Hello! My name is Amal (she/her) and I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor providing individual counselling sessions, both online and in-person. My approach to counselling is rooted in my belief that we all hold incredible strengths and resilience that have allowed us to cope with life’s challenges. My work focuses on helping you resource your strengths to explore your experiences with compassion and bravery. I hope to learn more about what healing and growth mean to you, and work together to co-create a path towards your goals.
My work integrates trauma-informed and anti-oppressive practices with evidence-based modalities like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Internal Family Systems therapy. These are a lot of words that really just mean: I invite and support clients in being present with their experiences (thoughts, emotions, sensations etc.), getting curious about their inner worlds, and taking actions that are aligned with what they value most. We look at our experiences in context, considering the larger social, cultural and systemic factors that impact us and our communities. Together, we can explore the messages we might have heard or learned from these systems, as well as the ways they might be showing up. Through curiosity and compassion, I hope to co-create a space where you feel empowered to live in alignment with what matters most to you, and to reconnect with yourself and your communities.
I am a queer cis woman of South Asian heritage. I acknowledge that my work and residence takes place on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-waututh) Nations.
