My name is Bryanna Cassidy, pronouns she/ they. I am a queer, neurodivergent student counsellor of mixed European descent, living as an uninvited settler on the traditional territories of the Lekwungen – speaking peoples (The Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ nations). I have lived experience as and am passionate about supporting those who are gender or sexually queer, neurodivergent, non-monogamous, live with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome or other chronic health concerns, or are a part of the BDSM/ kink community.

I value integrity, curiosity, creativity and connection. As a counsellor, that means that I show up as my authentic self, take a non-judgmental, neuro affirming and culturally responsive approach, prioritize informed, collaborative consent, and work with people to co-create a counselling experience that is in alignment with their values and goals. It is important to me to create a safe environment where people can be free to show up as and where they are. Working through a disability justice and queer theory framework, I bring in elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy and Emotion-focused Therapy. I believe that so much healing can happen when we are able to contextualize our experiences, find safety within ourselves, and connect to our environment and community.

I have a BA in Psychology and Visual Arts and am currently completing my Masters of Counselling at City University. During my free time, I love to meander through the forest, splash along the shoreline, or experiment with new crafting techniques. I am almost never without my dog, a good snack, and a pen.

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​I am Chinese-Canadian, by way of the Philippines (FilChi, of Hokkien descent). Born and raised in Vancouver, I’ve since moved to Gibsons, and am now exploring life on the unceded territories of the Skwxwú7mesh and Shíshálh nations on the Sunshine Coast. As a queer woman of colour, and a middle-class settler, my lived experience has taught me that the personal is political, and that alongside the challenges that arise when we come up against systems of power, so much strength and resilience can be found in our complex, intersectional identities.

A metaphor was once offered to me, of the role of the counsellor likened to sitting in the passenger seat of a client-driven car. As a counsellor, I am called upon as a companion, to offer the perspective of another window’s view, or to refer back to the map in the glove compartment, or to comment on the skyline, but ultimately, it is the driver that is in charge of the route, the destination, and even the speed at which we travel. Perhaps, more than anything, my role is to bear witness, and especially, to bear witness to moments of transformation, to those particularly beautiful sunsets.

I truly believe that feeling seen and heard is a crucial part of the human experience, and foundational in allowing individuals to foster their own sense of belonging and significance in the world. It is my passion for this process that drew me to this field, and it is my joy to witness individuals embarking on journeys of discovery that lead to greater abilities to move, act, and speak from an authentic and integrated place that acknowledges and honours their voices, needs, and experiences.

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (#12003), and I hold a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology from City University of Seattle. In addition to years of community agency work experience- focusing on adult and youth substance use, outreach-based family counselling and parent-teen mediation, and hospital work experience around reproductive health, reproductive choice, and pregnancy loss, I have been working in private practice since 2014.

Grounded in theories that align with my own values of meeting people where they are at, my abilities to listen to, be with, and support others continue to be honed. With a passion for social justice, and rooted in a strengths-based, collaborative approach, I see my work as an opportunity to join with others on their journey to discover all that they already are, and to further support them to become who they would like to be. It is my honour and privilege to bear witness to both the tough and tender moments along the way. In my day-to-day life, I love dancing, drawing, reading YA FIC, hanging out with my pups, and finding magic in everyday encounters with the world.

Areas of Interest I provide individual clinical counselling services to both adults and youth, primarily working with those who may be: navigating life transitions experiencing grief and loss exploring questions of meaning and identity.

I also have experience working with the following: Cross-cultural, bi-cultural, and diasporic concerns Sexual orientation and gender identity Spirituality and faith (including affirming intersections with queer identity) Interpersonal concerns and relational issues Depression Anxiety Self-Injury Substance Use Trauma

Therapeutic Approaches I consider myself to be an eclectic therapist, though first and foremost, one who holds a person-centred stance. By this, I mean that while well-versed in a number of different approaches and techniques, I will select which tools may be appropriate, according to your particular circumstances, preferences, and needs. As time goes on, the kind of work we do together will continue to be shaped according to what you are finding to be most helpful.

Some of the ways in which I practice include: Holistically addressing a person’s Biopsychosocial-spiritual experience Strengths-based conversations Somatic (body-based) explorations Mindfulness-based practices

My work is grounded in theories and modalities including: Intersectional Feminist and Social Justice orientations Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (Level 1 training) Narrative therapy Solution-focused models of therapy Existential therapy Trauma-informed and Attachment-informed care EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)

​Samantha’s Rates 15 min Phone Consultation: No Cost Individual Counselling 50 minute sessions: standard $170 90 minute sessions: standard $240 ​(All rates include GST) *Sliding Scale Full/Closed

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Sammy enthusiastically welcomes non-traditional sex and relational identifying folx, such as sex workers, sugar-daters, non-monogamous (regardless of self-identified ethical practice), queer, and kinky folx!

Sammy has been living, working, learning, and playing in the stolen and unceded ancestral home of the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations for the past 10 years.

Sammy is a queer, polyamorous, neuro-spicy, disabled, chronically ill, kinky, indigenous cis-gendered woman with a passion for exploring non-dominant ways of being. She is passionate about supporting and working alongside similarly oppressed, misunderstood, and stigmatized folx. She is in constant pursuit of disrupting oppressive, dominant social, and harmful sexual and gender scripts.

As a member of the Métis Nation by way of the ‘60s Scoop’ stolen Indigenous children in Canada, raised in a queerphobic remote community in northern Canada, Sammy’s values are deeply rooted in anti-oppression, radical acceptance, unconditional positive regard, and informed by social constructionism, intersectional feminism, social exchange, and attachment theory.

Sammy recognizes and honours the vulnerability, trust, and strength needed to seek therapy. She approaches each session with judgment-free unconditional respect, humility, curiosity, empathy, and compassion.

You can expect warmth, authenticity, and neuro-spicy quirks from Sammy as she integrates aspects of person-centred, narrative, somatic, relational-and emotion-focused therapy that is trauma-sensitive, sex- and body-positive, and queer- and kink-affirming.

You can expect her to show up as a perfectly imperfect fellow human.

She appreciates the expertise of lived experience and hopes to empower folx by walking alongside them on their unique healing journey.

She believes that through identifying, challenging, and unlearning the internalized, oppressive, and harmful socially constructed scripts and narratives, folx can discover, connect with, and rewrite their stories and authentic identities and gain self-understanding, self-compassion, and self-love.

Sammy is dedicated to learning and unlearning as an intentional lifelong endeavour.

She is completing her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University. Her passion for learning about sexuality began early in her undergraduate studies at Simon Fraser University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences degree. Majoring in psychology and minoring in human development and counselling, her breadth of studies predominantly centred around sex, gender, and sexuality through sociology, anthropology, and health sciences.

As a student member of AASECT, she is in the beginning stages of working toward her Sex Therapy certification.

Sammy often explores the wild, seeking out hidden bodies of flowing water to exist in silence with her very senior dog. Friends and family often describe her personality as organized chaos, as evidenced by her 3 a.m. baking and headphones-in solo dance parties.

Sammy’s Availability:

Sammy hopes to co-create equitable access to therapy by offering ‘unconventional’ appointment times for folx facing barriers to ‘normative’ operating hours. She intends to tailor her availability based on the unique needs of her clients whenever possible.

Sammy asks that you please specify your unique scheduling needs and limits when booking your initial consultation with her so that she can offer inclusive availability.

Please be mindful that accommodated hours will be limited.

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Laura (they/she) is a white settler living and working on the unceded lands of the W̱SÁNEĆ and lək̓ʷəŋən peoples. Laura is asexual, aromantic, queer, non-binary, disabled, COVID-conscious, neurodivergent, and fat. Providing a supportive space for clients who share these identities is the focus of their counselling work. ​ Laura’s counselling style is warm and nonjudgmental, creating space for you to share your story at your own pace. You are the expert on your own experience, and Laura will work with you to design a counselling process that meets your needs. Experiencing oppression and other life challenges can often lead to a sense of shame and self-criticism. Laura is honoured to help clients develop self-compassion, healing, and practical accommodations that make everyday tasks easier.

In addition to counselling, Laura offers hormone readiness assessments to trans and non-binary clients. They work to make this process as affirming as possible and help clients get hormone care that matches their goals and desires.

In sessions, Laura is able to accommodate different methods of communication as needed. This can include using auto-closed captioning, the video call chat feature, AAC devices, and conversational-level ASL. Laura uses many of these accommodations in her own life as a hearing autistic person with an auditory processing disability.

Laura is committed to fighting systemic oppression and works to do so in her counselling practice. Their work is informed by intersectional feminism, anti-racism, anti-colonialism, anti-capitalism, disability justice, the neurodiversity paradigm, autistic communities, 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, harm reduction, relationship anarchy & polyamory, fat liberation, and the anti-diet movement. Laura is grateful to the many activists, leaders, organizers, advocates, scholars, and community members whose work helps shape her practice.

Laura was born and raised on the traditional lands of the Lenape people as a settler of German, Czech, and Welsh descent. In 2019, Laura immigrated to so-called “Canada’’ and left behind their prior career as a music teacher to pursue counselling. Outside of work, Laura enjoys spending time with their partner, knitting, playing board games, and reading sci-fi and fantasy novels.

Approaches: Person-centred Anti-oppressive Parts work/Internal Family Systems Trauma-informed ​EMDR

Laura’s Rates 15 min Phone Consultation: No Cost Individual Counselling: 50 minute sessions: standard $155, generous $160+

​Hormone Readiness Assessment Two 40-minute sessions-$300 per assessment

Ace/Aro Consultation 50 minute sessions: standard $155 (all rates include GST)

​*Sliding Scale full/closed

Laura can work with folks utilizing Autism Funding Unit.

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HI! I am Pin-Han, a registered clinical counsellor, a queer settler coming from Taiwan not long ago. My practice is to provide anti-oppressive and nonjudgmental care to marginalized individuals including, but not limited to, people in the LGBTQ2S+ communities, immigrants, people who use substances, and survivors of domestic violence.

I provide services in English, Mandarin, and Taiwanese.

Based on my personal experience and stories around me, I hold a framework of multiculturalism and intersectionality to support individuals experiencing layers of systematic oppression such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, ability, class and culture.

By strongly believing that you are your own expert and that my role is to guide and support you through the therapeutic process, I collaborate with folks to find the integrative therapeutic approach that best meets their needs. I recognize your vulnerability and am honoured to walk alongside with you. I aim to meet you where you are at and offer a safe and confidential space in your journey. I look forward to meeting with you.

我提供英文、中文及台語服務。因為自身的成長背景及生命經驗，我對多元性別認同、多元交織性及各個弱勢族群相關議題有濃厚的興趣。在堅信「每個人都是自己人生的專家」的信念下，在諮商關係中，我扮演一個燈塔的角色，照亮你生命的大洋，以便你航行下一階段的旅程順遂。

I would like to honour and recognize the traditional and unceded territories of the Katzie, Kwantlen and Semiahmoo Nations, on whose territories I work and live.

Pin Han’s Rates

Individual Counselling -50 minute sessions: standard $150, generous rate of $155+, sliding scale open to discussion -75 minute sessions: standard $220, generous rate of $225+, sliding scale open to discussion (All rates include GST) ​ Pin-Han is an approved Crime Victims Assistance Program provider, First Nations Health Authority provider, and can see folks accessing Autism Funding Unit.

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I’m drawn to support people who feel like they don’t belong. If you have learned to hate parts of yourself, have had to cut off access to joy and rest in order to survive, or have taken on wounds of exclusion, we might be an excellent fit. I welcome bookings for both individual and relationship work.

My approach to counselling is personalized and adaptive. If something doesn’t work for you, I assume the approach needs to change, not you! I have a long history of supporting people who are treated like the problem, including QTIBIPoC+ folx, survivors of violence, disabled and/or neurodivergent folks, and people who have experienced institutional harm.

As a counsellor, my goal is to help you find a peaceful sense of home inside yourself. I’d like to help you make life a little bit easier. If this seems unlikely or impossible, I really welcome you to book a consult to learn more about how we might work together.

Professional and lived experience I come to this work through a mix of identities and experiences. I embody queer, gender fluid, neurodivergent, straight-sized, white, working-turned-middle class identities. I’m a third and fifth generation settler of Mennonite and Welsh lineages. I hold lived experience in and near complex trauma, incarceration, substance use, intergenerational trauma, sexualized violence, institutional violence and betrayal, and complex grief.

What are sessions with Kaitlyn like? You can expect a mix of storytelling, parts work (IFS), imagination, gaming metaphors, body-based practices (somatic), adapted EMDR, and laughter, with each session shaped specifically for you. I’m here to help you build unique, personalized strategies for healing; my counselling has been described as collaborative, warm, and creative.

Counselling Approaches: Trauma-informed and trauma focused Anti-oppressive Parts based Somatic Narrative Harm-reduction EMDR Kink and polyamory affirming

Selected Professional Training I studied discourse analysis, identity construction, and meaning-making in a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree. As my interest in healing grew, I mixed formal and informal training in counselling, social work, and ethics. I completed my Master of Arts in Counselling Psychotherapy in 2022.

Intensive Sex Therapy, University of Guelph (2023)​ Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) Core and Advanced trainings (2023)​ The Sexually Competent Therapist: Integrating Sex Therapy into Your Practice EMDR Comprehensive Basic Training, EMDR Consulting (2022) Trauma Certificate (102 hours), Wilfrid Laurier University (2020-2022) Restorative Justice Peacekeeper Training, Restorative Counselling (2021) Tarot and the Healing Process, SheHeWeAwakening (2020) Usui Reiki I and II (2020)

In my free time, I stay up-to-date on academic and popular literature about complex trauma, epigenetics, anti-oppressive practices, depression, family systems, body-centered healing practices, healing through spirit, institutional abolition, counselling for 2SLGBTQIA+ folks, identity-based trauma, substance use, parts work, and biomedical ethics.

Although I have academic training in these areas, I affirm lived experience as valuable knowledge. I take a non-expert stance in my work with people. No book, article, or opinion is more important than what you know about your experiences.

Rates 15 min Phone Consultation: No Cost

Individual Counselling: 50 minute sessions: standard $150 75 minute sessions: standard $210

Relationship Counselling: 50 minute sessions: standard $175 75 minute sessions: standard $245 (all rates include GST) ​​*Sliding Scale Full/Closed

Kaitlyn can work with folks utilizing First Nations Health Authority funding, Crime Victim Assistance Program and Autism Funding Unit.

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I am a queer, cis, chronically ill, neurodivergent, white settler of mixed Irish and unknown ancestry resultant of family adoption. I use she or they pronouns and invite you to share with me what identifiers currently feel right for you. I live on the unceded traditional and ancestral homelands of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. I have been working as a counsellor in community and public health settings for over a decade, including mental health programs, hospitals, non-profit organizations, and schools. Alongside this work I provide clinical supervision for new and student counsellors.

My values are guided by social justice and being trauma informed. I aim to be anti-oppressive, body neutral, sex positive, and committed to unlearning colonialism. I offer tools from narrative therapy, family systems, somatic approaches, and parts work. I completed a post graduate program in Expressive Arts therapy, so if finding the right words isn’t for you, I have some creative tools we can try. I have experience with mental illness and substance use, chronic illness and pain, burnout, trauma and vicarious trauma, grief, and loss. I bring warmth, humour and respect to the connections I have with others.

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (#17871) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors and the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. I have a Master’s in Counselling from City University of Seattle and completed the Expressive Arts therapy certification from the Justice Institute of British Columbia. ​

Approaches in Therapy Parts Work Somatic Therapy Narrative Therapy Family Systems Expressive Arts Therapy

​Selected Professional Training Masters of Counselling Psychology (MCP, City University of Seattle) Expressive Arts Therapy Certification (JIBC)

Jess’s Rates

15 min Phone Consultation: No Cost

Individual Counselling -50 minute sessions: standard $150, generous rate of $155+, sliding scale open to discussion -75 minute sessions: standard $200, generous rate of $205+, sliding scale open to discussion

Relationship Counselling -50 minute sessions: standard $180, generous rate of $185+, sliding scale open to discussion -75 minute sessions: standard $270, generous rate of $275+, sliding scale open to discussion

(All rates include GST) ​ ​Jess can work with folks utilizing First Nations Health Authority funding and Autism Funding Unit.

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Lisley (she/her) is a pre-licensed counsellor associate. She identifies herself as a queer, fat, body-abled, black, Brazilian, latinx, cis-gendered woman. Born and raised in the “periferias” of Campina Grande, Brazil, she completed most of her studies in counselling and psychology while also working as a trauma-informed full-spectrum birth worker (doula). Since 2016, she has lived and worked on the stolen, ancestral, and unceded territories of the səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam) Nations.

Lisley has helped over 300 families transition into parenthood, seeking to provide them with a more positive birth experience by informing and supporting pregnant people, no matter the pregnancy outcome.

Lisley believes counselling is a means through which she and her clients can co-create new life perspectives. She is committed to offering an anti-oppressive, anti-racist, and trauma-informed approach. In the counselling room, Lisley supports clients in having an understanding of the impacts of systems of power, cultural expectations, loss, and trauma on their realities and relationships. She draws from client-centred approaches, cognitive schema therapy, perinatal psychology, attachment theory, community psychology, and systemic family therapy.

She has experience working with individuals and families from the BIPOC and LGBTQI+ community, as well as immigrants and people who are experiencing major life transitions. Lisley also has experience navigating sexual health and sexuality concerns. She also has experience with people navigating pregnancy, loss and infertility processes.

Lisley is happy to provide care in both Portuguese and English to Adults and Families, BIPOC and from LGBTQA+ communities.

When she isn’t working on counselling and reproductive justice, she enjoys baking, crocheting, riding her bike and spending time with her partner.

Approaches in Therapy: Client-centered Anti-Oppressive Trauma-Informed Cognitive Schema Therapy Perinatal Psychology Attachment Theory Systemic Family Therapy Community Psychology

Selected Training: Specialization in Cognitive Behavior Therapy, PUC-RS (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul) (in-progress). Loss and grief in pregnancy and postpartum, Máter Online, 2020 Postpartum care in psychotherapy, Instituto Aripe, 2021 Attachment Theory—An introduction, Instituto Aripe, 2020 Intervention in times of crises in the therapeutic setting, Instituto Aripe 2020 Principles of systemic family Therapy I, Instituto Aripe 2021 Principles of systemic family Therapy II, Intituto Aripe 2022​ Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) Core and Advanced trainings (2023) The architecture of sleep and the imaginary of the dream, University of state of Paraiba, 2011

​Lisley’s Rates 15 min Phone Consultation: No Cost

Individual Counselling 50 minute sessions: standard $120, generous rate of $130+, starting at $80 75 minute sessions: standard $175, generous rate of $185+, sliding scale open to discussion

​Relationship or Family Counselling: 50 minute sessions: standard $170, generous rate of $180+, sliding scale open to discussion 75 minute sessions: standard $200, generous rate of $210+, sliding scale open to discussion (all rates include GST)

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Hello, and thank you for visiting my profile! I’ll locate myself here in this first paragraph and then tell you a bit about what it might look like to work together and finish with a snapshot of counselling influences and personal interests. I am a queer, Egyptian-German/Canadian settler living and working on the stolen homelands of the the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), Qayqayt (Key-Kite), Stz’uminus (Sha-main-us), S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), and kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwee-Kwet-Lum) Nations. I was born and raised in central (colloquially known as “Northern”) British Columbia for most of my life and moved further south upon graduating high school. I graduated with my Masters of Counselling at the end of 2021 and have been working in the field since.

You’re looking for support in navigating hardships or discovering new opportunities for growth. You’re hoping to understand something better or maybe you’re aiming to make some changes in your life. I can support you in your journey by being a curious guide who recognizes that you’re the sole expert of your life. Even if things feel murky right now, you’re the best person to support yourself because you’re the only one who has lived your life. I would like to work alongside you during your healing and connection journey. I describe my work as helping people help themselves because I know you have the power to help yourself just by the fact that you’re reading this right now.

Identities, Experiences, and Diagnoses I work well with: People of the Global Majority (BIPOC) Queer/LGBTQ2S+ Polyamory/Open/Monogamous Relationships People who work in the sex industry People who uses substances Survivors of sexual assault (Adult & Childhood) Grief and Loss Trauma BPD Anxiety PTSD Schizophrenia ADHD

I approach counselling from perspectives rooted in harm reduction, anti-oppression, decolonization, and trauma awareness. I utilize a collaborative approach that integrates person-centred, Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, somatics, narrative, CBT, and other approaches.

I am passionate about the outdoors, music, art, and writing and would love to incorporate these forms of connection and expression into our work together if they resonate with you. I seek to understand your perspectives and meet you where you are at so we can create a counselling environment best suited to your unique needs and goals.

Please feel free to reach out via email to book a free, 16 minute* phone consultation.

*16 minutes is being used as a small part of my decolonial practice. I want to highlight here how rigid expectations for time came to this land from colonialism. It also helps me note that, although my sessions are scheduled for 50 minutes, I request that clients schedule in a 10-minute buffer in the likely event that we go over that time by a bit.

Angel’s Rates 16 min Phone Consultation: Free

Individual Counselling 50 minute sessions: standard $140 75 minute sessions: standard $180

Relationship or Family Counselling: 50 minute sessions: standard $190 75 minute sessions: standard $230

​Sliding Scale Full/ Closed ​ I can work with folks utilizing First Nations Health Authority funding (sliding scale), Residential Historical Abuse Program, and Autism Funding Unit.

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Session Information - Individual Counselling

Format: * In-person (Walk & Talk or in-office) * Virtual (video or telephone)

Rate

• 50 minutes $135
• 75 minutes $200

-FNHA mental health provider

-waitlist for subsidy is full

Availability

• Wednesdays 11:30am-6:30pm (video, telephone, walk & talk)
• Saturday 1:30pm-7pm (video, telephone, in-office)

**Maryanne is vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. For in-person appointments you must be fully vaccinated, wear a mask, and be willing to social distance

Sometimes we need a place where we can kick off our shoes, speak our minds plainly, and work through difficult situations, thoughts, and feelings. Grounding sessions in respect, empathy, and curiosity, Maryanne strives to co-create a space where you can exhale, unpack, explore, grow, and move forward.

Maryanne has been a registered social worker since 2012, providing counselling and social work services for a wide range of folks including

• 2SLGBTQIA+
• QTPoC
• Second-generation diaspora
• Folks with disabilities
• ADHD
• Seniors aging in place
• Caregivers of vulnerable adults
• Poly/ethical non-monogamy
• BDSM/kink/leather

Maryanne has both professional and lived experience in these areas:

• navigating multiple group memberships (e.g. sexuality and cultural minority; gender and disability)
• traversing daily life with neurodivergence
• self-esteem, anxiety, depression, perfectionism
• exploring sexuality and gender (including initial conversations about hormone therapies)
• alternate relationship configurations
• life transitions

Medically based services * advance care planning and end-of-life planning * Medical Assistance in Dying conversations * adjustment to changes in ability * caregiver burnout * navigating medical systems

What are sessions with Maryanne like?

Maryanne approaches their work with a relationally accountable, inquisitive spirit and trauma-aware, harm reduction approach. Sessions often feel like a friendly conversation - both laughter and inconveniently truthful reflections are commonplace. Expect to explore both your internal landscape and the larger systems in society impacting what we think/feel. With Maryanne’s social work hat on, problem-solving, brainstorming, planning, medical systems navigation, and supportive resource scaffolding are possible.

Counselling Style and Focus

Maryanne uses an integrative counselling style, pulling from person-centered, narrative, somatic, internal family systems, and evidence-based traditions (if requested). Their perspective is inflected with an intersectional feminist social justice lens.

About maryanne

Maryanne is a queer, neurodivergent, gender-fluid, fat, second-generation Chinese Canadian settler with invisible disabilities. They live upon the stolen territories of the səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam) Nations. As a settler, Maryanne strives to treat the First Peoples, land, and plant/animal relatives with care and respect. When not in conversation with clients, Maryanne enjoys snuggling with their small fluffy dog, welcoming folks into various alt-spaces, planting urban food forests, choreography, and introducing friends to dim sum. They look forward to connecting with you!

questions? maryanne@collective-healing.ca

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​Kaitlin Wu (she/her) is a cisgender, able-bodied, second generation Chinese Canadian immigrant, living and working on the stolen lands of the səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam) Nations. Kaitlin specializes in working with marginalized communities and neurodivergent individuals who may be struggling with experiences of invalidation, life transitions, family conflict, relationship challenges, anxiety, and low self-worth. Kaitlin approaches each session with compassion and curiosity as she supports clients in processing and unpacking their lived experiences towards healing. She is firmly committed to creating a safe, nonjudgmental, healing space where clients feel valued, heard, and empowered to step into their transformative self-worth.

Kaitlin holds a person-centered, intesectionalist, social justice framed approach that believes in helping clients unlearn biases, prejudice, and oppressive narratives to reclaim their truth. Kaitlin has also completed EMDR training. She has spent the last 7 years in both educational and community environments working with diverse communicative behaviours as she attunes to the nonverbal messages, emotions, and patterns that often go unnoticed. She strongly believes in fostering an inclusive and safe environment where youth of all abilities feel empowered and supported in their development.

Kaitlin support folks navigating the public mental health system while recognizing the institutional barriers, medical trauma, and oppression that can occur. In particular, Kaitlin is familiar with supporting individuals and loved ones navigate through symptoms of psychosis, schizophrenia, and psychotic disorders. She is committed in supporting folks with symptom management, decolonizing mental health stigmas, fostering self awareness, and bridging community support.

She strongly affirms that every client is to be met with understanding, integrity, and support, regardless of where they are on their journey. Kaitlin wants her clients to know that every version of themselves is deserving of love and acceptance.

Through empathic listening, Kaitlin holds space for her clients to feel safe and seen as they collaboratively navigate the journey of self-healing, self-forgiveness, and self-compassion. Kaitlin would be honoured to walk alongside with her clients as they learn how to regain self-trust and build a peaceful home in themselves.

​Approaches in Therapy Person-Centred Inner Child Narrative Anti-Oppressive

Selected Professional Training EMDR Certification with Esta Porter San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training

​Kaitlin’s Rates

15 min Phone Consultation: No Cost

Individual Counselling 50 minute sessions: standard $140, generous rate of $145+

​Relationship Counselling 50 minute sessions: standard $175, generous $180+ 75 minute sessions: standard $200, generous $205+ (All rates include GST) ​ ​*Sliding Scale Full/Closed

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