Steph Blandino, RCC

  • 15 min Phone Consultation
    No Cost

    Individual Counselling

    50 min
    Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
    Standard: $185
    Generous: $190+

    75 min
    Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
    Standard: $255
    Generous: $260+

    Relationship Counselling

    50 min
    Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
    Standard: $215
    Generous: $220+

    75 min
    Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
    Standard: $295
    Generous: $300+

    Family Counselling

    50 min
    Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
    Standard: $225
    Generous: $230+

    75 min
    Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
    Standard: $300
    Generous: $305+

  • Location: Chinatown, Virtual, Walk & Talk

    Days and Hours:

    • Monday 11:00am - 5:00pm (Virtual or Walk & Talk)

    • Tuesday 2:00pm - 9:00pm (In-person)

    • Thursday 11:00am - 4:00pm (Virtual)

    • Sunday 8:30am - 2:00pm (Virtual)

    • Person-centered healing

    • Trauma-Informed

    • Anti-Oppressive

    • Somatics

    • Generative Somatics Methodology

    • EMDR

    • Parts Work/Internal Family Systems

    • Relational

    • Sex-Positive

    • Harm-Reduction

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

    • Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, City University of Seattle

    • Advanced Somatic Trauma Treatment Methods with Linda Thai (2025)

    • Bodies of Medicine: Mentorship for BIPOC Practioners with Fayza Bundali and Nazbah Tom (2025)

    • Heart, Politics, and Healing: An Introduction to Generative Somatics' Methodology (March 2024)

    • EMDR Comprehensive Basic Training, EMDR Consulting (August 2022)

    • San'yas Core Indigenous Cultural Safety Mental Health Training (December 2022)

    • Somatic Therapy 101 with a Focus on Working with Queer and Trans Clients with Andrea Glik (2021)

    • Foundations in Somatic Abolitionism with Resmaa Menakem (2021)

    • The Sexually Competent Therapist Training, Allura Sex Therapy Centre (October 2020)

Bio

Welcome ! I’m Steph (she/they).

I work primarily alongside queer clients, and clients who are People of Colour, Black, Indigenous, or of mixed ancestry. I am currently connecting with new clients, both for individual healing and relational healing. I'd love to chat with you if you're curious about working together!

Existing and surviving in this world is not a drill ! Doing so and somehow staying open to connection is even more challenging. When we’re surrounded by so much violence, death, and systems of oppression that are so dialed in, it’s no wonder many of us struggle to feel tethered to hope, aliveness, joy, play, curiosity, and so much more. We’re not made to hold all this complexity in isolation, and we’re certainly not meant to be on our healing arcs alone!

Whether you’re seeking support in your individual healing, or looking for relational support, I’m so glad you’re here and that you know you don’t have to do this on your own. Through my counselling offerings I walk beside you, co-creating safety and dignity as you navigate your healing journey and call in your own wisdom - wisdom that’s been with you and will always be with you. I see my role as one of facilitating and collaborating, and trust that each client brings their own expertise, gifts, and the seeds for resilience.

My offerings are informed by intersectional feminism and rooted in the belief that this work can be deeply liberatory. My hope is that I can affirm and support you as you get into the practice of healing, and that this practice can open up new possibility.

I’m passionate about anti-oppressive work and the ways counselling and social justice can fuel and inform each other. Both in my counselling work and in my personal life, I aim to centre justice and equity, and hold space for individual and community healing. I also recognize that doing so requires ongoing learning, unlearning, and the ability to stand back and listen to the voices of folks whose labour and love is guiding our way. The learning does not stop !

My practice is a commitment to the healing we all deserve, to dreaming alongside you as you feel for more of you, more agency, and collective liberation. I’m here to offer some guidance and also truly believe in clients’ own expertise. You can expect warmth, humility, and authenticity as we support you to take up space, and figure out what healing means for you. This might require us to slow down and tune into the places where you feel stuck or overwhelmed. We go at a pace that feels right for you, getting curious and honouring all the parts of you - often particularly the parts that feel messy and tender, parts that we’re maybe quick to wanna reject.

Often our healing arcs require that we really take stock of and honour our existing strengths and survival stories. Perhaps there are some behaviours and skills that historically have helped you get by that are no longer as needed as they once were. By getting curious together, we can nourish these existing seeds for resiliency and make room for you to feel more choice, dignity, authenticity, safety, joy, and self-compassion.

Image Description: Steph is centered in the frame sitting comfortably with their head and torso angled slightly to the right. She's got a slight smile, her long curly black hair covers some of her torso, and she wears a black tank top. Steph has a nose ring and a labret piercing. Behind her, and out of focus, is a potted asparagus fern.

Photo credit: Nima Gholamipour.

Steph Blandino

(she/her/hers or they/them/theirs)
Associate Counselor
MA RCC

In-Person and Virtual Sessions

Steph is currently accepting new clients!

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

BIPoC Identified, Queer Identified, English, Available on Weekends, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Associate Counsellor, Available in the Evening, EMDR, CVAP Provider, Spanish, Registered Clinical Counsellor, Autism Funding Unit, Accepting New Clients, Sex Therapy, Somatic PracticeLuisa OspinaVirtual, In-Person, Hybrid, Individual Counselling, Walk and Talk, Relationship Counselling, Family Counselling