Sandra Suasnabar, RTC, RCC
Clinical Supervisor, Expressive Arts Therapist
(she/her/hers)
Virtual Sessions
Sandra is currently accepting new Clinical Supervision and Consultation clients!
If you are interested in connecting with Sandra, please contact sandra@collective-healing.ca. For existing clients, self-book here.
Sandra (she/her/ella) is a queer, cisgender, migrant, Latinx, Indigenous woman and mother offering trauma-informed counselling and Expressive Arts therapy on the traditional lands and unceded territories of thexʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Sandra was born in Lima, Peru and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from her ancestral lands and tradition.
Sandra is passionate and committed to offering a safe, transparent and nourishing holding space in the counselling relationship. She is eager to accompany folks with curiosity, playfulness, and humility on their healing journeys. Sandra believes in the possibility of accessing our inner reservoirs of wisdom to expand our sense of hope and justice.
Sandra specializes in supporting survivors of trauma (intergenerational, gender-based and sexualized), folks navigating identities and life transitions, grief and loss, and historical systemic oppression. She works with children (6 years+), youth, adults, BIPOC community members, and 2SLGBTQAI+ folks. At the core of her counselling offerings, Sandra draws from intersectional feminist, anti-oppressive and social justice-oriented approaches. Sandra also offers workshops and consulting support related to expressive arts therapy, sexualized violence, and anti-violence to diverse community agencies and postsecondary institutions.
In addition to her western-based training, Sandra’s practice is rooted in her lived experience, the experience of her ancestors/communities and the communities she has been supporting as a front-line worker and counsellor. In recent years, Sandra has been living and working in northern rural Indigenous communities in so-called “Canada”.
Outside of the counselling space, Sandra is dedicated to raising her little one. She feels most joyful while dancing, biking, playing in nature, making art, connecting to her community and culture, and learning traditional Andean ways of knowing and healing.
Sandra’s Rates
15 min Phone Consultation
No Cost
Clinical Supervision and Consultation
50 min
Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
Standard: $170
Generous: $175+
75 min
Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
Standard: $260
Generous: $265+
Individual Counselling
50 min
Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
Standard: $190
Generous: $200+
75 min
Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
Standard: $285
Generous: $295+
(Rates include GST)
Sandra’s Availability
Location: Virtual
Days and Hours:
Thursday 10:00am - 6:00pm
Friday (please contact Sandra directly for Friday availability)
Approaches in Therapy
Indigenous worldviews (decolonial practices)
Intersectional Feminism
Popular Education
Trauma-informed
Expressive Arts Therapy
Relational and Attachment
Narrative Therapy
Mindfulness
Somatic
Resource-Oriented
Harm Reduction
Licensure & Degrees
Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (#19785)
Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC), Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists (ACCT)
Registered Counselling Supervisor (RCS), Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists (ACCT)
Masters of Expressive Arts Therapy and Psychology, European Graduate School
Selected Professional Training
Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy, Cathy Malchiodi, Trauma-Informed Practices & EXA Therapy Institute, US
Somatic Experiencing, Somatic Experiencing International, US
Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy, Hakomi Institute, Vancouver, BC
Narrative Therapy Counselling Skills, VSNT, Vancouver School of Narrative Therapy
Collaborative Practice: Ethics, Safety and Consistency, Dr. Vicky Reynolds, Vancouver, BC
Sandra Suasnabar
MA, RTC, RCS, RCC
Image Description: Sandra black hair that appears to be in an up hairstyle. She is centered in the image while smiling at the camera. She is wearing a white top and a shawl with red and blue colors. The is blurred an has brown and green colors. Photo credit www.roughclub.ca/