and class-based power structures. Special areas of interest include but are not limited to, medical/religious trauma, eco/global anxiety, anger, grief, and the destructive impact of neo-liberalism on our mental health and communities.

Elli's approach aims to be de-pathologizing, non-judgmental, and collaborative, and it honours the fact that all parts of our story matter and deserve to be valued and heard. Elli is particularly interested in exploring sessions through a relational, strength-based and narrative lens. Her counselling style is compassionate, accepting, open-minded, and direct, and she strives to assist clients in tapping into their own skills and knowledge.


Elli’s Rates

15 min Phone Consultation
No Cost

Individual Counselling

50 min
Sliding Scale: Open
Standard: $120
Generous: $125+

75 min
Sliding Scale: Open
Standard: $150
Generous: $155+

Relationship Counselling

75 min
Sliding Scale: Open
Standard: $180
Generous: $185+


Elli’s Availability

Location: Mount Pleasant

Days and Hours:

  • Sunday 12:00pm - 6:00pm (In-person or Virtual)


Approaches in Therapy

  • Anti-oppressive

  • Trauma-informed

  • Client-centered

  • Narrative Therapy


Selected Professional Training

  • Narrative Therapy Level 1 & 2, Vancouver School of Narrative Therapy

  • Narrative Therapy for Relationships, Vancouver School of Narrative Therapy — February 2025

Elli Klaus
Pre-Licensed Associate Counsellor

Image Description: Elli is centered in the photo, smiling with her teeth. She is wearing a turtle neck sweater underneath a blue zipped jacket with a hood and drawstrings. Her light brown hair is pulled back into a low ponytail with a side part. Her stud earrings as well as a black sling bag strap across her body are visible in the photo. The background, consisting of trees, is blurred.