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Rachelle Wilmot 

Rachelle (she/they) is a Biracial, Queer, Neurodivergent Registered Social Worker eager to work alongside folks, co-creating safety within their healing journey. Their practice is trauma-informed, so you can expect a welcoming and empowering therapeutic space.
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In-Person and Online
Individual and Relationship Counselling

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Aminata Barry

Aminata is an internationally-raised, multiculturally aware counsellor, with roots in the Ivory Coast. She's dedicated to providing her clients with a non-judgmental, warm and compassionate space to explore themselves. She embraces an eclectic, client-centered and collaborative approach to counselling, always engaging with empathy, curiosity and creativity.

​In-Person and Online
Individual Counselling

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Jayne Wigfield

​Jayne is a queer counsellor committed to social justice. Her approach to counselling is person-centred, honouring each client and their lived experience. Jayne is passionate about the therapeutic relationship and provides a safe, warm, welcoming, and affirming healing space. Her focus is working with anxiety, depression, and family and relationship concerns.

​​​In-Person and Online
Individual and Relationship Counselling

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Nava Kasiri

Nava (she/her) is a registered clinical counsellor that works with folks in navigating anxiety, stress, identity, relationships, and life transitions. She cultivates a safe, collaborative, and non-judgmental space for her clients. Sessions with Nava are warm, curious, trauma-informed, and strengths-focused.

​In-Person and Online
Individual, Relationship, and Family Counselling
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Surya Govender

Surya is an Art Therapist with a feminist, trauma informed perspective, focused on compassion, harm reduction and finding joy. Surya is a parent with a deep understanding of the ways our chosen/birth families shape us. She is biracial, queer, able bodied and cisgendered.
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In-Person and Online
Individual and Relationship Counselling
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Daniel Oommen

Daniel is a Registered Clinical Counsellor who does individual and relationship counselling with a focus on sexuality, sex, kink, non-monogamy, and trauma. Their approach is collaborative, anti-oppressive, playful, and trauma-informed. 

Online
Individual and Relationship Counselling

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Aileen Cham

Aileen is a queer Registered Clinical Counsellor committed to providing anti-oppressive and neurodivergent-affirming care. They walk alongside marginalized and minority folks navigating addiction, cultural identity, trauma, and relational challenges.

​In-Person and Online
Individual and Relationship Counselling
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Evelyn Taylor

​Evelyn (they/she) is a queer, non-binary student counsellor providing individuals and relationships space to navigate identity, connection, and paths forward. Their main areas of support include polyamory & non-monogamy, BDSM & kink, attachment, desire, shame, boundaries, and communication.

​In-Person and Online
Individual and Relationship Counselling
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Sammy Gagné

Sammy (she/her) is a Certified Canadian Counsellor offering individual, relationship, and sex therapy. She specializes in supporting folx navigating identity, sexuality, relationships, neurodivergence, trauma, sex work, and chronic illness. Sammy’s style has been described as warm, educational, validating, authentic, and curious.
Online
Individual and Relationship Counselling
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Elli Klaus

Elli (she/her) is a pre-licensed counsellor, joining the profession after nearly two decades of working as a Registered Massage Therapist. Elli's work is informed by a deep curiosity about the psychosomatic response to trauma and other challenging life circumstances. She provides a safe and non-judgmental space for the collaborative exploration of her client's unique stories. 
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​In-Person and Online
Individual and Relationship Counselling
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Rabab Seblani

​Rabab (she/her) is a second generation Lebanese immigrant. She is committed to cultivating a safe, warm and non-judgemental space to support clients through their unique journeys and struggles. She brings genuine empathy, care and respect to clients, and honours their life experiences and culture.
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​In-Person and Online
Individual Counselling 
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Sawlat Tirtha

Sawlat is a first generation Bengali immigrant who supports youth and adults. She is a Registered Social Worker who works alongside folks navigating life transitions, anxiety, depression, relational struggles, sexuality, and trauma.
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Online
Individual Counselling
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Gurvaan Mann 

Gurvaan (she/they) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor that works with people navigating anxiety, life transitions, issues of identity, and experiences of trauma. You can expect sessions to be inviting, validating, and attentive to structural barriers.   She works from an IFS, EMDR, somatic, and trauma informed lens.
​In-Person and Online
Individual and Relationship Counselling 
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​​Maryanne Wong

​Maryanne is a queer, bicultural Associate Counsellor and Registered Social Worker with both lived and professional experience. Their perspective is informed by an intersectional social justice lens. She approaches her counselling work with a collaborative, inquisitive spirit and trauma-aware, harm-reduction approach.
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​In-Person and Online
Individual Counselling

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Ramineh Rahimi

Ramineh (she/her) is a pre-licensed counsellor specializing in childhood trauma, narcissistic abuse, sexualized violence, oppression, life transitions, and family and relationship therapy. Using a trauma-informed and anti-oppressive approach, she helps clients reconnect with their authentic selves, heal from past wounds, and navigate mental health challenges. Ramineh offers compassionate, non-judgmental sessions that are validating and empowering. She provides counseling in both Farsi and English, ensuring an inclusive space where clients can heal and reclaim their autonomy.
​Online
Individual, Relationship, and Family Counselling
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Harmony Sonder

Harmony (she/they) is a transfem, neurodivergent student counsellor who lives with chronic pain. Her areas of interest and life experience include gender affirmation/exploration, transphobia, transmisogyny, religious trauma, disordered eating, disability, and social anxiety. Harmony strives to be flexible, creative, and ultimately
responsive to the client’s needs.
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Online
Individual and Relationship Counselling

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Shana Soo

Shana (she/they) is a registered clinical counsellor who is passionate about providing a safe, validating, and collaborative space for clients. Their practice is anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and harm reducing, with a touch of playfulness.

​In-Person and Online
Individual Counselling
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Kaitlyn Kraatz

Kaitlyn is a queer and genderqueer Counsellor. They see counselling as a way for people to become empowered in their own healing. Kaitlyn’s approach has been described as warm, open, and creative. Their practice is trauma-informed, which means you can expect a space that prioritizes your needs.
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​Online
Individual and Relationship Counselling
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Emily Franklin

​Emily is a biracial, cisgender Registered Clinical Counsellor. She is passionate about supporting clients in discovering their personal strength and autonomy in their lived experiences. Clients can expect sessions to be collaborative, safe, and welcoming.
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​​In-Person and Online
Individual Counselling
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Tessa Teng

Tessa is a Canadian Certified Counsellor centring her practice around empathy, compassion, collaboration, and safety. She believes in meeting each client where they are at, providing a space for clients to navigate anxiety, grief, and other mental health challenges. Clients can expect sessions to be person-centred, trauma-informed and strength-based.
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​In-Person and Online
Individual and Relationship Counselling 

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raman cheema

​Raman is a Counsellor/Art Therapist. She works from a trauma-informed, multicultural perspective to understand how social and cultural factors influence our lives. You can expect sessions with Raman to be validating, warm, and educational.

In-Person & Online
Individual Counselling

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Jessica Rathwell

Jess is a Registered Clinical Counsellor offering individual counselling sessions and clinical supervision. Jess brings a wealth of clinical and lived experience to their work with young people and adults. Social justice and accessibility are key values in their practice. Trauma, neurodiversity, chronic illness, brain injury and sexuality are all areas in which Jess has additional skills and knowledge.

​​​Online 
Individual and Relationship Counselling or Clinical Supervision​
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Steph Blandino

​Steph sees counselling as an opportunity to walk beside folx, co-creating safety and dignity as they navigate their healing journeys and call in their own wisdom. She believes her role is one of facilitating and collaborating, and that each client brings their own expertise, gifts, and the seeds for resilience.
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​​In-Person, Outreach, and Online
Individual Counselling

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​Pin-Han hsu

Pin-Han's approach to therapy is person-centred, strengths-based, and trauma-informed. Pin-Han provides anti-oppressive and nonjudgmental care to marginalized individuals who are in the LGBTQ2S+ communities, immigrants, who use substances, and survivors of domestic violence.
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Online
Individual Counselling
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Beth D'aoust

​Beth centres offering a collaborative, client-centred, anti-oppressive, and trauma-informed approach. Her practice is heavily informed by systems thinking, intersectional feminism, harm reduction, non-binary values, queer theory, attachment theory, and somatics.
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​​​In-Person and Online
Individual, Relationship, and Family Counselling
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Elise Barber

Elise seeks to create a trusting space that supports your insights, growth and wellbeing. You may be sitting with grief, anxiety, hurt or uncertainty. Elise supports you to uncover your capacity to navigate stressors, communicate effectively, and establish boundaries to care compassionately for yourself and others.
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​In-Person and Online
Individual, Relationship, and Family Counselling
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Jotika Chaudhary Samant

Jotika is a Queer, Disabled, chronically ill, cis, femme of Colour. She is an Expressive Arts Therapist and Registered Social Worker. She is passionate about the arts as profound and powerful tools to support re-connecting to our bodies.
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Online
Individual Counselling
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MICH NORKOWSKI

Mich is a Registered Clinical Counsellor. They offer relationship, family and individual counselling to all folks, with experience working with/in the 2SLGBTQIA+, poly, sex work, neurodivergent and veterinary communities.

​​In-Person and Online
Individual, Relationship, and Family Counselling
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HAnnah Jarvis

Hannah (They/She) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor that is a queer, small-fat, white settler. They work with individuals and couples that are exploring concerns related to neurodivergency, relationship conflict,  polyamoury and grief. You can expect sessions with Hannah to be gentle, warm, validating, playful, trauma-informed, and mindful of systemic oppression.

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In-Person and Online
Individual and Relationship Counselling
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Kaitlin Wu

​Kaitlin holds a person-centered, social justice framework and focuses on supporting marginalized communities and neurodivergent folks. She approaches each session with compassion and curiosity.

​Online
Individual and Relationship Counselling
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Amina Virgolici

​Waitlist for New Clients
Amina (she/her) holds both RCC and CCC membership and brings a social justice and pleasure-positive approach to her practice. She offers support to individuals from diverse backgrounds, with particular experience working with 2SLGBTQIA+, poly, sex work, and neurodivergent communities. Amina is committed to creating inclusive and affirming spaces where clients feel truly heard, valued, and validated.


​​​In-Person and Online
Individual and Relationship Counselling

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Lea Hutcheon 

Waitlist for New Clients
As a registered clinical counsellor, my style so far has been described as warm, nonjudgmental, and collaborative. I am honoured to accompany people on their chosen path of growth and change, and to co-create safe-enough zones in a world that imposes disconnection. I welcome all folks who want to work with me, and providing an affirming, accessible, and COVID-conscious space for 2SLGBTQ+ and disabled people is my focus.

Online
Individual and Relationship Counselling

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BRÉA KANE

Waitlist for New Clients
Bréa is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional. She works alongside folks whose sense of dignity has been damaged, devalued, and misunderstood. You can expect Bréa to offer a warm, empathic, and non-judgmental space to co-create paths for mind-body healing.
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​​In-Person and Online
Individual Counselling
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LJUDMILA PETROVIC

Waitlist for New Clients
Ljudmila Petrovic is a Registered Clinical Counsellor who does individual and relationship counselling around trauma, sexuality, and identity. Her approach is collaborative, anti-oppressive, playful, trauma-informed, and strengths based.

​In-Person and Online
Individual, Relationship, and Family Counselling
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Laura Guenzel

Waitlist for New Clients
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Laura is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Canadian Certified Counsellor. Their counselling style is warm and nonjudgmental, creating space for you to share your story at your own pace. Laura’s focus is on providing affirming counselling for fellow ace, aro, queer, non-binary, disabled, COVID-conscious, neurodivergent, and fat people.
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​Online
Individual Counselling 

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Lau Mehes

Waitlist for New Clients
Lau (she/her) is a queer, white, settler and Registered Social Worker. She believes in working collaboratively, and her practice is relationship-focused and grounded in empathy, curiosity, and encouragement. She strives to offer an anti-oppressive, trauma-informed approach, guided by an intersectional social justice lens.
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​In-Person and Online
Individual, Relationship, and Family Counselling
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Lina fang

​Waitlist for New Clients
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Lina is a queer, autistic and bi-cultural Canadian Certified Counsellor and Registered Clinical Counsellor.  She works with marginalized clients including BIPOC, neurodivergent, 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, immigrants, and poly communities. Her practice is trauma-informed and you can expect a therapeutic space that prioritizes authenticity and empowerment.

​​​Online
Individual Counselling 
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Allahna Somji

​Waitlist for New Clients
​Allahna is a Canadian Clinical Counsellor. Her therapeutic approach is centered around collaboration, meeting all clients with empathy and non-judgement. She hopes to create a safe and accepting space for her clients, allowing for empowerment, encouragement, and connection.

Online
Individual Counselling: Children to Young Adults
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Angel Sukkau

Waitlist for New Clients​
Angel (she/them) is a queer, biracial settler living on unceded land. Her practice is rooted in harm reduction, anti-oppression, and trauma-informed frameworks. They are passionate about supporting people's healing journeys and enjoy strengthening connections to oneself through an Internal Family Systems (IFS) lens and somatic (body) recognition and engagement.

​​​​​​In-Person and Online
Individual, Relationship, and Family Counselling

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Michaela Woeller

Waitlist for New Clients
Michaela is a queer, neurodivergent Canadian Certified Counsellor who cultivates a nurturing space where clients feel safe and empowered to embrace and explore their authentic selves. You can expect sessions with Michaela to be anti-oppressive, warm, collaborative and playful.


​In-Person and Online
Individual and Relationship Counselling

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​Ivan Leonce

​Waitlist for New Clients
Ivan is a Registered Social Worker keen to support folks through all the tough, tender & tricky parts of simply being alive and in this world. His counselling style invites an exploration of our unique stories, and relationships to the people, places & practices important to us as sources of wisdom on ways forward.
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Online
Individual Counselling

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Lisley Siqueira

Waitlist for New Clients
Lisley (she/her) is a pre-licensed counsellor associate. She identifies herself  as a queer, fat, body-abled, black, Brazilian, latinx, cis-gendered woman. Lisley believes counselling is a means through which she and her clients can co-create new life perspectives. She is committed to offering an anti-oppressive, anti-racist, and trauma-informed approach.
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Online

Individual and Relationship Counselling
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Olivander Day

Waitlist Closed
Olivander (He/Him) is a Registered Clinical Counselor and Registered Social Worker.  If you are curious about trauma-focused counseling, talk therapy, EMDR, Somatic therapy, and an attachment-based therapeutic approach, connect with Olivander. He is a white settler, queer, trans, and neurodivergent.
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In-Person and Online
Individual and Relationship Counselling
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Samantha cheng

Waitlist Closed
Samantha is a Registered Clinical Counsellor offering individual counselling and clinical supervision. She specializes in supporting folks navigating life transitions, experiencing grief and loss, or exploring questions of meaning and identity.
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Online

Clinical Supervision and Individual Counselling
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CLINICAL SUPERVISORS/Consultants
The Folks Who Collaborate Alongside Associates and Practicum Students

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Luisa Ospina

​​Luisa is a Registered Clinical Counsellor who works primarily with people who have experienced trauma, including sexualized violence, experiences of ongoing oppression, and family separation. You can expect sessions with her to be light-hearted, validating, critical of structural barriers, and educational.
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​​Online
Clinical Supervision and Individual Counselling
LEARN MORE ABOUT LUISA
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Sam Kaplan

DBT Skills Group
Available for Clinical Consultation and HRA's 
Sam is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and RCC- Approved Clinical Supervisor, who works alongside folks navigating identity, traumas and relationships.  Currently with space for Hormone Readiness assessments and clinical consultation.   
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​Online
Clinical Supervision 
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Yasmin HaJIan

Waitlist for New Clients
Yasmin is dually trained as a therapist (RCC) and mental health nurse (RPN) with a professional and personal practice rooted in politicized healing and social justice ethics. Yasmin brings specialized clinical and educational experience for consultation and supervision support around mental health, substance use, trauma, and navigating health care services, amongst other areas of practice.

​​Online
Clinical Supervision 

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Sandra Suasnabar

Waitlist for New Clients
Sandra is passionate and committed to offering a safe, transparent and nourishing holding space for Clinical Supervisees and Consultees. Sandra specializes in supporting survivors of trauma (intergenerational, gender-based and sexualized), folks navigating identities and life transitions, grief and loss, and historical systemic oppression.
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​​Online
Clinical Supervision and Individual Counselling
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Tiffany Wu​

Waitlist Closed
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I believe people are strong and resilient, and cope with life’s challenges to their best ability. I often work alongside folx navigating intersecting identities – gender, sexuality, cultural, racial, relational – and life’s transitions.
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​Online

Clinical Supervision 
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