I am an uninvited settler living, studying, and working on the unceded territories of the Lekwungen, Esquimalt, Songhees, and W̱SÁNEĆ nations and peoples, whose ancestral relationship with the land continues to this day. I am an older student, currently finishing up a Bachelors degree in Social Work. Before I was a student, I worked with children for 18 years as a care provider. However, my lifelong passion for advocacy has influenced me to now support individuals in a new way. I believe that my experience working with children and families equipped me with many skills that will transfer into my work as a counsellor.

As a settler, I acknowledge my responsibility to participate in the creation of a collaborative, decolonized social service field that respects the dignity of each person it works with. Within this, I will support you through a counselling approach that is tailored to your individual needs as we learn together. I don’t go into this presuming I know what’s best for you. I see my position as one of facilitating your own wisdom, for you know yourself better than anyone.

When I’m not studying or working, you can find me near the ocean, soaking up the beauty of this island we call home.

I look forward to finding the path to your healing and growth, together.

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I’m excited you’re here! Some of what you might expect from our time together include an active implementation of anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and strengths-based perspectives. I love to draw on the natural creativity of others with the use of art, nature, and storytelling wherever possible.

Some, but not all, of the topics we might be able to navigate together include: experiences along the asexual and aromantic identity spectrums, sexual and gender identity, life transitions, anxiety, post-traumatic growth, relationship with food, exercise & body, and sex, dating & relationships.

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I am the Clinical Director of Burn Bright Counselling. Prior to starting Burn Bright Counselling in 2021, I had been working with youth and families through non-profit organizations for nearly 10 years, specializing in mental health, family relationships, substance use and LGBTQ2S+ counselling. I am a Registered Social Worker and graduated with my Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Victoria and am committed to continued learning and growing as a practitioner.

I strive to create a safe space for teens, parents and adults to feel comfortable in bringing their authentic self to the counselling space in order to further explore the connection to themselves and their healing process.

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I hold a BA and am nearing completion of my MA in Child and Youth Care. For the past 4 years I have been working as a Youth and Family Outreach worker in community, and have gained so much from all of the youth, parents, and community partners I have engaged with. I also hold experience running groups and community programs, working with gender diverse youth and their families, providing harm reduction support, crisis response work, and art and land based research groups in community.

No matter what position I find myself in, I approach my work through a two-eyed seeing framework, holding both western modalities and Indigenous ways of knowing, doing, and being close to my heart. I would describe my practice as decolonial, person-centered and strengths based, and I include modalities such as narrative therapies, emotion focused therapies, and solution focused therapies. I strive to meet people where they are at, and work alongside them in a good way while holding up their strength and dignity. We both have a lot to learn from each other, and I always want to honour where you come from, and where you have been.

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I arrive at this work and my relationship to Lekwungen lands and waterways as a settler of Gaelic Scottish, Irish, and British ancestry and as the descendent of early settlers on Coast Salish territories. I am immensely grateful for the Indigenous caretakers, Elders, and Two-Spirit people who have shaped how I approach my work. I hope that I may honour what has been shared with me and my community through living respectfully on these lands and centring a decolonial lens in my practice.

I have always been drawn to community care work that centres liberation and social justice. This has taken down many paths, including working and grassroots organizing in the realms of anti-violence, outdoor education, LGBTQ2S+ youth programming, teaching and facilitation, research, and supporting parents and caregivers of trans children and youth. I believe that individual and group counselling is a part of co-creating worlds that are affirming, caring, and transformative.

I am committed to creating a space that is welcoming and honours your agency and the fullness of who you are. I have an MSW from the University of Victoria, where I also teach as a sessional instructor, and am always seeking opportunities to learn and deepen my practice. My counselling approach is relational and collaborative, adapting to meet you where you are at. I am grounded in somatic, trauma-informed, and anti-oppressive approaches. I believe nature can nurture support and growth; I am working towards offering sessions outdoors, so please let me know if this is something you are interested in!

As a queer and trans person, I am deeply committed to the well-being of LGBTQ2S+ community and families. I centre gender-affirming approaches in my practice that create room for exploration, uncertainty, ambivalence, and gender joy. I am passionate about working alongside trans, non-binary, and questioning youth as well as their family members, including parents, grandparents, and siblings. I also enjoy working with queer and trans parents and/or queer folks considering growing their family.

When I am not counselling or teaching, you can find me outside adventuring with my family. In the rare moments of calm in the chaos of parenthood, I love listening to podcasts and audiobooks while I garden or make food from scratch. I am always up for a cold water dip!

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I am a biracial, trans, and non-binary settler born in Canada. I’m descended from Indian immigrants and white settlers, and grew up in Treaty 7 territory in Alberta (Mohkinstis). I have been living in Lekwungen territory for two years, and feel a deep connection to these lands. As a settler, I am always deepening my understanding of how to decolonize my counselling practice and fulfill my responsibilities to the land and its original stewards.

I am a Registered Social Worker with a Master of Social Work from the University of British Columbia Okanagan. I have over 4 years experience working with both teenage and adult survivors of sexual violence and educating other professionals about how to support survivors in the work they do. I strive to work from an anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and strength-based lens that explores and affirms the impacts of politics, community, identity, environment, and relationships on mental health. My approach incorporates narrative therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, self-compassion, the neurobiology of trauma, and somatic (body-based) interventions.

I believe that healing happens through authentic relationships where you feel truly seen, heard, and accepted. I bring my full self into the counselling room - I’m a nerdy human who loves to laugh, leans into the awkward, stumbles over my words, and acknowledges what I don’t know. I have lived experience navigating chronic depression, accessing gender-affirming care, and finding my place in a world where I often felt I did not “fit.”

I am honoured to walk with my clients through the messiness of healing and being human, together. We can laugh, cry, sit together in silence, celebrate your wins, rage against systems and people who have hurt you, ask questions, and explore hard truths. I invite you to show up exactly as you are and know that there is space for all of you here.

When I’m not counselling, you can find me drinking copious amounts of tea, reading all the books, lounging by the ocean or in the forest, obsessing over my two kitties, crafting, and spending quality time with friends.

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My lived experiences and intersecting identities have given me both privilege and non-privilege, which I continually reflect on when connecting with people from all walks of life. As a non-religious, Canadian-born Caucasian person, I hold dominant cultural identities in areas such as religion, Indigenous heritage, and national origin. As a gay woman, I also navigate non-dominant identities and challenges related to sexual orientation and gender. My journey includes lived experiences as a sex worker, a traumatic brain injury survivor, and an unhoused youth. These experiences fuel my passion for destigmatizing these identities on both individual and societal levels. While I will never assume that my experiences mirror yours, I hope it’s helpful to know that I may share some common ground with you. I will meet you with openness, understanding, empathy, and genuine curiosity.

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I am a Registered Social Worker having graduated from the University of Victoria and am committed to continued learning for as long as this brain allows. I gained experience working in non-profit organizations, providing education and resources in sexual health, harm reduction, and crisis response. Each individual’s perspective on the world is a kaleidoscope of experiences forever moving and changing. This is why I ground my work in a holistic, anti-oppressive, and trauma-informed framework. As each of our kaleidoscopes is unique, so too are our healing journeys - I work to weave together tools from various modalities like Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Therapies, and Emotion-focused therapies

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As a therapist, I am dedicated to walking alongside you on your journey, working with the strengths you already possess to flourish as your best self. With an abundance of generosity and warmth, I bring a sense of humor and levity to our sessions, knowing that even through the darkest of times, there is space for light.

Therapy should be accessible for everyone, and I hold space for all identities and experiences by working from an anti-oppressive, decolonized, and queer theory standpoint that seeks an inclusive, affirming, and socially just environment. My unlearnings have gifted me a lesson in deconstructing binary thinking and so-called normative assumptions related to gender and sexual orientation, holding queer theory close to my heart in supporting my clients to explore and express themselves as authentically as they wish.

As a therapist, I am dedicated to walking alongside you on your journey, working with the strengt... Read More