Laura Guenzel, RCC

Associate Counsellor
(they/them/theirs or she/her/hers)

Virtual Sessions

Laura is not currently accepting new clients, waitlist available!

If you are interested in connecting with Laura, please contact lauraguenzelcs@gmail.com. For existing clients, self-book here.

Laura (they/she) is a white settler living and working on the unceded lands of the W̱SÁNEĆ and lək̓ʷəŋən peoples. Laura is asexual, aromantic, queer, non-binary, disabled, COVID-conscious, neurodivergent, and fat. Providing a supportive space for clients who share these identities is the focus of their counselling work.

Laura’s counselling style is warm and nonjudgmental, creating space for you to share your story at your own pace. You are the expert on your own experience, and Laura will work with you to design a counselling process that meets your needs. Experiencing oppression and other life challenges can often lead to a sense of shame and self-criticism. Laura is honoured to help clients develop self-compassion, healing, and practical accommodations that make everyday tasks easier.

In addition to counselling, Laura offers hormone readiness assessments to trans and non-binary clients. They work to make this process as affirming as possible and help clients get hormone care that matches their goals and desires.

In sessions, Laura is able to accommodate different methods of communication as needed. This can include using auto-closed captioning, the video call chat feature, AAC devices, and conversational-level ASL. Laura uses many of these accommodations in her own life as a hearing autistic person with an auditory processing disability.

Laura is committed to fighting systemic oppression and works to do so in her counselling practice. Their work is informed by intersectional feminism, anti-racism, anti-colonialism, anti-capitalism, disability justice, the neurodiversity paradigm, autistic communities, 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, harm reduction, relationship anarchy & polyamory, fat liberation, and the anti-diet movement. Laura is grateful to the many activists, leaders, organizers, advocates, scholars, and community members whose work helps shape her practice.

Laura was born and raised on the traditional lands of the Lenape people as a settler of German, Czech, and Welsh descent. In 2019, Laura immigrated to so-called “Canada'' and left behind their prior career as a music teacher to pursue counselling. Outside of work, Laura enjoys spending time with their partner, knitting, playing board games, and reading sci-fi and fantasy novels.

Laura’s Rates

15 min Phone Consultation
No Cost

Individual Counselling

50 min
Sliding Scale: Open to Discussion
Standard: $140
Generous: $150+

Hormone Readiness Assessments
Two 40-minute sessions: $300 per assessment

(All rates include GST)

Laura's Availability

Location: Virtual

Days and Hours:

Sunday 10:00am - 12:30pm (Virtual)
Tuesday 10:00am - 5:30pm (Virtual)
Wednesday 10:00am - 5:30pm (Virtual)
Thursday 10:00am - 5:00pm (Virtual)

Approaches in Therapy

Person-Centred
Anti-Oppressive
Parts Work/Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Trauma-Informed

Licensure & Degrees

Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (#21190)
Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC #11242713)
Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, Yorkville University, 2022