Amanda is not taking new clients at the moment. Please email Admin hello@liberatecounsellingcollective.com to be placed on her waitlist.

Amanda has worked in a variety of supportive roles with marginalized populations throughout her career and is a proponent for social justice. She draws from a range of therapeutic approaches in her practice, including Narrative Therapy, IFS Therapy (parts work), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Somatic (body-centered) Therapy. Her work is deeply grounded in a neuro affirming, trauma informed, anti-oppressive, and social justice informed framework. She is honoured to work alongside you to help you process and deepen your understanding of your problems, shift unhelpful thoughts and perceptions, access your own insight and wisdom, and mobilize change in your relationship with your circumstances. Amanda is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Counselling. She is also a member in good standing with the BC association of clinical counsellor.

Amanda is also a mental health professional helping the neurodivergent community. Meet AsUR Counselling.

Cat is a warm, compassionate human being and a skillful, attentive, and emotionally attuned therapist. She has many gifts as a therapist - unconditional respect, creativity, and an unwavering appreciation of all experiences.

Her counselling approach is an integrated one, adapted to meet your specific needs and situation. She draws from various counselling theories & techniques that include: Narrative & Intersectional-Feminist Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Informed Practice, Internal Family Systems, Compassionate Mindfulness (click here to see more about her education and training).

Regardless of the style, Cat always grounds her work in curiosity, collaboration and the creation of relational safety. She sees you as the expert of your own life, and her role as witness and guide in uncovering your own innate wisdom and healing capacities.

Cat loves working at Liberate and finds that her LCC clients often identify with some (or all) of the following:

* Have struggles with anxiety and depression

* Want to better understand their trauma & find new practices for working with symptoms

* Feel stuck and want to find flow again

* Identify as lgbtqia2s+

* Are curious about the mind/body connection

* Want to find ways to embrace and work with their sensitivity

* Need help finding meaning, purpose or direction in life

* Want to find more ease in relationship with self and others

* Appreciate the role of humour in healing

* Want to feel liberated from the pressures of culture norms/expectations

Cat is proud to be a founding member of Liberate Counselling Collective and continues to feel inspired by the values that uphold the Collective, as well as deeply appreciative of the ongoing support and learning she receives from her fellow therapists.

Explore her private practice where she gets passionate about caregiving: www.catmaincounselling.com

Deidre is not taking new clients at the moment. Please email Admin hello@liberatecounsellingcollective.com to be placed on her waitlist.

Deidre (she/her)honours the fullness of all lived experiences, and is always in a space of curiosity and appreciation. As a therapist, she finds grounding in a Feminist-Somatic-Narrative approach that is embodied, brave, kind, and ever-evolving.

Deidre has a Masters of Education in Counselling Psychology and is a Canadian Certified Counsellor. She has completed advanced training in Feminist-Narrative Therapy, Somatic Attachment, Contemporary Reichian Therapy/Orgonomic Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Body Trust, and Ecotherapy. 

Deidre’s area of passion and expertise is the body. She enjoys supporting clients in cultivating a relationship with their own bodies, by helping to deconstruct body messages, explore body narratives, and honour our individual and collective body experiences. She receives regular consultation and ongoing learning in body trust, body liberation, and intersectional eating disorder care. Her areas of focus include body image, body dysmorphia, dis/embodiment, and eating challenges. She also loves supporting clients in other areas as well, including gender, sexuality, depression, anxiety, self-actualization, life transitions, and burnout. Deidre believes in accessible and intersectional care, and is so grateful to be part of the Liberate community which honours and embodies the same.

Deidre is based in so-called Newfoundland and works with clients in other provinces. She has a private practice called Vibrancy.

Hiu is only taking new clients at her private practice at the moment.

Hiu (she/they) is experienced in working from an Intersectionality-focused lens with predominantly people of the Global Majority with different neurotypes, who identify as queer and have ongoing relationships with grief. Hiu privileges a person’s survival story and relationships to their agency, emotions, boundaries, and people. 

Hiu is an immigrant settler from Hong Kong with anti-capitalist and anti-oppressive values. As a queer person in a non-disabled, straight-sized and racialized body, Hiu offers therapeutic services with an approach that acknowledges and privileges the multiplicity of their clients. Their special tools include guiding boundary-setting, visualization, and a cultivation of appreciation for your agency and worth.

Hiu has a master’s degree in counselling (MC). She is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), Somatic Attachment and Intersectional Feminist Narrative Therapist, and Supervisor/Consultant specializing in building working alliance and a sustainable career. They are trained in EMDR, trauma-informed care, clinical hypnosis, and more. Hiu shares her exploration of capitalism’s effects on mental health and our relationships via their newsletter, What Can You Do For Me?.

If you’re looking for supervision and consultation, please get in touch with Hiu via their private practice Room of One’s Own.

Madeline (she/her) nurtures warm, open, and collaborative relationships with clients, bringing a trauma-informed and anti-oppressive lens to counselling. Coming from an intersectional feminist perspective, she invites you to explore the systems of oppression operating within our society and how they relate to your experiences. She welcomes all clients and is particularly passionate about supporting folks who are navigating relationship/family issues, life transitions, anxiety and depression, trauma, and identity development. She shapes her approach around each person’s unique needs, circumstances, and intentions, drawing from attachment theory, narrative therapy, and somatic grounding. Madeline is a firm believer that each client is the expert in their life story, and she is there to guide and support you in a non-judgemental way. With a strong belief in the power of human connection, Madeline takes great care and attention in developing relationships with those she works with based on respect and trust. Madeline is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), having completed her Masters in Counselling from CityUniversity of Seattle, “Vancouver” campus.