Lavender Counsellors
Finding the right counsellor to support you is incredibly important.
Finding the right counsellor to support you is incredibly important. You want someone who is professionally trained in supporting your specific issue and who feels comfortable for you to talk with. Research has consistently shown that the relationship you have with your counsellor contributes more to you making change than any other factor.1 Relationship is considered the single most curative component in therapy.2 It might surprise you that your relationship with your counsellor has so much influence on you making change. But, take a moment to consider how much you respond to support from someone you don’t genuinely like or respect. Clients attribute their positive therapy outcomes to therapists3 who are “warm, attentive, interested, understanding, and respectful”.4
Our team is made up of highly skilled counsellors who go through rigorous hiring practices to ensure they meet the Lavender Counselling standard for care. As a group, we value the client-counsellor relationship so highly that all of our counsellors offer a complimentary conversation (20 minutes) so you can get a sense of the counsellor and ensure that it is a good fit. If you don’t feel like you connect, we welcome you to do a complimentary conversation with as many of our counsellors as you wish in order to find just the right counsellor for you. If 20 minutes doesn’t feel long enough for you to get a sense of the counsellor, you can book a full 50 minute session and we will pro-rate your fee to half price to ensure you get the benefit of our complimentary conversation.
Take a look at our individual bios and pay attention to which counsellor you seem to be drawn to. We look forward to meeting you.
Registered Clinical Counsellors
Heidi Maxwell
MA, RCC
Hannah Nguyen
M.Ed., RCC, CCC
- Children | Teens | Adults
- Anxiety & Depression
- Intercultural concerns
- Relationship & Boundaries
- Teachers
Kate Mackay
M.Ed., RCC
- Teens | Adults
- Academic/school related issues
- Anxiety & Depression
- Emotional distress
- Relationship issues
Tara Blake
MC, RCC
- Teens | Adults
- Aging, Menopause & Empty nest
- Caregivers of children BCCH
- Career Change & Personal Dev
- Pain or Illness
- CVAP
Caitlin Zalm
MA, RCC
- Adults
- ADHD
- Shame
- Depression
- Self-esteem, lack of confidence
Mitra Mirshafie
M.Ed., CCC, (English & Persian)
- Children | Teens | Adults
- Anxiety & Depression
- Cross cultural challenge
- Life Transitions
- Self Worth/Esteem
Allison Esau
M.Ed., RCC, CCC
- Teens | Adults
- Challenges for Teenagers
- LGBTQ+ Issues
- Religious /Spiritual Trauma
- Regulating Emotions
- CVAP
Brittany Lasanen
MA, RCC
- Adults
- Feeling inadequate
- Perfectionism
- Grief & Loss (pet loss)
- Fear & Overwhelm
- CVAP
Ali Alexander
MA, RCC, CCC
- Teens | Adults
- Sports related stress & anxiety
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Trauma
- CVAP
Ajay Erasmus
MA, RCC, CCC
- Young Adults | Adults | Couples
- Self-growth/personal development
- Emotion regulation
- Relationship difficulties
- Purpose, fullfillment
Jenn Moudahi
MA, RCC, CCC
- Teens 14+ | Adults
- Trauma and PTSD
- Suicidal ideation
- Grief and loss
- Distress or numbness
- CVAP
John Murray
MA, RCC, CCC, CT
- Adults | Couples
- Counsellor supervision
- Trauma, PTSD
- Chronic pain
- Suicidal thinking
- Grief & loss
Carolynn Turner
MA, RCC, CCC, CT
- Only working with
- Counsellors
- Supervision, Supervision of Supervision,
- Consent Agreements
Heidi Maxwell
MA, RCC
Location
Hannah Nguyen
M.Ed., RCC, CCC
Location
Kate Mackay
M.Ed., RCC
- -anxiety & depression
- -stress & life transitions
- -relationship issues
- -trauma
- -grief & loss
- -personal development & growth
- -academic/school related issues
- -emotional distress
Email:
kate@lavendercounselling.comLocation
Tara Blake
MC, RCC
Email:
tara@lavendercounselling.comLocation
Caitlin Zalm
MA, RCC
Location
Mitra Mirshafie
M.Ed., CCC, (English & Persian)
Location
Allison Esau
M.Ed., RCC, CCC
Location
Brittany Lasanen
MA, RCC
Location
Ali Alexander
MA, RCC, CCC
Email:
ali@lavendercounselling.comLocation
Ajay Erasmus
MA, RCC, CCC
Email:
ajay@lavendercounselling.comLocation
Jenn Moudahi
MA, RCC, CCC
Email:
jenn@lavendercounselling.comLocation
John Murray
MA, RCC, CCC, CT
Email:
john@lavendercounselling.comLocation
Carolynn Turner
MA, RCC, CCC, CT
Student Intern Counsellors
Jo Sawa
MASTER'S LEVEL STUDENT INTERN
- Teens | Adults
- Emotional distress
- Identity struggles
- Relationship Issues
- Stress/ Burnout
Chantel Van Vliet
MASTER'S LEVEL STUDENT INTERN
- Teens | Adults
- Chronic Pain
- Depression
- Life Transitions & Stress
- Womans Health
Jagbir Mand
MASTER'S LEVEL STUDENT INTERN
- Teens | Adults
- Athletes
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Life Transitions
Georgia Spiliotopoulos
MASTER'S LEVEL STUDENT INTERN
- Teens | Adults | English or Greek
- Autism (self or caregiving)
- ADHD
- Anxiety
- Parenting
Jo Sawa
MASTER'S LEVEL STUDENT INTERN
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Trauma
- Relationship Issues
- Identity struggles
- Stress/ Burnout
- Life Transitions
- Emotional distress
- Feeling disconnected
Email:
jo@lavendercounselling.comLocation
Chantel Van Vliet
MASTER'S LEVEL STUDENT INTERN
- Chronic Pain
- Women’s Health
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Relationship Issues
- Life Transitions & Stress
Location
Jagbir Mand
MASTER'S LEVEL STUDENT INTERN
Location
Georgia Spiliotopoulos
MASTER'S LEVEL STUDENT INTERN
- Autism (self or caregiving)
- ADHD
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Parenting
- PTSD/Complex Trauma
- Trauma