Ace-Competent Professionals
If you have any suggestions for doctors/counsellors/anything or feedback on those already listed, please let us know! Shoot me an email at ericajmulder@gmail.com. (I will always keep you anonymous)
If you already have a doctor/counsellor and want to explain asexuality to them, you can send them to this pdf. For therapists looking to learn about aromanticism, this video gives an overview of caring for aromantic clients in therapeutic settings.
Having a therapist that shares lived experiences can be very important. To help you find someone who shares those experiences, counsellors of colour have a ^ after their name and openly trans/non-binary therapists have a *.
Counsellors
Some of these therapists have been seen by local aces who’ve had good experiences and others have been recommended to us by other counsellors.
Sam Kaplan* www.expressivewellness.ca/counsellors
Currently wait listing clients (May 2022)
Location: Downtown Vancouver
Cost: $60 - $135 per session
Laura www.expressivewellness.ca/lower-cost-counselling.html
Practicum student
Location: Virtual/Phone
Cost: $25 - $75 per 50min session
Lori Finklea www.lorifinkleacounselling.com
Location: Fairview
Cost: $120 per hour
Access Info: Elevator available
Lu Lam^* www.lulam.ca
Cost: $150 per 60min session
Locations:
Broadway and Cypress,
Main entrance flight of stairs, no elevator
Washrooms gendered, multi-stall
Broadway and Oak
Wheelchair accessible
Washrooms are single stall, gendered.
Matsui De Roo^* www.genderoo.com
Location: Chinatown
Cost: $175 per 50min session, has sliding scale options
Access Info: wheelchair accessible, scent-reduced space, the building has a non-automatic entrance door
Also supervises a community counselling program run by queer/trans graduate students for $60 per 50min session. www.genderoo.com/community-counselling-program/
Carsen Farmer www.dragonstonecounselling.ca/carsen
Location: Kitsilano
Cost: $120 per 50 min
Access Info: three stairs with handrails, washrooms are gender neutral, scent-reduced space
Vanessa Fernando^ www.vanessafernando.com
Location: Chinatown
Cost: $130 per 50 min, $170 per 90 min
Access Info: wheelchair accessible and scent reduced
Daley Laing* www.fireseedfacilitation.org
Location: Online or over the phone
Cost: Pay-what-you-can
Bridgid McGowan www.bridgidmcgowan.com
Location: Close to the Commercial-Broadway skytrain station
Edward Sandberg edwardsandberg.com
Location: Kitsilano
Cost: $150 per 55min session, sliding scale down to $90
Dragonstone Counselling www.dragonstonecounselling.ca
Location: Kitsilano
Access Info: three stairs with handrails, washrooms are gender neutral, scent-reduced space
Large(ish) practice with many folks working out of it.
Cora Bilsker www.nestedheartcounselling.com
Location: Downtown Vancouver and in Victoria, BC
Cost: 120$ per hour, has a limited number of sliding scale spaces
Access Info: Offers Skype counseling sessions
Rena Iwasaki^ www.jerichocounselling.com/counsellors/rena-iwasaki/
Location: West Broadway and Downtown Vancouver
Services available in both English and Japanese
Roya Vojdani https://royavojdani.com/
Location: Virtual and phone counselling
Cost: $147 per 50 min
Doctors and Specialists
Location: Ladner