Ljudmila is centered in the photo with her posture slightly turned. She smiles warmly at the camera with her head tilted slightly and her brown hair flowing behind her onto her back. She is standing in front of a blurred background full of greenery. Ljudmila is wearing a flowing dark blue top.
Ljudmila Petrovic (she/her) - Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC); Certified Sexologist, American Board of Sexology
Languages: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, English
To connect with Ljudmila please email [email protected]
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Languages: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, English
To connect with Ljudmila please email [email protected]
or
Availability
Thursdays 32:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Virtual or In-Person)
Fridays 8:00 am - 1:00 pm (Virtual or In-Person)
**Ljudmila is triple vaccinated against COVID-19
About
Ljudmila is a queer, cis, white, able-bodied woman born in the former Yugoslavia and raised on the unceded and occupied lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Ljudmila’s work with individuals focuses largely on survivors of sexualized and gender-based violence, as well as more broadly working with reclamation of body, self, and identity after trauma of displacement and/or collective, intergenerational, or institutional trauma (such as religious or medical trauma).
Ljudmila also works with the complexities of identity, including sexual and gender identity, cultural, ethnic, and/or religious identity - particularly in working to create cohesive identity when facets of identity may feel at odds or identity may feel fragmented (e.g. the intersection of sexuality and religion or culture). She is also passionate about supporting the unlearning of harmful aspects of masculinity. She provides relationship counselling with folks of various relationship structures navigating various relational issues, including trauma-impacted couples and folks navigating non-monogamy.
Ljudmila uses an integrative approach shaped by an anti-oppressive, feminist, and relational-cultural framework. She uses elements of narrative therapy, feminist therapy, parts work, EFT, attachment theory, and somatic approaches - as well as drawing on any number of other modalities to meet clients where they're at. She believes that healing is expansive and strives to honour and integrate the ways that clients have already been surviving and healing, be that through community, art, activism, or ancestral practices.
Ljudmila aims to build a space that is collaborative and honours the client as an expert in their own life. While our therapeutic space is one that can gently hold trauma, pain, and grief, Ljudmila also believes in a more expansive approach that creates space for your whole self, including joy, humour, pleasure, rest, and playfulness.
Outside of her counselling practice, Ljudmila does organizing work for queer Balkan people in diaspora. She believes in rooting in joy, which for her means reading, building community, baking and cooking, spending time in nature, and watching movies with her cats, Wayne and Garth.
Counselling Approaches
- Trauma-Informed
- Narrative Therapy
- Parts Work
- Somatic
- Intersectional Feminist
- Anti-Oppressive
- Queer Theory
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment Theory
- Harm Reduction
- Relational Cultural
- Sex Therapy
- EMDR
- IFS Training- Dave Phillips
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy- Level 1- Gottman Institute
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy – Level 2 - Gottman Institute (in progress)
- San'yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Online Training, Core Mental Health, Provincial Health Services Authority
- Indigenous Gender Diversity: Creating Culturally Relevant and Gender-Affirming services, Provincial Health Services Authority
- Intensive Sex Therapy Program, University of Guelph
- EMDR Virtual 5-Day Intensive - EMDR Consulting
- Restoring the Circle, NWAC
- The Sexually Competent Therapist: Integrating Sex Therapy Into Your Practice, Allura Sex Therapy Centre
- Exploring BDSM & Kink as a Healing Practice for Trauma Survivors, Modern Sex Therapy Institute
- Reclaiming Pleasure Workshop with Kai Cheng Thom, Embody Lab
- Integrative Trauma Treatment Masterclass, Janina Fisher
- 5 Day Narrative Therapy Practice Training, Vancouver School of Narrative Therapy
- Introduction to EFT with Couples, Vancouver Couple & Family Institute
- Male Survivors: Preparing The Way For Meaningful Intervention, BC Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse
- Telepsychology Best Practices 101: Clinical Evaluation and Care – Cultural Competencies, American Psychological Association
- Compassionate Inquiry Masterclass, Gabor Mate
- Centred Accountability: A guide through the body, Accountability Mapping
- Understanding And Treating Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma, Zur Institute
- Integrative Somatic Parts Work Certificate, Embody Lab (in progress)
15 min Phone Consultation: No Cost
Individual Counselling
50 min
Standard: $150
75 min
Standard: $195
Relationship Counselling
50 min
Standard: $190
75 min
Standard: $250
Hormone Readiness Assessment
Two 40-minute sessions: $300 per assessment
Ljudmila is an approved Crime Victims Assistance Program provider, First Nations Health Authority provider and can work with folks utilizing Autism Funding.
If you are interested in connecting with Ljudmila, please email [email protected]
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