We are a collective of 2SLGBTQIA+ identified counsellors offering sex-positive, affirming and competent online and phone counselling across Canada (Turtle Island). We work through an anti-oppressive intersectional feminist lens.

We have a team of qualified Masters level graduates with a variety of professional designations and specialized certifications to meet your needs, as well as a number of supervised Masters level interns offering low-cost sessions.

Counsellors

Mackenzie Kuzyk

(they/them) MSW, RSW

Availability: Mackenzie is accepting new clients

Mackenzie works with: individuals and relationships (ages 14+) in BC and AB only

Areas of Focus

  • Indigenous Counselling

  • Trauma (including intergenerational, racism, impacts of heteronormativity/cisnormativity) 

  • 2SLGBTQ+ Affirming/Identity Exploration 

  • Cultural Identity Exploration 

Jade Giff

(she/they) MA(c), RP(Qualifying)

Availability: Jade is accepting new clients

Jade works with: individuals (ages 16+) in Canada

Areas of Focus

  • Ethical Non-Monogamy and non-traditional relationship dynamics

  • Exploring intimacy (sexual and non-sexual)

  • Communication and interpersonal skills

  • Intersectionality (i.e., intersections between race, gender, and sexuality)

  • Neurodiversity (ADHD, Autism)

Curtis Pittman

(he/him) MA, CCC, RP(Qualifying), N.D.

Availability: Curtis is accepting new clients

Curtis works with: individuals, relationships (ages 16+) in Canada

Areas of Focus

  • Anxiety and life transitions

  • Deepening emotional understanding of self

  • Relationship communication skills

  • Anger and emotion regulation

  • Supporting neurodivergence diagnoses

Annie DeRuyte

(she/they) MSW, RSW

Availability: Annie is accepting new clients

Annie works with: individuals (ages 16+) in ON and BC

Areas of Focus

  • Dissociative Identity (aka Dissociative Identity Disorder)

  • Identity Exploration

  • Living with Multiplicity (aka Functional Multiplicity)

  • Trauma or adverse experiences

Jess Marshall

(she/they) MA, RCT-C

Availability: Jess is accepting new clients

Jess works with: individuals and relationships (ages 16+) in Canada (ON excluded)

Areas of Focus

  • Relationships, Consensual Non-Monogamy, & Kink

  • Gender Identity 

  • ADHD

  • Trauma

  • Perinatal & Parenting 

Janèle Lajoie

(she/her) MA, RCC

Availability: Janèle is accepting new clients

Janèle works with: Individuals, relationships, families (ages 13+) in Canada

Areas of Focus

  • Issues of self esteem, body image, gender, identity, sex and sexuality

  • Anxiety and depression

  • Survivors of trauma

  • Relationship issues (monogamy, ethical non-monogamy, non traditional relationships and family structures)

  • Chronic illness, disability and neurodivergence

Sawah Danniels

(they/them) MA, CCC

Availability: Sawah is accepting new clients

Sawah works with: individuals and select couples (ages 18+) in Canada (ON and QC excluded)

Areas of Focus

  • ADHD and Autism

  • Identity exploration (gender, sexuality, fluctuating sense of self, and more)

  • Kink and Ethical non-monogamy

  • Eclectic approach using methods and approaches matched to your personality and how you navigate the world. 

Aziz Mirza

(he/him) MA, Registered Provisional Psychologist

Availability: Aziz is not accepting new clients

Aziz works with: individuals, relationships, families (ages 18+) in AB only

Areas of Focus

  • Identity exploration (gender, sexuality, cultural)

  • Self-esteem, self-worth, and self-confidence

  • Conflict and communication (skills development, boundary-making, self-advocacy)

  • Trauma, and post-traumatic stress (including impacts of racism, heteronormativity, and immigration)

  • Ethical non-monogamy (ENM), polyamory, relationship anarchy, and other nonconformist relationship structures

Carla Barbosa

(she/her) MSW, RSW

Availability: Carla is not accepting new clients

Carla works with: individuals (ages 18+) in ON only

Areas of Focus

  • Significant life transitions (e.g. separation, immigration, career changes, coming out processes) 

  • Sexual orientation and gender Identity exploration

  • Assimilation to new cultures and environments

  • Coping with mental health challenges, such as anxiety and depression 

Mak Mackie

(they/them) MA, CCC, RP (Qualifying)

Availability: Mak is not accepting new clients

Mak works with: individuals (ages 14+) in Canada

Areas of Focus

  • Exploration and celebration of self (identity, sexuality, gender diversity/ transition)

  • Neurodiversity (ADHD, Autism, 2e, neuroqueering, late discovery/ diagnosis)

  • Communication skills (consent, boundaries, self-advocacy)

  • Trauma (including impacts of cis-heteronormativity, attachment wounds)

  • Anxiety, depression, life transitions

Liana Rose

(they/them) MEd, CCC MTA

Availability: Liana is not accepting new clients

Liana works with: individuals, partners, familial duos (ages 18+) in Canada

Areas of Focus

  • Gender expansiveness & hormone support letters

  • Creative/non-normative relationship structures

  • Neurodivergence celebration & support

  • Sex and pleasure reverence & justice

  • Skill development toward an envisioned, empowered Life

Nina Sloan

(she/any) MA, RCC CCC

Availability: Nina is accepting new clients

Nina works with: individuals and relationships (ages 18+) in Canada

Areas of Focus

  • Sex and intimacy

  • Gender identity and sexual orientation

  • Ethically/consensually non-monogamous relationships and non-traditional dynamics (polyamory, open relationships, swinging, kink, sex work, etc.)

  • Communication skills (consent, boundaries, empowerment, attachment wounds, trauma)

  • Psychedelic Integration

Shadi K

(they/them) M. Ed, CCC

Availability: Shadi is not accepting new clients

Shadi works with: individuals (ages 15+) in Canada

Areas of Focus

  • Gender-based and sexualized violence

  • Narcissistic and emotional abuse

  • Impacts of racism and colonization

  • Chronic illness and disability

  • Trauma (modalities: Somatic Transformation and EMDR) 

Alice Curitz

(she/her) PhD(c), RCC CCC CST

Availability: Alice is not accepting new clients

Alice works with: individuals, relationships, families (ages 19+) in Canada

Areas of Focus

  • Couples and Relationship Therapy

  • Sex Therapy

Grant Gear

(he/him) MSW, RSW

Availability: Grant is not accepting new clients

Grant works with: individuals (children, youth and adults), families in BC and NFLD only

Areas of Focus

  • Indigenous Counselling

  • Children & Youth

  • Family Therapy

  • Play Therapy

Counselling Interns

Counselling Interns have completed all academic requirements of their Master’s degrees, and work under the clinical supervision of a fully qualified and experienced Counsellor or Social Worker. If you’re interested in working with an intern, please fill out this form to help our supervision team determine if they can support you.

Alex Wilson

(she/her) Counselling Intern

Alex works with: individuals (ages 18+)

Areas of Focus

  • Sex Work

  • Identity, Gender, Sexuality (focus on Asexual Spectrum)

  • Substance Misuse and Harm Reduction

  • Ethical Non-Monogamy / Consensual Non-Monogamy

Cam Upton

(they/them) Counselling Intern

Cam works with: individuals (ages 15+)

Areas of Focus

  • Identity and Gender

  • Harm Reduction

  • Sexuality and Sexual Orientation

  • Depression and Anxiety

  • Youth 15-25

Allison Macrae

(she/her) Counselling Intern

Allison works with: individuals (ages 18+)

Areas of Focus

  • Exploring and Celebrating Identity

  • Kink and Ethical Non-Monogamy 

  • Communication and interpersonal skills

  • Major Life Transitions and Relationship Changes

  • Navigating Challenges Owing to Systemic Oppression (gender, sexuality, culture, disability)

Susan Demaray

(she/her) Counselling Intern

Susan works with: individuals (ages 16+)

Areas of Focus

  • Identity exploration (sexuality, gender, disability)

  • Neurodiversity (ADHD/Autism) 

  • Depression/Anxiety

  • Major life transitions (including midlife career change, divorce, etc).

  • Parenting

  • Body acceptance 

Administrative Support

Nicole Stanchfield (she/her)

Client Care Coordinator

Weyt-k! Hello!

My name is Nicole ( she/her ) I am a queer femme, white settler and an uninvited guest living on the traditional unceded lands of the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc peoples. ( also known as Kamloops)  I have a strong passion for equity and inclusion and do my best to bring this lens in all of my work. I’ve been a stylist for 22 years so you could say that people are my jam! I recently graduated from Thompson Rivers University with a sociology degree with the goal of completing  a masters in counselling.

Bonjour!

Je m'appelle Nicole (elle). Je suis de Kamloops. Je suis un queer femme et je suis un invite non invite qui vit sur les terres traditionelle non cedees de la nations Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc ( aussi connu sous le nom de Kamloops) . J’ai une grande passion pour l'équité et l'inclusion et je fais de mon mieux pour intégrer cette optique dans tous mes travaux. Je suis coiffeuse depuis 22 ans, on peut donc dire que les gens sont ma spécialité. J’ai récemment obtenu un diplôme de sociologie de l'université Thompson Rivers dans le but d’obtenir une maîtrise en counselling. J’ai hâte de travailler avec cette incroyable communauté de cliniciens et de clients a Our Landing Place.  

August Waite (they/them)

Clinic Manager

I’m a queer, trans, and non-binary human who is passionate about the field of counselling and mental health care accessibility. When I’m not working with the team at Our Landing Place, I divide my time between my graduate studies in counselling psychology, community organizing, and running trans and queer pop-up barbershops where I get to put my prior career as a barber to use.  

I’m a white settler of western European ancestry. I am grateful to live on Vancouver Island in Victoria, B.C., on the unceded territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən and W̲SÁNEĆ People, including the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations, where I love to grow food, write poetry, explore beaches, and hike with my partner and dog.

Charles Last (they/them)

Clinic Administrator

I’m a queer, trans and non-binary white settler and witch with chronic pain and diverse interests. I am currently living as an uninvited guest on the lands of the Haudenosaunee, Anishnaabe, and Huron-Wendat communities. I strive to care for and steward this as an ongoing relationship.

I offer what skills I have to communities dedicated to decolonizing, fighting oppression, and building sustainable networks of care. I have two dogs, several thousand bees, and a wonderful partner and community of human friends. I like baking bread, reading tarot cards and fantasy novels, and walking deep into the woods both literally and conversationally. 

Want to join our team?

Our team is complete and we are not currently inviting new associates to join us.

We reserve a small number of spots for practicum interns each semester, and welcome masters in counselling and social work students to apply.

What People Are Saying

 

“All I can say is that I wish I’d found OLP sooner!”

— SAM P.

“My partners and I finally found somewhere that gets our dynamic.”

— MATT C.

“It feels amazing to see parts of myself and my identities reflected in the therapists here.”

— ANON.

“I was so nervous to even reach out, but I’m so glad I did. I’ve never felt as accepted and understood as I do here.”

— BROOKE M.