Coaching & Counselling

For new clients, please read through this page in full before booking a consult call. If you do not see the option to book a free consult call in the link below, it means that I am currently not taking new clients. Please email me to get on the waiting list.

Areas of practice

I welcome client community members with whatever variety of topics that they would like to address. With that said, the following are some of my current areas of practice:

• Regulating and feeling through unpleasant emotions

• Processing past traumas - systemic, childhood, sexual, etc.

• Navigating spaces that perpetuate systemic violence

• Holding space for grief & loss

• Dismantling and unlearning internalized oppressions

• Exploring contributions to justice and anti-oppression

• Embodying joy and self-celebration

• Managing and working through suicidal ideation and self-harm through an anti-police, harm-reductionist framework

Most of my clients are QTBIPOC, predominantly women and gender non-conforming/diverse folks. Depending on my availability, I will see white clients who want to process their guilt, shame, and grief, and navigate ancestral healing — in the pursuit of collective liberation.

At this time, I do not offer therapy services for couples and youth.

Therapies I use

• Person-Centred Therapy in all aspects to build an authentic therapeutic relationship and focus on the client’s needs and goals 

• Feminist Therapy to unearth the impact of larger systemic issues and advocate for justice and liberation

• Somatic Therapy to release trapped emotions or create a soothing environment in the body

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to identify and rewire unhelpful beliefs/thoughts

• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy to navigate overwhelming emotions and manage relationship conflicts

• Narrative Therapy to explore unhelpful stories and rewrite them in more empowering ways

• Solution-Focused Therapy and Coaching to focus on strengths and skills to get from point A to point B

The majority of therapeutic modalities in Western counselling psychology have been “created” by appropriating ancestral BIPOC knowledge systems and white practitioners have predominantly profited off of this “cognitive extractivism” (see Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s work) and theft.

As a result, I do not heavily depend on any particular modalities and use whatever resonates most with clients. For myself, I am particularly fond of regular talk therapy, somatics (rooted in Asian practices), and narrative therapy (based on all the Indigenous cultures that prioritize story-telling).

Coaching vs. Counselling

Depending on what you want to work on, you may wish to focus solely on one or the other in our work together. 

With that said, there are times when clients come in for coaching but then face obstacles deeply rooted in their past. There are also times when clients come in solely for counselling and recognize that they have extra capacity for dreaming bigger into the future. 

The two can often go hand in hand which is why I offer both services, with room for flexibility to explore all past, present, and future if you desire. Emotional processing and vulnerability can be possible with both modalities. 

Due to state regulations, I can only provide counselling services to clients based in so-called Canada (except for Quebec and New Brunswick). I am available for coaching for international clients (including US). For US-based clients wanting to receive counselling services from me, please check your state’s regulations on seeing a counsellor outside of your state.

Important Details

Phone and Video Therapy

I do not offer in-person service. Clients can choose between sessions on the phone or via Jane, a HIPAA, PIPEDA, and GDPR-compliant telehealth platform.

Phone therapy is for folks who prefer to get away from the screen and simply focus on the verbal conversation, without needing internet service (Canada-based only).

Jane can be used for video or voice only. Video may be preferred for folks who would like to see my face and find it helpful to engage in conversation with visual cues.

Payment & Rates

All rates include GST.

20-minute Consultation: Free

Individual Counselling & Coaching

50-min:

• Sliding Scale: Currently Unavailable

• Standard: $180

• Community Contribution: $185+

I offer sliding scale to a third of my clients in my attempt at increased accessibility and folks who are able/willing can contribute to community-funded sliding scale with the Community Contribution rate.

I accept payment via Interac e-transfer from clients based in Canada and Paypal for international clients. Payments must be made in advance of your session. All international clients will receive an invoice via Paypal.

My services are covered by the following health insurance providers (depending on the plan): Pacific Blue Cross, Sun Life Financial, and Equitable Life of Canada.