Hi, I’m Ashtyn (she/her).

I’m really glad you’re here. My approach to counselling is relational, embodied, and grounded in genuine connection. I care deeply about creating a space where people feel safe enough to show up as they are. I don’t sit on the sidelines as a neutral observer; I show up as a collaborative partner in the work, bringing curiosity, compassion, honesty, and at times a bit of playfulness when it helps things feel a little lighter.

My previous work naturally led me toward wanting to continue supporting people in deeper ways. Much of my experience has taken place in the anti-violence sector, where I provided frontline support to folks navigating sexual and gender-based violence, substance use, and the realities of systems that don’t always offer care. Being in those rooms taught me so much about resilience, resourcefulness, and what it means to get through things in ways that make sense for you. It also taught me that people already carry a ton of strength, even when the world tells them otherwise.

I believe you are the expert in your own life, and my role is to walk alongside you as a collaborator as you make choices that feel empowered and aligned with who you are. My work is integrative and rooted in trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, feminist, and harm-reduction values, with a strong emphasis on community care. I draw from a range of therapeutic approaches when working with individuals and couples, and I strive to create a space that is inclusive and affirming for people of all genders, sexualities, and relationship structures. Our work together centres empowerment, consent, and genuine connection, and unfolds in a way that is responsive to what feels present and meaningful in the moment. Sessions move at your pace, with the intention of creating a space where you can show up as your authentic self without judgment.

Who am I? Well, I’m a queer, cisgender, neurospicy, able-bodied settler living and working in Vancouver, BC on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Outside of the counselling room, I’m usually listening to music or gathering with community as I see collective joy as an act of resistance. I also enjoy crafting silly, bejewelled creations and spending time with my rescue pup, Dolly Barkin, who reminds me daily of the power of rest and a good snuggle.

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Hannah Jarvis (They/She) is a non-binary, queer, small-fat, settler living and working on traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. Hannah holds a BA from SFU in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies and is completing their Masters in Counselling at City University of Seattle (Vancouver campus). They worked for many years in both anti-violence and arts organizations where they continually noticed the ways that art and creative ways of being are intricately connected to healing.

Hannah’s lived experience with sexuality and gender exploration, grief and loss, and fat joy informs their therapeutic specialities. They wish to be a soft place to land for clients from marginalized identities who may not have had a safe enough place to explore these concerns. Hannah supports clients through identity exploration, sex, pleasure, desire concerns, and kink. They specialize in supporting clients who are in polyamorous or non-traditional relationship structures, survivors of sexual violence and they are sex worker affirming.

Hannah’s counselling style is warm, collaborative, non-judgemental, and adaptive. Their therapeutic approach is deeply rooted in previous experience as a support worker and their involvement in community activism. They are led by feminist, queer, and anti-oppressive values that center community care and harm reduction. Hannah honours clients as the experts of their own experience and is ready to meet clients where they are at with their goals for therapy. Hannah’s work is integrative and recognizes how systemic oppression impacts our health and well-being. They are passionate about Emotion-Focused Therapy, somatic based approaches, narrative therapy, and are grounded in trauma-informed practices.

Hannah works with individuals and couples. They offer sessions in English and are also learning conversational ASL. They have prior work experience with folks who have physical disabilities, cognitive disabilities, or are neurodivergent and are practiced at supporting overlapping and sometimes contradictory access needs. Hannah offers both in person and online sessions and is interested in exploring how they can make sessions as accessible as possible for their clients.

Outside of work, you can find Hannah frequenting thrift shops, bouldering, dancing, working in fat-affirming fashion spaces, and searching for the best lavender latte in the city. They love the joy of connecting with their friends and partners, bringing community members together, and collective care. Hannah is so excited to meet with you!

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I often work alongside folks processing personal, collective, and systemic traumas. Specifically I often work with current and former youth in care, neurodivergent folks, folks navigating chronic pain/disabilities, queer/trans folks, sex workers, poly folks and topics around identity exploration.

In working alongside folks I often weave in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), somatic-attachment, art therapy, narrative therapy , trauma centred engagement and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). I see people as experts in their own lives and it is really important to me to work collaboratively alongside people and to co-create space for healing. ​ In my personal life, I love the woods, the ocean, making art, gardening, and animals. I am non-binary (they/them), neurodivergent, and of European and Arab Jewish background. I am decidedly Pro-Palestine and anti-genocide. I strive towards anti-oppressive, social justice oriented practices, and also recognize that this is ongoing work of listening and learning and unlearning.

I am located on the unceded traditional and ancestral homelands of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Peoples. ​ Counselling Approaches Healing Centered Engagement Centring Anti-Oppressive Learnings EMDR Harm-Reduction Coping Strategies Serve Purposes Somatics Art Therapy​

​ Selected Professional Training Foundations of Clinical Supervision- University of Ottawa Somatic Attachment Two-Year Training ​Somatics with Queer and Trans Folks EMDR Comprehensive Training Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) Core and Advanced Trainings DBT Comprehensive and Advanced Trainings Early Psychosis Intervention Certification San’ya Cultural Competency Training Response-Based Training

Sam’s Rates *15 min Phone Consultation: No Cost

Individual Counselling/Clinical Consultation

50 minute sessions: standard $150, sliding scale full *75 minute sessions: standard $200, sliding scale full *$300 per Hormone Readiness Assessment (two 40-minute sessions)

​Relationship or Family Counselling: *50 minute sessions: standard $200, sliding scale full *75 minute sessions: standard $250, sliding scale full ​(all rates include GST) ​

Sam can work with folks utilizing the Residential Historical Abuse Program, First Nations Health Authority funding, Crime Victims Assistance Program, and Autism Funding Unit.

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