Get to Know Us
Meet our therapists & Learn about our values.
Vanessa de Souza
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Founder
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MSW, Registered Social Worker
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Psychotherapist
OUR VALUES
TRAUMA-INFORMED
We pride ourselves in ensuring all clients are accessing care that follows the principles of trauma-informed approaches. We aim to establish safety, transparency, collaboration, empowerment, choice, and acknowledge gender & culture during all stages of the therapy process. Getting unstuck requires understanding "what happened to you?" instead of the traditional medical model of "what's wrong with you?".
INCLUSIVITY
We honor your unique experiences and foster a warm and safe space for you to come as you are. Our identities are inevitably nuanced and intersect, which then impacts how we walk through the world. We welcome folks from all ages, ethnicities, racial identities, religious backgrounds, and gender or sexual identities.
CONTINUOUS LEARNING
We are committed to ongoing professional development, clinical supervision, and continuing education in order to best support the changing needs of our clients. We also recognize that our clients are the experts of their own lives. We learn from you in every session so that we can offer you the best therapeutic approaches based on your needs.