Hi, I’m Aziz
(he/him)
Registered Provisional Psychologist
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Relationships
Kink
Neurodivergence
Ethical Non-Monogamy
Identity exploration
Trauma
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Individuals over 12+ and Relationships in…
Alberta
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Yukon Territory
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$220 per 50 minute session
Monday through Friday, 11am - 7pm PT
You can expect a therapy session with me to feel like…
…a warm, honest, and human conversation where you do not have to have everything figured out. I aim to create a space where we can hold the difficult things with care, depth, and compassion, while also making room for laughter, lightness, and the very real messiness of being human.
Together, we will make sense of your emotions, patterns, experiences, and relationships in a way that helps you feel seen, understood, and more connected to your voice and the relational experiences you want to have. I can be gentle and spacious, warmly direct, lovingly challenging, or more active and guiding as I learn what feels and would be supportive for you.
My hope is that therapy feels less like another thing you have to “do well” (or "do") and more like a part of your natural community where you show up as yourself and feel supported as you learn, unlearn, heal, grow, or just observe.
Some phrases you may hear me use in sessions:
“Let’s slow down; This feels like something that deserves more of our time.”
“If this was a protective factor - a process that is trying to protect you - what do you think it might be protecting you from?”
I define my role as…
…being a collaborative support to better understand yourself, make meaning of your experiences, and soften the struggle towards possibility. I am not here to fix you, reduce you to a diagnosis, or pretend that your struggles exist outside of identity, relationships, culture, and systemic oppression. Together, we can explore your lived experiences, strengths, survival strategies, and the parts of your life that feel stuck or disconnected.
When things feel hard to move through, I can help you look at them from different angles, try new ways of responding, and notice where even small shifts might create more choice.
You’ll enjoy working with me if you’re…
…wanting your therapeutic experience to make room for self-intimacy, meet your emotions with less fear, and invite new perspectives and possibilities. I tend to work well with people who are curious about themselves, open to exploring emotions, and interested in understanding how their identities, relationships, family experiences, and stories and narratives have shaped them. We may not always stay in the “quick advice” lane, and look for ways to bring what we explore in session into your actual life, where change gets to become more than just a really good therapy conversation.
I enjoy clients who…
…are open to exploring the messy work of becoming, be it queer folks, relationally wounded individuals, or those navigating identity, relationships, emotions, feelings, or self-concept. It helps if you are open to considering different angles, taking small steps, and practicing new ways of relating in your real life, but it's okay if you do not feel completely ready for change.
I became a therapist because I believe healing happens when people are met with care, honesty, and the possibility of change. After witnessing many people struggle with life and noticing how meaningful it is to feel and be supported, I wanted to help others better understand themselves, feel less alone, and create changes that make life feel more worth living. I also wanted to be part of the kind of representation I would have benefitted from, hoping others could imagine more for themselves and their lives.
I love the moments when someone feels seen and understood in a way they maybe haven’t felt before, and something new becomes possible. I love watching hope grow, witnessing the joy of healing, and being part of the kind of relationship where people can practice being vulnerable, honest, strong, and bold. As a queer and anti-oppressive therapist, I feel deeply grateful to support people in imagining more for themselves, their relationships, and their lives than they thought was possible and available to them.
I bring genuine warmth, depth, creativity, and persistence to the work, especially when we are trying to understand patterns that feel confusing, painful, or hard to change. I am often told that I am good at creating space where people feel safe enough to be honest, challenged enough to grow, and supported enough to try. I believe this supports my clients connect insight to action and experience therapy be something that supports real change in their lives.
I am inspired by…
queer, racialized, and marginalized communities that continue to create connection, healing, and possibility in a world that does not always make space for them. I am also inspired by my clients’ vulnerability, courage, and willingness to seek support, especially when the resources they deserved were not always available to them. These reminders keep me committed to growing in anti-oppressive care, relational healing, and learning how to be more human and present in the therapy room.
As a gay, cis man, racialized immigrant, educator, and community worker, I bring many parts of myself into how I understand healing, connection, and belonging. My experiences help me show up with humility, warmth, humour, relational depth, cultural awareness, advocacy, sensitivity to power, belonging, and the need we all have for a space for our feelings and stories.