Counselling to Support Seniors with Retirement and Age Related Challenges

RCC (They/Her)

Collaborative · Authentic & Human · Gentle Warm & Validating · Welcomes Humour · Challenges Clients · Client-Led · Skills & Tools · Mind-Body · Insight & Patterns · Emotional Focus

LAUREN’S BIO & BOOKING →

Lauren brings a collaborative, open and human presence to counselling. They allow time for you to settle in without pressure, and become comfortable, with space for harder and deeper conversations once trust is built. Lauren brings lived experience as a longtime performer and artist, queer and neurodivergent person, and brings social justice, compassion and body acceptance into her work. The strives to create a space where each person can be fully themselves without the need to filter or hide who they are.

SPECIALTIES‍ ‍Neurodivergence · LGBTQIA+ · Anxiety & Panic · OCD · Depression · Burnout · Attachment · Family Relationships · Inner Child Work · Life Transitions

APPROACHES‍ ‍ ‍Somatic · DBT · IFS · Fat Liberation & Body Acceptance · Mindfulness‍ · Anti-Oppressive · Narrative · Emotion Focused‍ · Attachment-Focused · ACT · Trauma Informed · Sex Positive · Neurodivergent-Affirming

RCC, Relationship/Couples Counsellor (She/Her)

Collaborative · Authentic & Human · Gentle Warm & Validating · Humour · Challenges Clients · Can Listen Without Fixing · Skills & Tools · Mind-Body · Land & Spirit Connection · Insight & Patterns · Emotional Focus

TANYA’S BIO & BOOKING →

Tanya brings a calm, grounded presence to the room and provides spaciousness for whatever feelings arise. She doesn't rush to tell you what to do, but stays curious about what matters to you and where you want to go. Tanya is especially drawn to supporting people through the complicated places where we can feel lost, alone or untethered, including when we're caught between cultures, family expectations, old roles and who we're becoming. Her work also makes room for connection with the body, the land and your own inner knowing.

Tanya offers counselling in English and Tagalog.

SPECIALTIES Life Transitions · Relationships & Attachment · Belonging & Loneliness · Anxiety · LGBTQIA+ & BIPOC Clients · Immigration & Multi-Cultural Experiences · Intergenerational Trauma · Cultural Identity · Family Distress · Substance Use · Non-Traditional Relationships

APPROACHES‍ ‍ Somatic · Culturally Sensitive · Emotionally Focused · Humanistic · Parts Work · CBT · Trauma-Informed · Humanistic · Neuroaffirming · Relational Justice-Centred · Decolonial · Culturally Sensitive · Spirituality · Land-Based

RCC, EMDR Practitioner (She/Her)

Collaborative · Validating · Humour · Human · Growth-Oriented · Comfortable Challenging Clients · Directive & Guides Sessions · Logic & Mindset · Skills & Tools · Mind-Body · Insight & Patterns · Emotional Focus

NICOLE’S BIO & BOOKING →

Nicole comes to counselling with a background as an engineer, bringing a naturally curious, thoughtful way of looking at how things work, including the patterns that can keep us stuck. She is also a parent and is comfortable working with the messier, more complicated parts of life, including complex trauma and times when old ways of coping aren't working anymore. Nicole offers space to process while also stepping in with direction when that’s useful.

SPECIALTIES ‍Complex Trauma & PTSD · Anxiety · Life Transitions · Grief & Loss · Burnout · Relationship Challenges · Feeling Stuck · Self-Worth & Identity · Traumatic Birth & Miscarriage

APPROACHES ‍EMDR · Anti-Oppressive & Trauma-Informed · CBT · Attachment-Focused · Sex-Positive · Mindfulness · Kink-Friendly · Parts Work

RCC (She/Her)

Gentle · Collaborative · Humour · Authentic & Human · Can Challenge Clients & Guide Sessions · Can Listen Without Fixing · Skills & Tools · Action-Oriented · Mind-Body · Emotional Focus

ESTHER’S BIO & BOOKING →

Esther brings a warm, gentle and collaborative presence to counselling. She listens closely and knows when to slow things down rather than rush to fix or solve, while still bringing in practical tools when they’re helpful. She has a particular interest in the ways childhood, relationships, culture and identity shape how we move through the world.

SPECIALTIES‍ BIPOC & Cross-Cultural Experiences · Educators & Caregivers · Attachment · Burnout · Neurodivergence · Spirituality · Perfectionism · Life Transitions · Body Image

A‍PPROACHES‍ ‍ Somatic · Mindfulness ‍ · ‍Attachment-Focused ‍ · ‍Narrative · IFS · DBT ‍ · ‍Emotion-Focused ‍ · ‍AEDP‍ ‍ · ‍Neurodivergent-Affirming

RCC (She/Her)

Validating & Collaborative · Gentle & Warm · Authentic & Human · Can Be Directive & Guide Sessions · Growth & Action-Oriented · Listens Without Fixing · Mind-Body · Insight & Patterns · Emotional Focus

TORI’S BIO & BOOKING →

Tori brings a warm, curious and steady presence to counselling. With a background in teaching and experience with many career and life transitions, she understands how disorienting it can be when the life you're living no longer quite fits. Tori draws on attachment, parts work, and the brain-body connection to help clients understand why they think, feel and respond the way they do. She brings practical tools into the room and works collaboratively, but can be directive when helpful, supporting clients to try new ways of being and move toward what matters to them.

SPECIALTIES Burnout & Stress Management · Attachment & Relationships · Social Anxiety · ADHD & Autism · Communication Skills · Health & Wellness · Identity · Life Transitions · Parent Support · Teachers · Religious & Spiritual Exploration · Motivation · Adolescents

APPROACHES Mindfulness · Self-Compassion · Attachment-Based · Strengths-Based · Trauma-Informed · Spiritual · IFS · Systemic · AEDP · Neurodiversity-Affirming

RCC, EMDR Practitioner, Individual & Relationship Counsellor (She/Her)

Growth & Action-Oriented · Collaborative · Directive & Can Guide Sessions · Challenges Clients · Mindset-Focused · Insight & Patterns · Mind-Body Focus · Skills & Tools · Emotional Focus

DONNA’S BIO & BOOKING →

Donna brings a directive, action-oriented approach to counselling, with a particular focus on mindset and making meaningful changes in your life. With a background as a personal trainer, yoga instructor and health and wellness educator, she brings an understanding of the connection between mental and physical health into her work. She enjoys working with people who are ready to step outside their comfort zone and take an active role in their counselling.

SPECIALTIES Life Transitions · Attachment & Relationships · Anxiety & Panic · Trauma · Body Image · Health & Wellness · Physical Fitness · Self-Esteem · Gender Identity & Sexuality · Grief

APPROACHES‍ ‍EMDR · Attachment-Focused · IFS · CBT · EFT for Couples · Yoga-Based Techniques · Mindfulness · Imago

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RCC, OEI & EMDR Practitioner (She/Her)

Validating & Collaborative · Patient · Authentic & Human · Humour · Can Challenging Clients · Can Guide Sessions & Be Directive When Helpful · Mind-Body · Insight & Patterns · Emotional Focus

ANDREA’S BIO & BOOKING →

Andrea tends to work with those who are thoughtful, emotionally perceptive and used to holding everything together, while not always tending to themselves. She also enjoys supporting those have spent their lives feeling like an outsider or the “black sheep”, as well as those navigating the effects of controlling relationships. Andrea gently guides the broader direction of therapy in a collaborative and compassionate way that is process-oriented, allowing spaciousness for sessions to unfold organically towards greater self-trust, agency and freedom to live in a way that feels right.

SPECIALTIES Stress & Burnout ·. Anxiety · People-Pleasing & Perfectionism · Boundaries · Self-Worth & Trust · Identity · PTSD & Complex & Childhood Trauma ·. Abusive Relationships · Relationships & Attachment · Chronic Illness & Medical Trauma · Body Image · Religious Trauma · Grief · Life Transitions

APPROACHES Relational & Attachment-Focused · Trauma & Violence-Informed · Feminist · AEDP · Narrative · Parts Work · Sex Positive · EMDR · OEI · Neurodivergent-Affirming