Kaitlyn is centered in the photo. They smile gently, their darkish-light hair rests on and behind their shoulders. They are standing in a lush forest with sun peaking through the trees behind them. Kaitlyn is wearing a light and dark vest overtop of a green long-sleeve shirt and dark pants.
Kaitlyn Kraatz (they/them/theirs) - Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC)
If you would like to be connected with Kaitlyn, please email them at [email protected]
If you would like to be connected with Kaitlyn, please email them at [email protected]
Availability - Virtual
Mondays 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Wednesdays 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fridays 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
About
Welcome. I’m so glad you’re here.
It can be weird and hard to figure out the counselling thing. I’m going to share a bit about how I work and who I am so you can get a sense of whether you’d like to talk to me at all ever; if you’re on the fence, let’s find a time to connect for a consult call so you can get more information before you decide.
I’m a trauma therapist. I support folks who have complicated, sticky, or mysterious healing to do. I’m really well suited to support folks around things like early life neglect, chronic pain, seemingly inexplicable patterns in yourself and/or your relationships, struggles to access rest or joy, undoing self-hatred, knowing or sensing different parts of yourself (systems included), and feeling like you need to convince people your experience is real.
I have a long history of supporting people who are treated like the problem, including QTIBIPoC+ folx, survivors of violence and neglect, disabled and/or neurodivergent folks, people with complex trauma, and people who have experienced institutional harm.
Professional and Lived Experience
I come to this work through a mix of identities and experiences. I embody working-turned-middle class, neurodivergent, straight-sized, white, queer and gender fluid identities. My ancestors are Mennonite and Welsh; I live on stolen, unceded Snuneymuxw territories. My lived experience is 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?
I have lots of different options to help unstick sticky healing, which means it’s hard to say what a typical session with me would be like. There might be a mix of storytelling, parts connection, imagination, body-based practices, adapted EMDR, tarot, and resources. If something doesn’t work for you, I assume the approach needs to change, not you! I’m here to help you build unique, personal strategies for healing.
My goal in counselling is to help you find a peaceful sense of home inside yourself. If that seems out of reach, we could start by making life a little bit easier. And if that seems out of reach, I really welcome you to book a consult to learn more about how we might work together.
Counselling Approaches:
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.
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 min
Standard: $150
75 min
Standard: $210
Relationship Counselling
50 min
Standard: $185
75 min
Standard: $245
*Sliding Scale Full/Closed
Kaitlyn can work with folks utilizing First Nations Health Authority funding, Crime Victim Assistance Program, Pineapple Support Society and Autism Funding Unit Funding.
Email Kaitlyn to connect: [email protected]
Mondays 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Wednesdays 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fridays 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
About
Welcome. I’m so glad you’re here.
It can be weird and hard to figure out the counselling thing. I’m going to share a bit about how I work and who I am so you can get a sense of whether you’d like to talk to me at all ever; if you’re on the fence, let’s find a time to connect for a consult call so you can get more information before you decide.
I’m a trauma therapist. I support folks who have complicated, sticky, or mysterious healing to do. I’m really well suited to support folks around things like early life neglect, chronic pain, seemingly inexplicable patterns in yourself and/or your relationships, struggles to access rest or joy, undoing self-hatred, knowing or sensing different parts of yourself (systems included), and feeling like you need to convince people your experience is real.
I have a long history of supporting people who are treated like the problem, including QTIBIPoC+ folx, survivors of violence and neglect, disabled and/or neurodivergent folks, people with complex trauma, and people who have experienced institutional harm.
Professional and Lived Experience
I come to this work through a mix of identities and experiences. I embody working-turned-middle class, neurodivergent, straight-sized, white, queer and gender fluid identities. My ancestors are Mennonite and Welsh; I live on stolen, unceded Snuneymuxw territories. My lived experience is 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?
I have lots of different options to help unstick sticky healing, which means it’s hard to say what a typical session with me would be like. There might be a mix of storytelling, parts connection, imagination, body-based practices, adapted EMDR, tarot, and resources. If something doesn’t work for you, I assume the approach needs to change, not you! I’m here to help you build unique, personal strategies for healing.
My goal in counselling is to help you find a peaceful sense of home inside yourself. If that seems out of reach, we could start by making life a little bit easier. And if that seems out of reach, I really welcome you to book a consult to learn more about how we might work together.
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.
- Pain Reprocessing Therapy, PRTI (2025)
- Pain Reprocessing Therapy, Jillian Wagg Counselling (2025)
- Internal Family Systems, Seahorse Counselling (2024)
- 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 min
Standard: $150
75 min
Standard: $210
Relationship Counselling
50 min
Standard: $185
75 min
Standard: $245
*Sliding Scale Full/Closed
Kaitlyn can work with folks utilizing First Nations Health Authority funding, Crime Victim Assistance Program, Pineapple Support Society and Autism Funding Unit Funding.
Email Kaitlyn to connect: [email protected]