Nadine Nakagawa
Student Counsellor
(she/her/hers)
In-Person and Virtual Sessions
Nadine is currently accepting clients to her waitlist for May 2025!
Please email us at connect@collective-healing.ca to connect with Nadine for counselling services.
Hello and welcome! My name is Nadine and I am a student counsellor working from an intersectional, anti-oppressive, and harm reductive approach that considers collective and community healing. I live and work as a settler on the unceded and stolen territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking people.
I identify as a queer, non-disabled Hāfu woman and I strive to bring art, creativity, and embodiment to my practice. In our sessions together, you can expect gentle affirmation and validation of your lived experiences with incorporation of the structural and systemic factors that impact and oppress us.
The approaches that are most aligned with me:
Narrative therapy – exploring our stories and beliefs as external to our identities
Person-centred therapy – focusing on empathy and unconditional positive regard
Somatics – focusing on connecting mind and body to understand how emotions may show up in our bodies
Arts and creativity – exploring non-verbal ways of knowing and understanding through visual, embodied, or written arts
Outside of counselling, I am a creative writer, a nature and animal lover, a community organizer, and a fledgling painter. I live with three cats (allergy alert for in-person sessions), run a campaign school for underrepresented people, and am a City Councillor in New Westminster.
Nadine’s Availability
Location: TBD
Days and Hours:
Tuesdays 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Fridays 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Sunday 11:00am - 1:00pm
Practicum ends November 2025.
Nadine Nakagawa
Student Counsellor
Image Description: Nadine is centered in the photo, smiling warmly wearing pink lipstick. A small nose ring and pendant necklace are visible. Her long, dark hair flows past her shoulders, and is accented with streaks of purple. She is dressed in a light blue, floral-patterned wrap over a pastel yellow top. The background is softly blurred, filled with lush green foliage.