Lauren Gula
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
Nicole Atkins
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
Hannah Adam (Virtual)
RCC, RP(Q), Art Therapist (She/Her)
Validating · Warm · Collaborative · Authentic & Human · Humour · Challenges Clients · Direct & Guides Sessions · Skills & Tools · Logic & Mindset · Mind-Body · Insight & Patterns · Emotional Focus
HANNAH’S BIO & BOOKING →
Hannah brings a direct, down-to-earth approach to counselling, moving between client-led and more directive work depending on what feels useful. As an art therapist working online in BC and Ontario, she brings creativity into the room as another way to explore and process experiences, emotions and patterns that can be difficult to put into words. She offers therapy-themed puns and enjoys supports clients in developing more self-compassion, strongly believing that self-compassion is a more powerful motivator than shame.
SPECIALTIES Seniors · Grief & Loss · Addictions & Substance Use · PTSD & Complex PTSD · Childhood & Sexual Abuse · First Responder & Veteran · ADHD · Spirituality · Anxiety · Depression · Self-Worth
APPROACHES Art Therapy · IFS · Trauma-Informed · CBT · Mindfulness · DBT · Social Justice · Sex Positive · Neurodivergent-Affirming · Client-Centred
Natasha Zacher (On Leave From Individual Clients)
Natasha Zacher
RCC, Certified Expressive Arts Therapist
Natasha works with individuals, siblings, caregivers, families, and groups, drawing on creative and body-based techniques to help people connect with what's underneath the surface.
Natasha runs our monthly Expressive Arts Therapy drop-ins, a themed evening of creative exploration using movement, sound, visual art, photography, and writing. Materials are provided and no art experience or creative background is needed.
Approaches: Expressive Arts Therapy · Somatic · Creative & Body-Based Techniques