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Laura (they/them) - Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC), Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, Yorkville University (2022)
If you would like to be connected with Laura, please email them at [email protected] or
If you would like to be connected with Laura, please email them at [email protected] or
Availability - Virtual
Sundays 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Tuesdays 10:00 am - 5:30 pm
Wednesdays 10:00 am - 5:30 pm
Thursdays 10:00 am - 5:30 pm
About
Laura (they/them) is a white settler living and working on the unceded lands of the W̱SÁNEĆ and lək̓ʷəŋən peoples. They are asexual, aromantic, queer, non-binary, disabled, COVID-conscious, neurodivergent, and fat. Providing a supportive space for clients who share these identities is the focus of their counselling work.
Laura’s counselling style is warm and nonjudgmental, creating space for you to share your story at your own pace. You are the expert on your own experience, and Laura will work with you to design a counselling process that meets your needs. Experiencing oppression and other difficult circumstances can often lead to a sense of shame and self-criticism. Laura is honoured to help clients develop self-compassion, healing, and practical accommodations that make everyday tasks easier.
In addition to counselling, Laura offers hormone readiness assessments to trans and non-binary clients. They work to make this process as affirming as possible and help clients get hormone care that matches their goals and desires.
In sessions, Laura is able to accommodate different methods of communication as needed. This can include using auto-closed captioning, the video call chat feature, AAC devices, and conversational-level ASL. They also welcome clients to turn cameras off or on as needed for comfort or accessibility. Laura uses many of these accommodations in their own life as a hearing autistic person with an auditory processing disability.
Laura’s counselling practice is grounded in a commitment to challenging systemic oppression and creating space for many ways of being. They draw on frameworks such as intersectional feminism, disability justice, fat liberation, anti-racism, anti-colonialism, and anti-capitalism. Their approach is also shaped by insights from harm reduction, the anti-diet movement, and relationship models like relationship anarchy and polyamory.
Community knowledge also shapes their work, including the wisdom and resistance of autistic communities, the neurodiversity movement, and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. They are deeply grateful to the many activists, organizers, thinkers, creatives, and community members whose efforts and imagination make liberatory practice possible.
Laura was born and raised on the traditional lands of the Lenape people as a settler of German, Czech, and Welsh descent. In 2019, they immigrated to so-called “Canada” and shifted away from their prior career as a music teacher to pursue counselling.
Outside of work, Laura spends time with their partner, tends their garden, and works with fibre arts—including knitting, spinning, and the occasional sewing project. They’re also drawn to reading speculative fiction and nonfiction that reimagines how we care for one another and build more liberated futures.
Laura does not keep a waitlist. Prospective clients are welcome to reach out by email to inquire about availability. If no space is available at the time, you're welcome to email again later to check in and see if anything has opened up.
Approaches:
- Person-centred
- Relational
- Anti-oppressive
- Parts work/Internal Family Systems
- Trauma-informed
- EMDR
Selected Trainings
- San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training (2025)
- Seeding Relationship Workshop: Practices in Building Liberatory Connection, Kristianna Smith (2024)
- EMDR Comprehensive Basic Training, EMDR Consulting (2024)
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), Vancouver Island Crisis Society (2022)
Laura’s Rates
15-min Phone Consultation: No Cost
Individual Counselling
50 min
Standard: $155
Generous: $160+
Ace/Aro Consultation
50 min
Standard: $155
Hormone Readiness Assessment
Two 40-minute sessions: $300 per assessment
*Sliding Scale full/closed
Laura can work with folks utilizing funding through Autism Funding Unit and First Nations Health Authority.
If you are interested in connecting with Laura please contact them at [email protected]