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meet the practicum student counsellorsClick on a Counsellor's Bio to Learn More about Them
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The following counselling practicum students are currently providing sliding scale counselling:
Please email [email protected] to inquire about connecting with one of these practicum students or you can click on the booking link in their bio if they have one.
All practicum students are provided with clinical supervision, as well as engage in peer and school based supervision while completing their counselling education.
Rates for student counsellor services (self-selected sliding scale from range below):
Initial Consultation to explore fit 15-20 minutes: No cost
50 minute Individual session: $30-80
75 minute Individual session: $40-100
50 minute Relationship/Family session: $50-125
75 minute Relationship/Family session: $60-150
HRT Assessments: $50-150
Hours: See individual bios for working hours
Location: By phone, video, or in person at 119 West Pender Street, Vancouver or by Main and Broadway in Vancouver
Please email [email protected] to inquire about connecting with one of these practicum students or you can click on the booking link in their bio if they have one.
All practicum students are provided with clinical supervision, as well as engage in peer and school based supervision while completing their counselling education.
Rates for student counsellor services (self-selected sliding scale from range below):
Initial Consultation to explore fit 15-20 minutes: No cost
50 minute Individual session: $30-80
75 minute Individual session: $40-100
50 minute Relationship/Family session: $50-125
75 minute Relationship/Family session: $60-150
HRT Assessments: $50-150
Hours: See individual bios for working hours
Location: By phone, video, or in person at 119 West Pender Street, Vancouver or by Main and Broadway in Vancouver
Adithi Satavalli
Adithi (she/her) is a body-inclusive student counsellor under the clinical supervision of a Registered Psychotherapist. She brings warmth and openness to exploring identity, relationships, and sexuality, offering a culturally aware, trauma-sensitive, queer-affirming, and kink-friendly space.
In-Person and Online Individual and Relationship Counselling |
Paulina Alanis
I am a Mexican feminist and voluntary immigrant. I have around 5 years of counseling experience in Mexico. Much of my experience has been with youth and young adults facing mental health challenges connected to their social and relational contexts.
In-Person and Online Individual and Family Counselling |
Rui LinRui (they/them) is a non-binary Chinese immigrant counsellor-in-training offering warm,
collaborative, trauma-informed care. They support immigrant, queer, poly, and kink communities in exploring identity, relationships, and life transitions. In-Person and Online Individual and Family Counselling |
Aastha Sheth
Aastha is a first-generation immigrant student counsellor offering strengths-based, anti-oppressive, and collaborative support. With lived experience in chronic health, she is passionate about providing care for health-related distress, body image, and perinatal/postpartum support. She also supports folks navigating identity, life transitions, and relationship concerns. Her practice is a warm sanctuary to slow down and meet emotions with softness—a space where you feel safe, honoured, and seen.
In-Person and Online Individual Counselling |
Maddy DevittMaddy's background as an educator and work alongside neurodivergent adolescents and adults deeply inform her practice. These experiences have strengthened her commitment to accessibility, curiosity, and meeting clients exactly where they are. She often work with clients navigating anxiety, identity exploration, relationship concerns, burnout, and the impacts of trauma and systemic inequity.
In-Person and Online Individual Counselling |
Jennaya Hayden
Jennaya is a Métis student counsellor who works from a trauma-informed, strength-based, and decolonizing lens. She creates warm, collaborative spaces for clients navigating life transitions, identity, and experiences of disconnection, supporting them to reconnect with their strengths and move toward balance and wellness.
Online Individual and Relationship Counselling |
Ashtyn Bevan
Student counsellor with roots in anti-violence and community care. Offers relational, trauma-informed, feminist, and harm-reduction support, collaborating with clients to explore healing in ways that feel safe, empowered, and grounded.
In-Person and Online Individual and Relationship Counselling |
RizWana Jiwa
Practicum Begins September 2026
Rizwana uses a trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and feminist lens. Grounded in social justice praxis, she strives to create therapeutic spaces that honour each client’s dignity, resilience, and lived experience. In-Person and Online Individual Counselling |
Patricia Szeto
Waitlist Closed
Patricia (she/her) a neurodivergent, second-generation immigrant and counsellor passionate about supporting neurodivergent folks and those navigating grief, disability, or chronic pain through collaborative, person-centered care. In-Person and Online Individual and Relationship Counselling |
Heather Gunn
Waitlist Closed
Heather is a big-hearted, queer, chronically ill student counsellor who works with folks navigating sex & relationship challenges, life transitions, and grief & loss. You can expect therapy with Heather to be warm, collaborative, and playful. In-Person and Online Individual and Relationship Counselling |
Star Deibert-Turner
Star is a queer, cisgender student counsellor and parent. Her trauma-informed, strengths-based practice is grounded in lived experience, harm reduction, and anti-oppression. She holds space to be with/move through feelings and build a greater sense of internal safety.
In-Person and Online Individual Counselling |