Marcus Chan

Virtual
Accepting Clients

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.

English, Sliding Scale Available, Student Counsellor, Accepting New Clients, Available in the Evening, Queer Identified, BIPoC & Queer Identified, BIPoC Identified, Student Counsellor/ Lower Cost, Somatic PracticeLuisa OspinaJuly 10, 2022Virtual, Individual Counselling

Adithi Satavalli

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Adithi (she/her) is a body-inclusive student counsellor under the clinical supervision of a Registered Psychotherapist. She brings warmth and openness to exploring identity, relationships, and sexuality, offering a culturally aware, trauma-sensitive, queer-affirming, and kink-friendly space.

English, Sliding Scale Available, Student Counsellor, BIPoC Identified, Student Counsellor/ Lower Cost, Kannada, Telugu, Available in the Evening, Accepting New ClientsLuisa OspinaJuly 10, 2022In-Person, Hybrid, Individual Counselling, Virtual, Relationship Counselling

Ashtyn Bevan

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Student counsellor with roots in anti-violence and community care. Offers relational, trauma-informed, feminist, and harm-reduction support, collaborating with clients to explore healing in ways that feel safe, empowered, and grounded.

English, Sliding Scale Available, Student Counsellor, Neurodivergent, Queer Identified, Student Counsellor/ Lower Cost, Somatic Practice, Accepting New ClientsLuisa OspinaJuly 10, 2022Virtual, In-Person, Hybrid, Individual Counselling, Relationship Counselling

Patricia Szeto

In-Person & Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Patricia (she/her) a neurodivergent, second-generation immigrant and counsellor passionate about supporting neurodivergent folks and those navigating grief, disability, or chronic pain through collaborative, person-centered care.

English, Sliding Scale Available, Student Counsellor, Neurodivergent, Available on Weekends, Available in the Evening, Student Counsellor/ Lower Cost, BIPoC Identified, Accepting New ClientsLuisa OspinaJuly 10, 2022Virtual, In-Person, Hybrid, Individual Counselling, Relationship Counselling, Family Counselling

Jennaya Hayden

Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Jennaya is a Métis student counsellor who works from a trauma-informed, strength-based, and decolonizing lens. She creates warm, collaborative spaces for clients navigating life transitions, identity, and experiences of disconnection, supporting them to reconnect with their strengths and move toward balance and wellness.

English, Sliding Scale Available, Student Counsellor, Available in the Evening, BIPoC Identified, Student Counsellor/ Lower Cost, Accepting New ClientsLuisa OspinaJuly 10, 2022Individual Counselling, Virtual, Relationship Counselling

Heather Gunn

In-Person & Virtual
Waitlist Available

Bio

Heather is a big-hearted, queer, chronically ill student counsellor who works with folks navigating sex & relationship challenges, life transitions, and grief & loss. You can expect therapy with Heather to be warm, collaborative, and playful.

English, Sliding Scale Available, Student Counsellor, Available in the Evening, Neurodivergent, Queer Identified, Available on Weekends, Student Counsellor/ Lower Cost, Waitlist AvailableLuisa OspinaJuly 10, 2022Virtual, In-Person, Hybrid, Individual Counselling, Relationship Counselling

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.

English, Queer Identified, Sliding Scale Available, BIPoC Identified, BIPoC & Queer Identified, French, Available in the Evening, Accepting New Clients, Pre-Licensed CounsellorLuisa OspinaJuly 10, 2022Virtual, In-Person, Individual Counselling

Michelle Jeong

In-Person & Virtual
Waitlist Available

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.

English, Sliding Scale Available, Available in the Evening, Neurodivergent, Queer Identified, Available on Weekends, BIPoC & Queer Identified, BIPoC Identified, Waitlist Available, Pre-Licensed CounsellorLuisa OspinaJuly 10, 2022Virtual, In-Person, Hybrid, Individual Counselling

Sawlat Tirtha, RSW

Virtual
Accepting Clients

Bio

Sawlat is a first generation Bengali immigrant raised in Canada. She is a Registered Social Worker who works alongside folks navigating life transitions, anxiety, depression, relational struggles, sexuality, and trauma.

BIPoC Identified, English, Associate Counsellor, Sliding Scale Available, Accepting New Clients, Available on Weekends, Available in the Evening, Registered Social Worker, Autism Funding Unit, FNHA ProviderLuisa OspinaJuly 9, 2022Virtual, Individual Counselling

Julian Dorscht

In-Person & Virtual
Waitlist Available

Bio

Julian (she/her) is a queer pre-licensed 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.

English, Sliding Scale Available, Neurodivergent, Queer Identified, Available in the Evening, Waitlist Available, Pre-Licensed CounsellorLuisa OspinaApril 19, 2022Virtual, In-Person, Hybrid, Individual Counselling, Relationship Counselling

Melanie Tan

In-Person & Virtual
Waitlist Avaialble

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.

English, Sliding Scale Available, Student Counsellor, Queer Identified, Student Counsellor/ Lower Cost, BIPoC Identified, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Available on Weekends, EMDR, Waitlist AvailableLuisa OspinaApril 18, 2022Virtual, In-Person, Hybrid, Individual Counselling

Rebekah Hatherly

Virtual
Waitlist Closed.

Bio

Rebekah (she/her) is a queer and neurodivergent pre-licensed counsellor providing integrative, creative and collaboratively based care. She strives to offer a soft place to land. Rebekah is honoured to work alongside various identities and experiences, with a focus on support for LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent folks, kids and families.

Areas of Focus

+ Anxiety
+ Depression
+ Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance
+ Impacts of racism and xenophobia
+ 2SLGBTQIA+ issues
+ Asexuality
+ Aromanticism
+ Chronic Pain
+ Low Sexual Desire
+ Immigration and Life Transitions
+ Grief and Loss
+ Neurodiversity
+ ADHD
+ Pregnancy and Postpartum
+ Self-Esteem
+ Trauma/Oppression
+ Sexual Identity Concerns
+ Religious Trauma"
+ Relationship Issues
+ Persons with Disabilities-related issues
+ Communication and Boundaries
+ OCD
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ COVID-Conscious
+ Identity Issues
+ Perinatal

English, Sliding Scale Available, Queer Identified, Neurodivergent, Conversational French, Accepting New Clients, Pre-Licensed Counsellor, Hormone Readiness Assessment, Expressive Arts Therapy, Somatic PracticeLuisa OspinaApril 18, 2022Virtual, Individual Counselling

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

Erica Doddato

In-Person & Virtual
Waitlist Available

Bio

Erica is a queer, neurodivergent pre-licensed associate counsellor living with chronic pain. She works from a trauma-informed, anti-oppressive lens, and is passionate about caring for those who feel unseen. She values truth-seeking, deep listening, and healing through connection.

English, Sliding Scale Available, Available in the Evening, Neurodivergent, Queer Identified, Italian, Waitlist Available, Pre-Licensed CounsellorLuisa OspinaApril 18, 2022Virtual, In-Person, Hybrid, Individual Counselling

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

English, Sliding Scale Available, BIPoC Identified, Queer Identified, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Available in the Evening, Available on Weekends, Expressive Arts Therapy, Art Therapy, Accepting New Clients, Certified Canadian CounsellorLuisa OspinaApril 16, 2022Virtual, In-Person, Hybrid, Individual Counselling

Elise Barber, RSW

In-Person & Virtual
Waitlist Available

Bio

Elise seeks to create a trusting space that supports your insights, growth and wellbeing. You may be sitting with grief, anxiety, hurt or uncertainty. Elise supports you to uncover your capacity to navigate stressors, communicate effectively, and establish boundaries to care compassionately for yourself and others.

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
+ Grief and Loss
+ Self-Esteem
+ Sexual Identity Concerns
+ Sexual Self-Esteem and Self- Confidence
+ Relationship Issues
+ Trans and Non-binary-Specific Issues
+ Identity Issues
+ Communication and Boundaries

Queer Identified, English, Associate Counsellor, Available in the Evening, Sliding Scale Available, CVAP Provider, FNHA Provider, Registered Social Worker, Autism Funding Unit, Hormone Readiness Assessment, Waitlist AvailableLuisa OspinaApril 5, 2022Virtual, In-Person, Hormone Readiness Assessment, Hybrid, Relationship Counselling, Family Counselling, Individual Counselling