Posts tagged Relationship Counselling
Ljudmila Petrovic, RCC

In-Person & Virtual
Waitlist Available

Bio

Ljudmila Petrovic is a Registered Clinical Counsellor who does individual and relationship counselling around trauma, sexuality, and identity. Her approach is collaborative, anti-oppressive, playful, trauma-informed, and strengths based.

Areas of Focus:

+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Low Sexual Desire
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Erectile Dysfuction
+ Orgasm Difficulties
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ Religious Trauma
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Relationship Issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Identity Issues

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Melanie Tan

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Melanie (she/her) is a student therapist who brings warmth and curiosity to topics of sexuality, relationships, and identity. She offers a queer-affirming, poly & kink-friendly space for clients to explore desire, anxiety, and trauma.

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Julian Dorscht

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Julian (she/her) is a queer student counsellor who works with diverse individuals and relationships, with specific focus on those in the LGBTQIA+ community. She is passionate about supporting clients navigating relationships, intimacy, burnout, trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, and life transitions.

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Shana Soo, RCC

Virtual
Waitlist Available

Bio

Shana (she/they) is a registered clinical counsellor who is passionate about providing a safe, validating, and collaborative space for clients. Their practice is anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and harm reducing, with a touch of playfulness.

Areas of Focus:

+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Chronic Pain
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ Religious Trauma
+ Relationship Issues
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ COVID-Conscious
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Angel Sukkau, RCC

In-Person & Virtual
Waitlist Available

Bio

Angel (she/them) is a queer, biracial, neurodivergent settler living on unceded land. Her practice is rooted in harm reduction, anti-oppression, and trauma-informed frameworks. They are passionate about supporting people's healing journeys and enjoy strengthening connections to oneself through an Internal Family Systems (IFS) lens and somatic (body) recognition and engagement.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ Aromanticism
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Chronic Pain
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ BPD/ CPTSD
+ Religious Trauma
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Infidelity
+ Relationship Issues
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Psychosis
+ Substance-related issues
+ Hypersexuality/ Compulsive Sexual Behaviors
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ OCD
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Disordered Eating
+ Fat-Specific Issues/ Impacts of Sizeism
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Lea Hutcheon, RCC

Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

As a registered clinical counsellor, my style so far has been described as warm, nonjudgmental, and collaborative. I am honoured to accompany people on their chosen path of growth and change, and to co-create safe-enough zones in a world that imposes disconnection. I welcome all folks who want to work with me, and providing an affirming, accessible, and COVID-conscious space for 2SLGBTQ+ and disabled people is my focus.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Chronic Pain
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ BPD/ CPTSD
+ Relationship Issues
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Substance-related issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ OCD
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ COVID-Conscious

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Beth d’Aoust, RCC

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Beth centres offering a collaborative, client-centred, anti-oppressive, and trauma-informed approach. Her practice is heavily informed by systems thinking, intersectional feminism, harm reduction, non-binary values, queer theory, attachment theory, and somatics.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ Aromanticism
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Chronic Pain
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Self-Esteem
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Infidelity
+ Relationship Issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Disordered Eating
+ Fat-Specific Issues/ Impacts of Sizeism
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Aileen Cham, RCC

In-Person & Virtual
Waitlist Available

Bio

Aileen is a queer Registered Clinical Counsellor committed to providing anti-oppressive and neurodivergent-affirming care. They walk alongside marginalized and minority folks navigating addiction, cultural identity, trauma, and relational challenges.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Chronic Pain
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Self-Esteem
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Infidelity
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Substance-related issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ OCD
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Identity Issues

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Tessa Teng, CCC

In-Person & Virtual
Waitlist Available

Bio

Tessa is a Canadian Certified Counsellor centring her practice around empathy, compassion, collaboration, and safety. She believes in meeting each client where they are at, providing a space for clients to navigate anxiety, grief, and other mental health challenges. Clients can expect sessions to be person-centred, trauma-informed and strength-based.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Self-Esteem
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Relationship Issues
+ Substance-related issues
+ Disordered Eating
+ Identity Issues

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Alayna Fender

In-Person & Virtual
Waitlist Available

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ Aromanticism
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Low Sexual Desire
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ Religious Trauma
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Infidelity
+ Relationship Issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Identity Issues

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Daniel Oommen, RCC

Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Daniel (they/them) is a registered clinical counsellor and certified sexologist who works with individuals and relationships, with a focus on sexuality, intimacy, trauma, and non-monogamy. Their approach is collaborative, trauma-informed, compassionate, and grounded in anti-oppressive principles.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ Aromanticism
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Low Sexual Desire
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Pregnancy and Postpartum
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Erectile Dysfuction
+ Orgasm Difficulties
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ BPD/ CPTSD
+ Religious Trauma
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Painful Sex
+ Infidelity
+ Relationship Issues
+ Rapid/Delayed Ejaculation
+ Hypersexuality/ Compulsive Sexual Behaviors
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Hollman Lozano

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Areas of Focus

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Self-Esteem
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ BPD/ CPTSD
+ Religious Trauma
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Infidelity
+ Relationship Issues
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Atrena Azordegan

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Low Sexual Desire
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Self-Esteem
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Erectile Dysfuction
+ Orgasm Difficulties
+ Religious Trauma
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Infidelity
+ Relationship Issues
+ Rapid/Delayed Ejaculation
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Substance-related issues
+ Hypersexuality/ Compulsive Sexual Behaviors
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ COVID-Conscious
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Jessamine Liu

In-person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Jessamine (she/her) is a queer, Filipino-Taiwanese immigrant and settler on stolen Coast Salish lands. She hopes to co-create intersectional, anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and collaborative spaces with her clients. She works with grief, navigating diasporic identities, identity exploration, and dreaming alternative ways of being.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ Aromanticism
+ Chronic Pain
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ Religious Trauma
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Infidelity
+ Relationship Issues
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Substance-related issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ COVID-Conscious
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Nava Kasiri, RCC

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Nava (she/her) is a registered clinical counsellor that works with folks in navigating anxiety, stress, identity, relationships, and life transitions. She cultivates a safe, collaborative, and non-judgmental space for her clients. Sessions with Nava are warm, curious, trauma-informed, and strengths-focused.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Chronic Pain
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Religious Trauma
+ Relationship Issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Disordered Eating
+ Fat-Specific Issues/ Impacts of Sizeism
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Jayne Wigfield, CCC

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Jayne is a queer counsellor committed to social justice. Her approach to counselling is person-centred, honouring each client and their lived experience. Jayne is passionate about the therapeutic relationship and provides a safe, warm, welcoming, and affirming healing space. Her focus is working with anxiety, depression, and family and relationship concerns.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ Aromanticism
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Chronic Pain
+ Low Sexual Desire
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Pregnancy and Postpartum
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ BPD/ CPTSD
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Infidelity
+ Relationship Issues
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Psychosis
+ Substance-related issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ OCD
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Disordered Eating
+ COVID-Conscious
+ Identity Issues

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Amina Virgolici, RCC

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

I’m Amina (she/her), share both CCC and RCC membership with a specialization in sex and intimacy, currently completing my AASECT certification in sex therapy. I offer a safe, supportive space to explore desire, identity, kink, communication and relationships dynamics with compassion and curiosity. My approach is trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and pleasure-positive, and I have extensive experience working with 2SLGBTQIA+, polyamorous, sex work, and neurodivergent communities. Together, we’ll work toward greater ease, connection, and confidence in your sexual and relational life.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ Aromanticism
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Low Sexual Desire
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Pregnancy and Postpartum
+ Self-Esteem
+ Erectile Dysfuction
+ Orgasm Difficulties
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Painful Sex
+ Infidelity
+ Relationship Issues
+ Rapid/Delayed Ejaculation
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Hypersexuality/ Compulsive Sexual Behaviors
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ OCD
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues
+ Perinatal

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Lau Mehes, RSW

In-Person & Virtual
No availability at this time.

Bio

Lau (she/her) is a queer, white, settler and Registered Social Worker. She believes in working collaboratively, and her practice is relationship-focused and grounded in empathy, curiosity, and encouragement. She strives to offer an anti-oppressive, trauma-informed approach, guided by an intersectional social justice lens.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ Aromanticism
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Chronic Pain
+ Low Sexual Desire
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Pregnancy and Postpartum
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ Religious Trauma
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Infidelity
+ Relationship Issues
+ Substance-related issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Fat-Specific Issues/ Impacts of Sizeism
+ Identity Issues
+ Perinatal

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Sandra Suasnabar Alberco, RCC

In-Person & Virtual
Waitlist Available

Bio

Sandra is passionate and committed to offering a safe, transparent and nourishing holding space for Clinical Supervisees and Consultees. 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.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Chronic Pain
+ Low Sexual Desire
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ Pregnancy and Postpartum
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ BPD/ CPTSD
+ Religious Trauma
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Infidelity
+ Relationship Issues
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Substance-related issues
+ Hypersexuality/ Compulsive Sexual Behaviors
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Disordered Eating
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues
+ Perinatal

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Evelyn Taylor, CCC

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Evelyn (they/she) is a Canadian Certified Counsellor. They are a queer, non-binary counsellor providing individuals and relationships space to navigate identity, connection, and paths forward. Their main areas of support include relationships, sex, desire, shame, non-monogamy, kink, and communication.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Chronic Pain
+ Low Sexual Desire
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Orgasm Difficulties
+ Sexual Identity  Concerns
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Infidelity
+ Relationship Issues
+ Hypersexuality/ Compulsive Sexual Behaviors
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Identity Issues

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