Ljudmila Petrovic, RCC

Associate Counsellor
(she/her/hers)

In-Person, Virtual, and Phone Sessions

Ljudmila is not currently accepting new clients, waitlist available!

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

Ljudmila is a queer, cis, white, able-bodied woman born in the former Yugoslavia and raised on the unceded and occupied lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Ljudmila’s work with individuals focuses largely on survivors of sexualized and gender-based violence, as well as more broadly working with reclamation of body, self, and identity after trauma of displacement and/or collective, intergenerational, or institutional trauma (such as religious or medical trauma).

Ljudmila also works with the complexities of identity, including sexual and gender identity, cultural, ethnic, and/or religious identity - particularly in working to create cohesive identity when facets of identity may feel at odds or identity may feel fragmented (e.g. the intersection of sexuality and religion or culture). She is also passionate about supporting the unlearning of harmful aspects of masculinity. She provides relationship counselling with folks of various relationship structures navigating various relational issues, including trauma-impacted couples and folks navigating non-monogamy.

Ljudmila uses an integrative approach shaped by an anti-oppressive, feminist, and relational-cultural framework. She uses elements of narrative therapy, feminist therapy, parts work, EFT, attachment theory, and somatic approaches - as well as drawing on any number of other modalities to meet clients where they're at. She believes that healing is expansive and strives to honour and integrate the ways that clients have already been surviving and healing, be that through community, art, activism, or ancestral practices.

Ljudmila aims to build a space that is collaborative and honours the client as an expert in their own life. While our therapeutic space is one that can gently hold trauma, pain, and grief, Ljudmila also believes in a more expansive approach that creates space for your whole self, including joy, humour, pleasure, rest, and playfulness.

Outside of her counselling practice, Ljudmila does organizing work for queer Balkan people in diaspora. She believes in rooting in joy, which for her means reading, building community, baking and cooking, spending time in nature, and watching movies with her cats, Wayne and Garth.

Ljudmila’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: $195
Generous: $200+

Relationship Counselling

50 min
Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
Standard: $190
Generous: $195+

75 min
Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
Standard: $250
Generous: $255+

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

(Rates include GST)

Ljudmila’s Availability

Location: Cambie & Hastings, Mount Pleasant, Virtual

Days and Hours:

  • Thursday 3:00pm - 8:00pm (Cambie & Hastings and Virtual)

  • Friday 8:00am - 1:00pm (Cambie & Hastings and Virtual)

Approaches in Therapy

  • Trauma-Informed

  • Narrative Therapy

  • Parts Work

  • Somatic

  • Intersectional Feminist

  • Anti-Oppressive

  • Queer Theory

  • Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

  • Attachment Theory

  • Harm Reduction

  • Relational Cultural

  • Sex Therapy

  • EMDR

Licensure & Degrees

  • Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (#18888)

  • Masters of Arts in Counselling Psychology, Simon Fraser University

  • Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Gender, Sexuality, & Women's Studies, Simon Fraser University

Selected Professional Training

  • IFS Training, Dave Phillips

  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1, Gottman Institute (in progress)

  • San'yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Online Training, Core Mental Health, Provincial Health Services Authority

  • Indigenous Gender Diversity: Creating Culturally Relevant and Gender-Affirming services, Provincial Health Services Authority

  • Intensive Sex Therapy Program, University of Guelph

  • EMDR Virtual 5-Day Intensive - EMDR Consulting

  • The Sexually Competent Therapist: Integrating Sex Therapy Into Your Practice, Allura Sex Therapy Centre

  • Exploring BDSM & Kink as a Healing Practice for Trauma Survivors, Modern Sex Therapy Institute

  • Reclaiming Pleasure Workshop with Kai Cheng Thom, Embody Lab

  • Integrative Trauma Treatment Masterclass, Janina Fisher

  • 5 Day Narrative Therapy Practice Training, Vancouver School of Narrative Therapy

  • Introduction to EFT with Couples, Vancouver Couple & Family Institute

  • Male Survivors: Preparing The Way For Meaningful Intervention, BC Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse

  • Telepsychology Best Practices 101: Clinical Evaluation and Care – Cultural Competencies, American Psychological Association

  • Compassionate Inquiry Masterclass, Gabor Mate

  • Centered Accountability: A guide through the body, Accountability Mapping

  • Understanding And Treating Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma, Zur Institute

  • Integrative Somatic Parts Work Certificate, Embody Lab (in progress)

Ljudmila Petrovic
RCC

Ljudmila is standing with her shoulders slightly angled left and smiling with her teeth toward the camera. She has wavy brown hair that ends just past her shoulders. She is wearing a blue long sleeve blouse, small hoop earrings, and a nose ring. She is standing in front of trees that are blurred. Photo credit ​www.roughclub.ca/

English, Associate Counsellor, RCC, Queer Identified, CVAP Provider, FNHA Provider, Available on Weekends, EMDR, Available in the Evening, Waitlist AvailableLuisa OspinaIndividual Counselling, Virtual, Phone, Relationship Counselling, In-Person