Hannah Jarvis
Pre-Licensed Associate Counsellor
(they/them/theirs or she/her/hers)
In-Person and Virtual Sessions
Hannah is currently accepting new clients for November!
If you are interested in connecting with Hannah, please contact hannah@expressivewellness.ca. For existing clients, self-book here.
Hannah Jarvis (They/She) is a non-binary, queer, small-fat, settler living and working on traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. Hannah holds a BA from SFU in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies and is completing their Masters in Counselling at City University of Seattle (Vancouver campus). They worked for many years in both anti-violence and arts organizations where they continually noticed the ways that art and creative ways of being are intricately connected to healing. Hannah’s lived experience with sexuality and gender exploration, grief and loss, and fat joy informs their therapeutic specialities. They wish to be a soft place to land for clients from marginalized identities who may not have had a safe enough place to explore these concerns.
Hannah’s counselling style is warm, collaborative, non-judgemental, and adaptive. Their therapeutic approach is deeply rooted in previous experience as a support worker and their involvement in community activism. They are led by feminist, queer, and anti-oppressive values that center community care and harm reduction. Hannah honours clients as the experts of their own experience and is ready to meet clients where they are at with their goals for therapy. Hannah’s work is integrative and recognizes how systemic oppression impacts our health and well-being.
Hannah works with individuals and couples. They offer sessions in English and are also learning conversational ASL. They have prior work experience with folks who have physical disabilities, cognitive disabilities, or are neurodivergent and are practiced at supporting overlapping and sometimes contradictory access needs. Hannah offers both in person and online sessions and is interested in exploring how they can make sessions as accessible as possible for their clients.
Outside of work, you can find Hannah frequenting thrift shops, bouldering, dancing, working in fat-affirming fashion spaces, and searching for the best lavender latte in the city. They love the joy of connecting with their friends and partners, bringing community members together, and collective care. Hannah is so excited to meet with you!
Areas of Focus
Relationships of all kinds (intimate partners, friendships, familial)
Polyamory
Neurodivergency (teens and adults)
OCD and intrusive thoughts
Parenting
Grief and Loss (children, teens, and adults)
Loneliness
Repairing harm/Accountability
Shame
Sex work
Experiences of Trauma
Sexual Violence survivors
Body Image
Hannah’s Rates
15 min Phone Consultation
No Cost
Individual Counselling
50 min
Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
Standard: $150
Generous: $155+
75 min
Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
Standard: $190
Generous: $195+
Relationship Counselling
50 min
Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
Standard: $185
Generous: $190+
75 min
Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
Standard: $240
Generous: $245+
(All rates include GST)
Hannah’s Availability
Location: Venables, Virtual
Days and Hours:
Monday 8:00am - 1:00pm (Venables or Virtual)
Tuesday 2:00pm - 9:00pm (Venables or Virtual)
Wednesday 12:00pm - 7:00pm (Virtual)
Approaches in Therapy
Client-Centred
Trauma-Informed
Anti-Oppressive
Attachment
Strengths-based
Somatic
Kink-Affirming
Sex-Positive
Harm-Reduction
Narrative
Emotion Focused
Hannah Jarvis
Pre-licensed Associate Counsellor
Image Description: Hannah is centred in the photo with their hands in their pockets smiling. They have shoulder length, brown, curly hair. They are wearing a black long sleeved shirt under red overalls. Their septum nose ring is visible in the picture. They are standing on the sidewalk, in front of a colourfully painted mural of mountains.