Raman Cheema, RCC

  • 15 min Phone Consultation
    No Cost

    Individual Counselling

    50 min
    Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
    Standard: $140
    Generous: $145+

    75 min
    Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
    Standard: $155
    Generous: $160+

  • Location: Art Therapy Studio, Virtual, Phone

    Days and Hours:

    • Sunday 10:00am - 4:00pm (Art Therapy Studio, Virtual or Phone)

    • Monday 8:00am - 1:00pm (Virtual or Phone)

    • Thursday 4:00pm - 8:00pm (Virtual or Phone)

    • Anti-Oppressive

    • Art Therapy

    • Trauma-Informed

    • Adlerian

    • Client-Centered

    • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

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

    • RCAT - P (Professional Canadian Art Therapist) with CATA (Canadian Art Therapy Association)

    • Master of Counselling Psychology: Art Therapy at Adler University

    • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emily Carr University

    • Trauma Informed Practice Level 1 & 2, The Trauma Informed Practice Institute

    • Queering Mental Health: A Canadian Perspective, Our Landing Place

    • Using Yoga in Your Work, Yoga Outreach

    • Narrative Therapy: Tools for Exploring Stories, Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute

    • Emotion-Focused Family Therapy Core Clinician Training

    • EMDR Basic Training

    • Heart, Politics, and Healing: An Introduction to Generative Somatics’ Methodology

    • San’yas Anti-Racism Indigenous Cultural Safety Training Program

    • Walking Together: Indigenous Cultural Safety Training for Front-line Professionals

Bio

Raman is a South-Asian, able-bodied, cisgender, settler woman who is practicing on the unceded, traditional Coast Salish lands including the S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), Semiahmoo, Kwantlen, sc̓əwaθenaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsawwassen), sq̓əc̓iy̓aɁɬ təməxʷ (Katzie), Á,LEṈENEȻ ȽTE (W̱SÁNEĆ), Stz’uminus, Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla. She speaks Punjabi and English. Raman is a registered clinical counsellor and professional art therapist who has completed a Master of Counselling Psychology in Art Therapy at Adler University.

Raman’s previous experiences include working with families, children, and adults on stress management, medical trauma, anxiety, low mood, life transitions, sexualized violence, and domestic violence. She has lived experience with social anxiety, speech impairments, surviving cancer, relationship trauma, and navigating multicultural and multi-generational issues.

Raman’s approach to counselling embodies warmth, curiosity, and acceptance. She looks at how our previous experiences inform our life journeys. Raman is passionate about empowering individuals and supporting the re-discovery of their strengths.

In her personal time, Raman enjoys painting, knitting, baking, hiking, kickboxing, and watching docu-series and reality tv.

Image Description: Raman is standing centered outside, facing the camera and smiling. She has shoulder length, curly black hair and brown eyes. Raman is wearing a rust-coloured turtleneck with a multicoloured cardigan on top with outdoor winter patterns on it. Behind them is broadleaf tree with red leaves that looks to be a maple or Japanese maple.

Raman Cheema

(she/her/hers or they/them/theirs)
Associate Counsellor
RCC, RCAT-P

In-Person and Virtual Sessions

Raman is currently accepting new clients!

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

English, BIPoC Identified, Art Therapy, Associate Counsellor, Punjabi, Expressive Arts Therapy, Available on Weekends, Accepting New Clients, Available in the Evening, EMDR, Registered Clinical Counsellor, Hormone Readiness Assessment, Somatic PracticeLuisa OspinaVirtual, In-Person, Hybrid, Individual Counselling