Aileen is facing the camera, leaning over a table with their face in their right hand and smiling. They are wearing dark, circular-framed glasses and an off-white quarter-sleeved shirt. They have chest-length hair and short, blunt bangs. Their arms show various black-ink tattoos. The background shows a brown and white wall.
Aileen Cham (they/them) - Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)
Languages: English
Aileen is currently holding a waitlist for new clients.
If you would like to be added to Aileen's waitlist, please email them at [email protected]
Languages: English
Aileen is currently holding a waitlist for new clients.
If you would like to be added to Aileen's waitlist, please email them at [email protected]
Availability
Fridays 11:00 am - 6:00 pm (Virtual)
Saturdays 11:00 am - 3:30 pm (In-Person at Mount Pleasant & Virtual)
About
I view my therapeutic role and my experiences as a human to be deeply interconnected. My practice is informed through my lens as a queer, Taiwanese-Malaysian "third-culture kid" navigating chronic mental illness and neurodiverse experiences. While education and training provide a solid framework for my therapeutic approach, it is most coloured by my belief that therapy is, at its core, a space for shared humanity.
I align with and often work well with:
I enjoy working creatively and curiously through expressive arts, weaving in somatic (body-based) explorations, and introducing new ways of understanding ourselves through parts work. For folks seeking skill-building or more structured learning, I like using DBT (Dialectical Behavioural Therapy). In all of these, my practice is rooted in an anti-capitalist, abolitionist, and Disability Justice-informed framework that looks beyond individual “fixing”, and towards ways of being that honour the full spectrum of who you are.
Approaches
Selected Trainings & Certificates
Consultation: Free
Individual Sessions
Sliding Scale: Open
50 min
Standard: $140
75 min
Standard: $190
Couples Sessions
Sliding Scale: Open
50 min
Standard: $170
75 min
Standard: $230
Fridays 11:00 am - 6:00 pm (Virtual)
Saturdays 11:00 am - 3:30 pm (In-Person at Mount Pleasant & Virtual)
About
I view my therapeutic role and my experiences as a human to be deeply interconnected. My practice is informed through my lens as a queer, Taiwanese-Malaysian "third-culture kid" navigating chronic mental illness and neurodiverse experiences. While education and training provide a solid framework for my therapeutic approach, it is most coloured by my belief that therapy is, at its core, a space for shared humanity.
I align with and often work well with:
- creatives and artmakers,
- folks who have been deemed “too emotional”, “too much”, or “highly sensitive”; seen as “weird”, “different”, or have been othered for existing outside the dominant social scripts,
- sexual/gender diverse experiences and neurodivergent experiences,
- those experiencing (chronic) suicidality and self-harm,
- intergenerational and complex trauma – especially with those who are nervous about exploring these themes!
I enjoy working creatively and curiously through expressive arts, weaving in somatic (body-based) explorations, and introducing new ways of understanding ourselves through parts work. For folks seeking skill-building or more structured learning, I like using DBT (Dialectical Behavioural Therapy). In all of these, my practice is rooted in an anti-capitalist, abolitionist, and Disability Justice-informed framework that looks beyond individual “fixing”, and towards ways of being that honour the full spectrum of who you are.
Approaches
- EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy)
- IFS (Internal Family Systems) or parts work
- DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy)
- Narrative Therapy
- Art Therapy
- Somatic
Selected Trainings & Certificates
- Integrative Somatic Parts Work Certificate (Levels 1-3), The Embody Lab
- Mental Health First Aid Certificate
- Attachment and Dependency in Trauma Treatment workshop, Kathy Steele via Envision
Consultation: Free
Individual Sessions
Sliding Scale: Open
50 min
Standard: $140
75 min
Standard: $190
Couples Sessions
Sliding Scale: Open
50 min
Standard: $170
75 min
Standard: $230