Posts in BIPoC & Queer Identified
Ashleen Pratap

Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Ashleen (she/her) is a cisgender, second-generation settler and queer student counsellor. She works from an anti-oppressive, intersectional, multicultural and trauma-informed lens supporting individuals including the BIPOC and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. She works collaboratively with clients and creates a safe, welcoming, and non-judgmental space to support clients in knowing they are not alone in their life challenges.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Chronic Pain
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Self-Esteem
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Identity Issues

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Marcus Chan

Virtual
Waitlist Available

Bio

Marcus (he/him) is a queer, second-gen Chinese student counsellor passionate about co-creating safe, warm spaces for BIPOC folks navigating identity, life transitions, religious trauma, grief, and relationships.

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Aminata Barry

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Aminata is an internationally-raised, multiculturally aware counsellor, with roots in the Ivory Coast. She's dedicated to providing her clients with a non-judgmental, warm and compassionate space to explore themselves. She embraces an eclectic, client-centered and collaborative approach to counselling, always engaging with empathy, curiosity and creativity.

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Michelle Jeong

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Michelle (she/her) is a queer, neurodivergent pre-licensed counsellor offering trauma-informed, intersectional care. Her work centres authenticity, story, and co-creating space for resistance, healing, meaning-making, and complexity in a messy world.

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Lina Fang, RCC

Virtual Sessions
Waitlist Available

Bio

Lina is a queer, autistic and bi-cultural Canadian Certified Counsellor. She works with marginalized clients including BIPOC, neurodivergent, 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, immigrants, and poly communities. Her practice is trauma-informed and you can expect a therapeutic space that prioritizes authenticity and empowerment.

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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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Melanie Tan

In-Person & Virtual
Waitlist Avaialble

Bio

Melanie (she/her) is a pre-licensed counsellor, and Canadian Certified Sex Addiction Specialist. She’s a queer, Singaporean/Canadian who brings warmth and curiosity to sessions. She specializes in sex therapy, but also works with topics of relationships, identity, and finding meaning in life. She offers a queer-affirming, poly & kink-friendly space for clients to explore desire, anxiety, and trauma.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/Polyamory
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ Aromanticism
+ BDSM and Kink
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Erectile Dysfuction
+ Gender Identity
+ Hypersexuality
+ Compulsive Sexual Behaviours
+ Infidelity
+ Low Sexual Desire
+ Neurodiversity
+ Orgasm Difficulties
+ Painful Sex
+ PTSD/ CPTSD
+ Rapid/Delayed Ejaculation
+ Relationship Issues
+ Religious Trauma
+ Sexual Identity Concerns
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence
+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence
+ Trauma

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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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Samantha Cheng, RCC

Virtual
Not Accepting Clients

Bio

Samantha is a Registered Clinical Counsellor offering individual counselling and clinical supervision. She specializes in supporting folks navigating life transitions, experiencing grief and loss, or exploring questions of meaning and identity.

Areas of Focus:

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Grief and Loss
+ Religious Trauma
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ Identity Issues
+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Nadine Nakagawa, CCC

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

I am a pre-licensed counsellor working from an intersectional, anti-oppressive, and harm reductive approach that considers collective and community healing.

+ Anxiety

+ Depression

+ Consensual Non-Monogamy/ Polyamory

+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia

+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues

+ Asexuality

+ Aromanticism

+ Low Sexual Desire

+ Immigration and Life Transitions

+ Grief and Loss

+ Neurodiversity

+ ADHD

+ Self-Esteem

+ Sexualized and Gender-Based Violence

+ Trauma/Oppression

+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence

+ Relationship Issues

+ Communication and Boundaries

+ Fat-Specific Issues/ Impacts of Sizeism

+ COVID-Conscious

+ Identity Issues

+ Global Majority- Specific Issues

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Tiffany Wu, RCC

Virtual
Not Accepting New Clients

Bio

Tiff is a Registered Clinical Counsellor who works alongside folks navigating intersecting identities, namely gender, sexual , and cultural within the context of being a racialized person in a Western society. I strive for our chats to be supportive and enriching, while holding space to acknowledge the heavy systems we work within.

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