Lisley Siqueira (she/her/hers)
Languages: Portuguese, English
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To connect with Lisley email lisleysqrcounselling@gmail.com 
or 

Availability
Mondays  9:00 am-2:00 pm (Virtual)
Tuesdays 9:00 am-4:00 pm (Virtual)
Thursdays 9:00 am-3:00 pm (Virtual)

About
Lisley (she/her) is a pre-licensed counsellor associate. She identifies herself  as a queer, fat, body-abled, black, Brazilian, latinx, cis-gendered woman. Born and raised in the "periferias" of Campina Grande, Brazil, she completed most of her studies in counselling and psychology while also working as a trauma-informed full-spectrum birth worker (doula). Since 2016, she has lived and worked on the stolen, ancestral, and unceded territories of the səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam) Nations.

Lisley has helped over 300 families transition into parenthood,  seeking to provide them with a more positive birth experience by informing and supporting pregnant people, no matter the pregnancy outcome.

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. In the counselling room, Lisley supports clients in having an understanding of the impacts of systems of power, cultural expectations, loss, and trauma on their realities and relationships. She draws from client-centred approaches, cognitive schema therapy, perinatal psychology, attachment theory, community psychology, and systemic family therapy.

She has experience working with individuals  and families from the BIPOC and LGBTQI+ community, as well as immigrants and people who are experiencing major life transitions. Lisley also has experience navigating sexual health and sexuality concerns. She also has experience with people navigating pregnancy, loss and infertility processes. 

Lisley is happy to provide care in both Portuguese and English to Adults and Families, BIPOC and from LGBTQA+ communities.

When she isn't working on counselling and reproductive justice, she enjoys baking, crocheting, riding her bike and spending time with her partner.

Approaches in Therapy:
  • Client-centered
  • Anti-Oppressive
  • Trauma-Informed
  • Cognitive Schema Therapy 
  • Perinatal Psychology 
  • Attachment Theory 
  • Systemic Family Therapy 
  • Community Psychology

Selected Training:
  • Specialization in Cognitive Behavior Therapy, PUC-RS (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul) (in-progress).
  • Loss and grief in pregnancy and postpartum, Máter Online, 2020
  • Postpartum care in psychotherapy, Instituto Aripe,  2021
  • Attachment Theory—An introduction, Instituto Aripe,  2020
  • Intervention in times of crises in the therapeutic setting, Instituto Aripe 2020
  • Principles of systemic family Therapy I, Instituto Aripe 2021
  • Principles of systemic family Therapy II, Intituto Aripe 2022
  • The architecture of sleep and the imaginary of the dream, University of state of Paraiba, 2011

​Lisley's Rates 
15 min Phone Consultation: No Cost
Individual Counselling
50 minute sessions: standard $120, generous rate of $130+, starting at $80
75 minute sessions: standard $175, generous rate of $185+, sliding scale open to discussion
Relationship or Family Counselling:
50 minute sessions: standard $170, generous rate of $180+, sliding scale open to discussion
75 minute sessions: standard $200, generous rate of $210+, sliding scale open to discussion
(all rates include GST)

If you are interested in connecting with Lisley, please contact her at lisleysqrcounselling@gmail.com 

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