Sawlat Tirtha, RSW

Accepting New Clients. 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, RSW, Available on Weekends, Available in the Evening, FNHA ProviderLuisa OspinaDecember 21, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual

Aminata Barry

Accepting New Clients. 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 ClientsLuisa OspinaDecember 9, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person

Michaela Woeller

Accepting New Clients. Michaela is a queer, neurodivergent pre-licensed counsellor who cultivates a nurturing space where clients feel safe and empowered to embrace and explore their authentic selves. You can expect sessions with Michaela to be anti-oppressive, curious, creative and playful.

English, Queer Identified, Sliding Scale Available, Associate Counsellor, Accepting New Clients, NeurodivergentLuisa OspinaDecember 9, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person

Luisa Ospina, RCC

Waitlist Closed. Luisa is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Supervisor who works primarily with people who have experienced trauma, including sexualized violence, experiences of ongoing oppression, and family separation. You can expect sessions with her to be light-hearted, validating, critical of structural barriers, and educational.

Shana Soo, RCC

Waitlist for New Clients. 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.

English, BIPoC Identified, Sliding Scale Available, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Queer Identified, Available in the Evening, Neurodivergent, Associate Counsellor, Non-Binary Identified, Waitlist Available, RCCLuisa OspinaAugust 2, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person, Relationship Counselling

Lea Hutcheon

Accepting New Clients. As a pre-licensed 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.

English, Sliding Scale Available, Queer Identified, Non-Binary Identified, Neurodivergent, Available in the Evening, Associate Counsellor, Waitlist AvailableLuisa OspinaAugust 2, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual, Relationship Counselling

Sam Kaplan, RCC

Accepting New Clients. Sam is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and RCC-Approved Clinical Supervisor (provisional), who works alongside folks navigating identity, traumas and relationships. Currently with space for Hormone Readiness assessments and clinical consultation.

Rabab Seblani, CCC

Accepting New Clients. Rabab (she/her) is a second generation Lebanese immigrant. She is committed to cultivating a safe, warm and non-judgemental space to support clients through their unique journeys and struggles. She brings genuine empathy, care and respect to clients, and honours their life experiences and culture.

English, BIPoC Identified, Sliding Scale Available, Accepting New Clients, Available in the Evening, CCCLuisa OspinaAugust 1, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person

Steph Blandino, RCC

Waitlist for New Clients. Steph is a Registered Clinical Counsellor. She 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.

BIPoC Identified, Queer Identified, English, Available on Weekends, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Associate Counsellor, RCC, Available in the Evening, FNHA Provider, EMDR, CVAP Provider, Waitlist Available, SpanishLuisa OspinaApril 5, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person, Family Counselling

Emily Franklin, RCC

Accepting New Clients. Emily is a Registered Clinical Counsellor. She is passionate about supporting clients in discovering their personal strength and autonomy in their lived experiences. Clients can expect sessions to be collaborative, safe, and welcoming.

BIPoC Identified, English, Available in the Evening, Associate Counsellor, Accepting New Clients, RCCLuisa OspinaApril 5, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual, Phone, In-Person

Angel Sukkau, RCC

Waitlist for New Clients. Angel is a Registered Clinical Counsellor. She is a cisgender queer, Egyptian/German-Canadian settler living in British Columbia. She often works through a harm reduction, anti-oppressive, and trauma-informed lens. She is passionate about incorporating nature, music, art, and writing into therapy.

BIPoC Identified, Queer Identified, English, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Associate Counsellor, Available in the Evening, RCC, FNHA Provider, EMDR, Waitlist AvailableLuisa OspinaApril 4, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual, Phone, In-Person, Relationship Counselling

Pin-Han Hsu, RCC

Accepting New Clients. Pin-Han is a Registered Clinical Counsellor. Pin-Han's approach to therapy is person-centred, strengths-based, and trauma-informed. Pin-Han provides anti-oppressive and nonjudgmental care to marginalized individuals who are in the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, immigrants, who use substances, and survivors of violence.

BIPoC Identified, Queer Identified, Available on Weekends, English, Taiwanese, Mandarin, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Accepting New Clients, Associate Counsellor, RCC, FNHA Provider, CVAP ProviderLuisa OspinaApril 4, 2023Virtual, Phone, Individual Counselling

Mich Norkowski, RCC

Waitlist for New Clients. Mich is a Registered Clinical Counsellor. They offer relationship, family and individual counselling to all folks, with experience working with/in the 2SLGBTQIA+, poly, sex work, neurodivergent and veterinary communities.

English, Associate Counsellor, Queer Identified, Available in the Evening, RCC, Non-Binary Identified, Neurodivergent, Available on Weekends, FNHA Provider, Waitlist AvailableLuisa OspinaApril 4, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual, Phone, Relationship Counselling, In-Person, Family Counselling, Hormone Readiness Assessment

Laura Guenzel, RCC

Waitlist for New Clients. Laura is a Canadian Certified Counsellor. Their counselling style is warm and nonjudgmental, creating space for you to share your story at your own pace. Laura’s focus is on providing affirming counselling for fellow ace, aro, queer, non-binary, disabled, COVID-conscious, neurodivergent, and fat people.

English, Available in the Evening, Non-Binary Identified, Queer Identified, Conversational ASL, Associate Counsellor, Available on Weekends, CCC, RCC, Sliding Scale Available, Neurodivergent, Waitlist AvailableLuisa OspinaApril 4, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual, Hormone Readiness Assessment

Samantha Cheng, RCC

Accepting New Clients. 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.

BIPoC Identified, English, Associate Counsellor, RCC, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Queer Identified, Available in the Evening, EMDR, Accepting New ClientsLuisa OspinaApril 4, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual

Sandra Suasnabar Alberco, RCC

Waitlist for New Clients. Sandra is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Registered Therapeutic Counsellor who 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.

BIPoC Identified, Queer Identified, English, Spanish, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Supervision, Clinical Supervisor, RCC, Expressive Arts Therapy, Waitlist Available, EMDR, Art Therapy, Available in the Evening, Associate Counsellor, NeurodivergentLuisa OspinaApril 4, 2023Virtual, Consultation/Supervision, In-Person

Jess Rathwell, RCC

Waitlist for New Clients. Jess is a Registered Clinical Counsellor offering individual counselling sessions as well as clinical supervision and consultation. Their values are guided by being trauma-informed, social justice, and anti-oppressive and they offer tools from narrative therapy, family systems, somatic approaches, expressive arts, and parts work.

English, Associate Counsellor, RCC, Queer Identified, Clinical Supervisor, CCC, Expressive Arts Therapy, FNHA Provider, Waitlist Available, NeurodivergentLuisa OspinaApril 4, 2023Individual Counselling, Consultation/Supervision, Phone, Virtual

Christie Ma, RTC

Accepting New Clients. Christie is an Associate Counsellor who engages the arts as a way to access and tangibly contend with trauma, feelings, and experiences held in our bodies. They seek to connect with you where you are at and offer a collaborative therapeutic experience that honours your ways of knowing.

Queer Identified, English, Art Therapy, BIPoC Identified, Cantonese, BIPoC & Queer Identified, Accepting New Clients, Associate Counsellor, Non-Binary Identified, Available in the Evening, RTCLuisa OspinaApril 4, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual, Phone, Relationship Counselling

Beth d’Aoust, RCC

Waitlist for New Clients. Beth is a Registered Clinical Counsellor 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.

Queer Identified, English, Available in the Evening, Associate Counsellor, Neurodivergent, RCC, Waitlist AvailableLuisa OspinaApril 4, 2023Virtual, Individual Counselling, Relationship Counselling, In-Person, Family Counselling, Hormone Readiness Assessment

Allahna Somji, CCC

Waitlist for New Clients. Allahna is a Canadian Certified Counsellor. Her therapeutic approach is centered around collaboration, meeting all clients with empathy and non-judgement. She hopes to create a safe and accepting space for her clients, allowing for empowerment, encouragement, and connection.

Queer Identified, English, BIPoC Identified, Available in the Evening, Associate Counsellor, Waitlist Available, CCC, EMDR, FNHA ProviderLuisa OspinaMarch 30, 2023Individual Counselling, Virtual, In-Person