Brandi Gallant
Hi, I’m Brandi (she/her)
** As a counselling intern completing my practicum with Our Landing Place, I am restricted in the types of counselling I can offer. Please fill out this form to help me and my supervising team determine if I can support you. **
I am a queer, neurodivergent, ciswoman living on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Beothuk, whose culture has been lost due to colonial violence. I also acknowledge that I live and practice on the ancestral and traditional territory of the Mi’kmaq and the Innu of Nitassinan, the Innu of Nunatsiavut, and the Inuit of NunatuKavut.
Whether this is your first experience with therapy or not, it can feel daunting to know where to begin. I am here to walk alongside you with empathetic curiosity and care to ensure you feel seen, heard, and validated every step of the way.
You are the expert in your own life. Together, we’ll explore the challenges you're facing and uncover the strengths, values, and insights already within you. My goal is to create a space where you feel safe enough to show up as your full self, and where you feel empowered to share your story and identities, knowing they will be honoured without judgement. I offer a very casual, collaborative, safe, non judgemental, openminded, and lighthearted approach to counselling. I work through a non oppressive, sex positive, humanistic, and feminist lens and I hope to provide you with a space where you feel safe to share your stories with me.
I am passionate about offering an empathetic and collaborative, but casual, space in each session. I use a strengths-based approach to uncover your inherent resilience and unique identity. I believe in the transformative power of safe, affirming spaces and strive to foster that environment in every session.
I operate through trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, intersectional, and feminist lenses that reflect my core values of empathy, empowerment, authenticity, and the understanding that healing is not one-size-fits-all but shaped by your unique lived experiences.
I am especially passionate about supporting folks navigating identity, relationships, trauma, neurodiversity, self-esteem, depression and anxiety, burnout, and life transitions.
Outside of sessions, you can usually find me with a fantasy novel in hand, doing crafts with my son, or exploring a new hiking trail. I love discovering music that fosters connection and inner peace, tending to my growing collection of plants, and making space for creativity through art. Being with nature, whether on a trail or tending to my plants, is when I feel the most grounded and free.
As a counselling intern, I am able to provide trauma-informed counselling but not specialized trauma treatment. I am also unable to provide treatment for those experiencing active psychosis and cannot write gender affirming assessments for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and gender affirming surgery. Post-traumatic stress, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and active addiction will be considered by my clinical supervisors on a case-by-case basis to ensure I can provide an appropriate level and type of support.
If you would like to see if we would be a good fit to work together, please complete this form. Our team will be in touch to schedule a free 15-minute consultation.
Session Fee: $40 per 50-minute session (plus applicable tax).