Ivan Leonce, RSW

  • 15 min Phone Consultation
    No Cost

    Individual Counselling

    50 min
    Supported Access: $90
    Standard: $145

    Supported access rates are available for up to 6 sessions for folks facing financial barriers to counselling. At this time, these spots are reserved for immigrants and refugees (including those with temporary or precarious status). 

    In lieu of a generous rate option, Ivan invites folks to consider making a contribution to the Vancouver Black Therapy & Advocacy Foundation if they have the means.

  • Location: Virtual

    Days and Hours:

    • Sunday to Friday 9:30AM - 7:00PM (Virtual) **

    ** I am available two days each week, with my available days rotating weekly. I may not be the best fit if your schedule requires meeting on the same day each week.

    • Narrative Therapy

    • Relational Cultural Therapy

    • Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy

    • Somatic Attachment Therapy

    • Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

    • Solutions Focused Therapy

    • Decolonial / Anti Oppressive Practice

    • Registered Social Worker (RSW), BC College of Social Workers

    • Master of Social Work, University of British Columbia

    • Bachelor of Social Work, University of Victoria

    • Somatic Attachment Therapy Certificate, with Kai Cheng Thom & Scott Lyons

    • Racial & Generational Trauma: Somatic Approaches for Black, Indigenous & People Colour, with Chinwé Williams

    • Trauma Informed Responses to Racial Injustice: Supporting Immigrant Communities, with Charissa Pizarro

    • The Ambiguous Grief of Adult Children of Refugees, with Linda Thai

    • Women of Colour & Race-Based Traumatic Stress Injury, with Gail Parker

    • Trauma Informed Care: Supporting Trans BIPOC Clients, with Rizi Timane

Bio

Every part of you is welcome in your counselling conversations with Ivan – the tender, the tough, and all the tricky parts in between. The stories you have told a thousand different ways and the ones just waiting for a soft place to name out loud for the very first time. The part of you that is pretty sure this might be a good next step, and the part that might still be a little nervous anyway. Ivan works with those in his care to help make sense of it all, together.

He is particularly experienced supporting clients in navigating the sometimes difficult, overwhelming & uncertain feelings that show up in our relationships in all their forms - with our partners, parents, families, co-workers, friends. He is also skilled in supporting folks through anxiety, depression, grief, major life transitions & issues with substance use.

Ivan's healing work is shaped by his lived & cultural experiences as a Black, queer immigrant of mixed Afro-Caribbean, Tamil & Kalinago ancestry as well as his professional training in trauma-informed, decolonial approaches. His counselling style integrates aspects of narrative, somatic, relational & solution-focused therapies.

He is a Registered Social Worker and graduate of the University of Victoria where he completed his generalist training grounded in Indigenous approaches to helping & healing, and the University of British Columbia, where he completed advanced practice training in clinical social work.

Image Description: Ivan is centered in the image while smiling at the camera. He is wearing a white shirt with a plaid button up on top, and a yellow beanie. The background is blurred branches and leaves.

Ivan Leonce

(he/him/his)
Associate Counsellor
RSW

Virtual Sessions

Ivan is currently accepting new clients!

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

BIPoC Identified, English, Queer Identified, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Sliding Scale Available, Associate Counsellor, Available in the Evening, Registered Social Worker, Somatic Practice, Accepting New ClientsLuisa OspinaVirtual, Individual Counselling