Steph Blandino, RCC

Associate Counsellor
(she/her/hers or they/them/theirs)

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.

Steph is a cisgender, queer, Latinx, uninvited settler living on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, which includes the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. She recently completed her counselling degree and is currently practicing under the supervision of Sam Kaplan and Luisa Ospina.

Steph sees counselling as an opportunity to walk beside folx, co-creating safety and dignity as they navigate their healing journeys and call in their own wisdom. She believes her role is one of facilitating and collaborating, and that each client brings their own expertise, gifts, and the seeds for resilience. She has experience working alongside QTIBIPoC and politicized folx using a trauma-informed, social justice-based, and integrative approach.

Steph’s offerings are informed by intersectional feminism and rooted in the belief that this work can be deeply liberatory. She wants to affirm folx as they dream of new possibilities and collect the tools to enact the changes they seek. She is also passionate about anti-oppressive work and the ways counselling and social justice fuel and informs each other. Both in her counselling work and in her personal life, Steph aims to centre justice and equity and holds space for individual and community healing. She also recognizes that doing so requires ongoing learning, unlearning, and the ability to stand back and listen. She hopes to do this together with her clients.

In her spare time, she enjoys being in the ocean, making playlists for all her moods, and spending time in her East Van neighborhood. These days you can usually find her in a sunny spot reading a book and nuzzling the neighborhood cat. She is looking forward to connecting with you!

Steph’s Rates

15 min Phone Consultation
No Cost

Individual Counselling

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

75 min
Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
Standard: $230
Generous: $235+

Relationship Counselling

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

75 min
Sliding Scale: Closed/Full
Standard: $275
Generous: $280+

(Rates include GST)

Steph’s Availability

Location: Chinatown, Virtual

Days and Hours:

Sunday 10:00am - 2:00pm (Virtual)
Monday 9:00am - 5:00pm (Virtual)
Tuesday 2:00pm - 8:00pm (Chinatown)
Thursday 11:00am - 5:00pm (Virtual)

Approaches in Therapy:

Client-centered
Anti-Oppressive
Trauma-Informed

Licensure & Degrees:

Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), BC Association of Clinical Counsellors
Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, City University of Seattle

Selected Professional Training:

The Sexually Competent Therapist Training, Allura Sex Therapy Centre (October 2020)
EMDR Comprehensive Basic Training, EMDR Consulting (August 2022)
San'yas Core Indigenous Cultural Safety Mental Health Training (December 2022)
Heart, Politics, and Healing: An Introduction to Generative Somatics' Methodology (in progress March 2024)