Affirming 2SLGBTQIA+ Therapists Across Canada

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 variety of levels of experience and professional qualifications on our team to suit your needs.

Not sure who might suit you best? We’ll connect you with the right fit.

Match Me With A Therapist
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Jenna Cooper

(they/them) MSW, RSW

Jenna works with: Individuals (ages 18+), Relationships, and Families in ON

Jenna's Bio

Areas of Focus

  • Social Justice, Class consciousness, Queer Liberation

  • Activist / Artistic burnout

  • Trauma

  • Kink

  • Co-Parenting

  • CNM and other forms of polyamory

  • Neurodivergence

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Shadi K

(they/them) M. Ed, CCC

Shadi works with: Individuals (ages 18+) across Canada

Shadi's Bio

Areas of Focus

  • Narcissistic abuse, emotional abuse, coercive control

  • Relational-developmental and complex trauma

  • Gender-based and sexualized violence

  • Racialized and colonial violence

  • Neurodivergence, chronic illness, and disability

  • Clinical supervision and consultation for mental health professionals

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Dr. Kim Williams

(she/her) PhD, MSW, RSW

Kim works with: Individuals (ages 16+) in ON and AB

Kim's Bio

Areas of Focus

  • Exploring and celebrating identity/ies

  • Significant life transitions

  • Burnout and overwork

  • Navigating challenges resulting from privilege, power, and systemic oppression

  • Trans-inclusive womxn’s issues

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Rae Bandla

(they/them) MA, RCC

Rae works with: Individuals (ages 16+) across Canada

Rae's Bio

Areas of Focus

  • Gender identity, Exploration, and Expression

  • Sex, Sexuality, and Sexual Orientation

  • Depression and Anxiety

  • Trauma and Violence

  • Perfectionism and Shame

  • Ambiguous Loss and Grief

  • Chronic Illness and Disability

  • Neurodiversity (particularly ADHD and Autism)

  • Systemic Discrimination (particularly regarding multiply-marginalized experiences, racism, and cisheteronormativity)

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Jade Giff

(she/they) MA, RP(Qualifying)

Jade works with: Individuals (ages 16+) across Canada

Jade's Bio

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)

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Tina Borsa

(she/her) MA, CCC

Tina works with: Individuals (ages 16+) and Relationships across Canada

Tina's Bio

Areas of Focus

  • Neurodivergent Couples

  • Non-traditional Relationships

  • Neurodivergence, ADHD and ASD

  • Sexuality (Pansexual, Bisexual)

  • Depression and Low-Self Esteem

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Julie Stewart

(they/them) MSW, RCSW (Alberta) RSW (Ontario and British Columbia)

Julie works with: Individuals (ages 15+), Relationships, and Families, in ON, BC, and AB

Julie's Bio

Areas of Focus

  • Grief and Loss (all kinds)

  • Gender exploration and Sexuality (including asexual, aromantic, non-monogamous, kink experiences)

  • Traumatic experiences and the effects of violence

  • Family relationships, partnership concerns

  • Food and body concerns

  • Neurodivergent experiences

  • Navigating & surviving post-secondary/grad school

  • Clinical supervision and consultation for mental health professionals

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Janèle Lajoie

(she/her) MA, RCC

Janèle works with: Individuals (ages 13+), Relationships, and Families across Canada

Janèle's Bio

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

Rei Ku

(they/them) MSW, RSW

Rei works with: Individuals (ages 12+) in ON

Rei's Bio

Areas of Focus

  • Neurodivergence

  • Neuroscience and Mental Health

  • Non-Monogamy

  • Identity exploration

  • Addiction

  • Kink

Noah Klöze

(they/he) Counselling Intern

Noah works with: Individuals (ages 16+) across Canada

Noah's Bio

Areas of Focus

  • Gender exploration and identity

  • Neurodivergence

  • Kink

  • Chronic Illness and Pain

  • Bodywork and somatics

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Liana Rose

(they/them) MEd, CCC MTA RCT

Liana works with: Individuals (ages 18+), Partners, Familial duos across Canada

Liana's Bio

Areas of Focus

  • Creative/non-normative relationship structures (ENM, queer family)

  • ADHD/Autism celebration & support

  • Sex and gender exploration with self or in relationship (incl hormone readiness assessments)

  • Development of interpersonal skills

  • Psychedelic integration

  • Skill development toward an envisioned, empowered life

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Annie DeRuyte

(she/they) MSW, RSW

Annie works with: Individuals (ages 16+) in ON, BC, PEI, NWT, and YT

Annie's Bio

Areas of Focus

  • Dissociative Identity

  • Supporting partners of people with dissociative identity

  • Spirituality exploration and expression

  • Identity exploration (gender, sexuality, cultural)

  • Burnout

  • Building relationship to yourself

  • Clinical supervision and consultation for mental health professionals

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Mackenzie Kuzyk

(they/them) MSW, RSW

Mackenzie works with: Individuals (ages 14+) and Relationships in BC and AB

Mackenzie's Bio

Areas of Focus

  • Indigenous Counselling

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

  • 2SLGBTQ+ Affirming/Identity Exploration

  • Cultural Identity and/or Spirituality Exploration

  • IFS/Parts Work 

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Liv Noël Dakkak

(they/them) MSW, RSW

Liv works with: Individuals (ages 12+) and Relationships in ON, AB, and QC

Liv's Bio

Areas of Focus

  • Neurodivergence (especially Autism, ADHD)

  • Complex trauma, childhood, attachment and medical trauma

  • Chronic illness, pain and disability

  • Navigating identity as queer, trans & non-binary folks

  • Relationship and intimacy challenges for neurodivergent folks

  • Eco-anxiety, activism & advocacy

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Mak Mackie

(they/them) MA, CCC RP

Mak works with: Individuals (ages 14+) across Canada

Mak's Bio

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

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Dr. Alice Curitz

(she/they) PhD, RCC CCC CST RCT
Founder & Clinical Director

Alice works with: Individuals (ages 19+), Relationships, and Families across Canada

Alice's Bio

Areas of Focus

  • Couples and Relationship Therapy

  • Sex Therapy

  • Clinical supervision and consultation for mental health professionals

  • Workplace Mediation

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Dolcee Chauhan

(she/her), MA RP(q)

Dolcee works with: Individuals (ages 16+) across Canada (except QC)

Dolcee's Bio

Areas of Focus

  • Neurodivergence (ADHD and autism)

  • Self-esteem, perfectionism and shame

  • Cultural identity and intersectionality

  • Burnout, stress, and workplace overwhelm

  • Chronic illness and disability

  • Sexuality, desire, and kink

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Brandi Gallant

(she/her), MA

Brandi works with: Individuals (ages 16+) across Canada

Brandi's Bio

Areas of Focus

  • Identity

  • Neurodiversity and Neurodivergence

  • Depression and Anxiety

  • Burnout

  • Life Transitions

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Nicole Stanchfield (she/her)

Client Care Coordinator

Hi, I’m Nicole (she/her). I’m a queer, neurodivergent femme, a white settler, and an uninvited guest living on the traditional, unceded lands of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc peoples, also known as Kamloops. I’m deeply passionate about people—whether through sharing a good meal, building community, or advocating alongside equity-deserving groups. I’m a step-parent to an amazing human and partner to someone wonderful. My family, friends, and community keep me grounded, and I feel most at home when I’m working in service and connection.

Bonjour, je m’appelle Nicole (elle). Je suis une femme queer et neurodivergente, une personne blanche installée comme invitée non sollicitée sur les territoires traditionnels non cédés du peuple Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc, aussi connus sous le nom de Kamloops. J’ai une grande passion pour les relations humaines — qu’il s’agisse de partager un bon repas, de créer du lien communautaire ou de militer aux côtés de groupes en quête d’équité. Je suis belle-mère d’un·e enfant extraordinaire et partenaire d’une personne merveilleuse. Ma famille, mes ami·es et ma communauté m’enracinent, et je me sens à ma place quand je suis au service des autres et en relation authentique.

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Want to join our team?

We are now seeking applicants for an 8 month Practicum position starting September 2027. Applications are open from August 1st 2026 to January 31st 2027.

Practicum Application Form

We offer a 6-month post-graduate externship for those who have recently graduated from a Masters in Counselling or Social Work.

Post-Graduate Externship Application Form

Are you a qualified and experienced clinician passionate about working with 2SLGBTQIA+ and Neurodivergent communities looking to join an affirming and connected community at Our Landing Place?

We are currently accepting applications from clinicians with 2+ years of post-graduate experience who offer both individual and relationship therapy.

Counsellor Application Form

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.