Muslim Therapists in Vancouver, BC
I believe that seeking support from another human being is a very natural thing to do. As a therapist, I believe that my humanity is an asset in supporting clients as they work through challenges, developing a deeper understanding of their lives. As a counsellor and art therapist, I focus on creating a therapeutic relationship based on trust, where I bring a compassionate, nonjudgmental approach paired with my training to help clients work through whatever challenges they are facing. I have a special passion for working with immigrants and refugees: as a newcomer to Canada, I understand the struggles that are often presented.
I believe that seeking support from another human being is a very natural thing to do. As a therapist, I believe that my humanity is an asset in supporting clients as they work through challenges, developing a deeper understanding of their lives. As a counsellor and art therapist, I focus on creating a therapeutic relationship based on trust, where I bring a compassionate, nonjudgmental approach paired with my training to help clients work through whatever challenges they are facing. I have a special passion for working with immigrants and refugees: as a newcomer to Canada, I understand the struggles that are often presented.
I'm a Registered Clinical Counsellor specializing in relationships, anxiety, and bi-cultural identities. Whether you're recovering from past traumas, feeling lost, depressed, anxious, overwhelmed by perfectionism, or in an unfulfilled relationship, I believe full recovery is possible and will help you create a more enriching and integrated life. Within relationships I support my clients improve communication and listening skills, release resentment and bitterness, build a foundation of understanding, foster connection and reignite intimacy and embody a shift from individual to relational coping skills.
I'm a Registered Clinical Counsellor specializing in relationships, anxiety, and bi-cultural identities. Whether you're recovering from past traumas, feeling lost, depressed, anxious, overwhelmed by perfectionism, or in an unfulfilled relationship, I believe full recovery is possible and will help you create a more enriching and integrated life. Within relationships I support my clients improve communication and listening skills, release resentment and bitterness, build a foundation of understanding, foster connection and reignite intimacy and embody a shift from individual to relational coping skills.
My name is Maria Atherton, MPCC-P, and I bring over 30 years of combined personal and professional experience to my work as a clinical counselor. As the founder of Hidayah Counselling, I offer a supportive and results-oriented approach to therapy, grounded in evidence-based practice and a deep commitment to client care. With over 13 years of specialized experience working with children, youth, adults, and families—including those with neurodivergent profiles such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ADHD, and PDA.
My name is Maria Atherton, MPCC-P, and I bring over 30 years of combined personal and professional experience to my work as a clinical counselor. As the founder of Hidayah Counselling, I offer a supportive and results-oriented approach to therapy, grounded in evidence-based practice and a deep commitment to client care. With over 13 years of specialized experience working with children, youth, adults, and families—including those with neurodivergent profiles such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ADHD, and PDA.
I'm Faiza Khalil (she/hers), a Registered Clinical Counsellor (19703) and Founder of Intrinsic Roots Therapy. I hold a Master of Arts degree in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University. I have nearly 13 years of experience in multiple roles where I've supported clients with mental health concerns, trauma, addiction, intimate partner violence, poverty, and complex health conditions. From these experiences, I'm incredibly passionate about the importance in helping you reconnect to your core self and heal from the root cause of your issues.
I'm Faiza Khalil (she/hers), a Registered Clinical Counsellor (19703) and Founder of Intrinsic Roots Therapy. I hold a Master of Arts degree in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University. I have nearly 13 years of experience in multiple roles where I've supported clients with mental health concerns, trauma, addiction, intimate partner violence, poverty, and complex health conditions. From these experiences, I'm incredibly passionate about the importance in helping you reconnect to your core self and heal from the root cause of your issues.
Find space to connect to your self and navigate relationships authentically. Find the support you need to meet challenge and change with compassion and courage. Explore what it feels like to slow down, get curious, and listen deeply. Your internal body wisdom shares more than the words and stories that describe events. The patterns that emerge to protect us from attachment injury persist long after the moment of betrayal has passed. Real change is possible when ALL of you feels safe enough to be seen and supported. In the relational space we build together, you will rediscover and reconnect with what you need to carry you through.
Find space to connect to your self and navigate relationships authentically. Find the support you need to meet challenge and change with compassion and courage. Explore what it feels like to slow down, get curious, and listen deeply. Your internal body wisdom shares more than the words and stories that describe events. The patterns that emerge to protect us from attachment injury persist long after the moment of betrayal has passed. Real change is possible when ALL of you feels safe enough to be seen and supported. In the relational space we build together, you will rediscover and reconnect with what you need to carry you through.
Welcome and thank you for being here. Whether you are new to therapy or returning for support, I can help you get unstuck, increase awareness, build practical skills, address underlying themes, break patterns, set boundaries, and get back to a place of greater connectedness to yourself and others. My approach to counselling strives to provide you with a compassionate and validating space to do your inner work. There’s nothing “too small/big” or “weird” that can’t be talked about in therapy so long as you feel safe enough to do so. My aim is to ensure you feel heard, understood, supported, and safe in therapy.
Welcome and thank you for being here. Whether you are new to therapy or returning for support, I can help you get unstuck, increase awareness, build practical skills, address underlying themes, break patterns, set boundaries, and get back to a place of greater connectedness to yourself and others. My approach to counselling strives to provide you with a compassionate and validating space to do your inner work. There’s nothing “too small/big” or “weird” that can’t be talked about in therapy so long as you feel safe enough to do so. My aim is to ensure you feel heard, understood, supported, and safe in therapy.
I offer individual and couples counselling to neurotypical and neurodistinct clients (e.g. ADHD, autism) to work on issues such as, but not limited to, guilt and shame, anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, trauma, communication skills, grief and loss, and disorganisation. Our sessions together would be about collaboratively increasing insight, clarity and encouragement, while also building a customised “menu” of practical resources to help reorient your daily life.
I offer counselling primarily in English, and can also support clients who are more comfortable expressing themselves in Malay or Indonesian.
I offer individual and couples counselling to neurotypical and neurodistinct clients (e.g. ADHD, autism) to work on issues such as, but not limited to, guilt and shame, anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, trauma, communication skills, grief and loss, and disorganisation. Our sessions together would be about collaboratively increasing insight, clarity and encouragement, while also building a customised “menu” of practical resources to help reorient your daily life.
I offer counselling primarily in English, and can also support clients who are more comfortable expressing themselves in Malay or Indonesian.
We are a leading counselling practice in Vancouver, BC specializing in empowering individuals to live authentic, meaningful lives. Our goal is to equip you with the tools and self-knowledge to manage emotions, overcome anxiety and depression, achieve your goals and see the world in a new perspective. We work with you to inspire confidence, peace of mind and, ultimately, lifelong resilience.
We are a leading counselling practice in Vancouver, BC specializing in empowering individuals to live authentic, meaningful lives. Our goal is to equip you with the tools and self-knowledge to manage emotions, overcome anxiety and depression, achieve your goals and see the world in a new perspective. We work with you to inspire confidence, peace of mind and, ultimately, lifelong resilience.
Many people seek therapy when life experiences leave them feeling overwhelmed, unsettled, or questioning how to make sense of what has happened to them. Trauma, relationship difficulties, illness, and major life transitions can disrupt how we understand ourselves and our place in the world. My unique life experience exposed me to different cultures and ways of living, including the Levant, Europe, and North America. I position mental health within the broader context of your life — including relationships, culture, personal history, and, when meaningful to you, spirituality or beliefs that shape how you understand your experiences
Many people seek therapy when life experiences leave them feeling overwhelmed, unsettled, or questioning how to make sense of what has happened to them. Trauma, relationship difficulties, illness, and major life transitions can disrupt how we understand ourselves and our place in the world. My unique life experience exposed me to different cultures and ways of living, including the Levant, Europe, and North America. I position mental health within the broader context of your life — including relationships, culture, personal history, and, when meaningful to you, spirituality or beliefs that shape how you understand your experiences
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I help clients move through stuckness while developing a deeper, safer connection to themselves and their emotions. Many of the individuals I work with are highly self-aware but find themselves dealing with body-based anxiety or unresolved trauma that stubbornly persists despite their ability to understand its roots.
My approach is trauma-informed, neurodivergent-affirming, and somatic. We will move beyond overthinking to address what is held in the body, build a resilient emotional connection, and create deeper, lasting change.
I am currently accepting new clients.
I help clients move through stuckness while developing a deeper, safer connection to themselves and their emotions. Many of the individuals I work with are highly self-aware but find themselves dealing with body-based anxiety or unresolved trauma that stubbornly persists despite their ability to understand its roots.
My approach is trauma-informed, neurodivergent-affirming, and somatic. We will move beyond overthinking to address what is held in the body, build a resilient emotional connection, and create deeper, lasting change.
If you’re living with anxiety, depression, grief, miscarriage or infant loss, or the impact of trauma, it can feel overwhelming and exhausting. You may feel stuck in cycles of worry, sadness, or self-doubt. Or perhaps you and your partner are struggling—communication feels strained, conflicts repeat, and despite your best efforts, you can’t bridge the distance.
You don’t have to face this alone. I support individuals and couples through these challenges. Together, we’ll create a safe space to explore what’s holding you back, build healthier ways of coping, and move toward healing, growth, and more fulfilling relationships.
If you’re living with anxiety, depression, grief, miscarriage or infant loss, or the impact of trauma, it can feel overwhelming and exhausting. You may feel stuck in cycles of worry, sadness, or self-doubt. Or perhaps you and your partner are struggling—communication feels strained, conflicts repeat, and despite your best efforts, you can’t bridge the distance.
You don’t have to face this alone. I support individuals and couples through these challenges. Together, we’ll create a safe space to explore what’s holding you back, build healthier ways of coping, and move toward healing, growth, and more fulfilling relationships.
The Centre for Psychodynamic Insights is a virtual psychotherapy clinic specializing in Psychodynamic psychotherapy. This approach focuses on revealing, understanding, and resolving underlying emotions and root causes of symptoms through evidence-based interventions and a comprehensive treatment plan. With an in-depth collaborative discussion and analysis of unconscious thoughts and emotions from childhood until the present day, we can explore how they inform us today to help relieve symptoms and develop targeted strategies to foster change.
The Centre for Psychodynamic Insights is a virtual psychotherapy clinic specializing in Psychodynamic psychotherapy. This approach focuses on revealing, understanding, and resolving underlying emotions and root causes of symptoms through evidence-based interventions and a comprehensive treatment plan. With an in-depth collaborative discussion and analysis of unconscious thoughts and emotions from childhood until the present day, we can explore how they inform us today to help relieve symptoms and develop targeted strategies to foster change.
The fear of making a mistake may be keeping you up at night. Is trying to be perfect causing you to freeze? You look around, and it seems so easy for everyone else that it leaves you feeling there must be something wrong with you. Feeling anxious in new situations or when trying to do our best makes sense, but you have learned to hide these feelings and to show you are confident when, inside, you feel like an imposter. You have worked so hard to get where you are and tried to control and disconnect from this anxiety and self-criticism, but now you know something needs to change. This cycle may be escalating, and I am here to help.
The fear of making a mistake may be keeping you up at night. Is trying to be perfect causing you to freeze? You look around, and it seems so easy for everyone else that it leaves you feeling there must be something wrong with you. Feeling anxious in new situations or when trying to do our best makes sense, but you have learned to hide these feelings and to show you are confident when, inside, you feel like an imposter. You have worked so hard to get where you are and tried to control and disconnect from this anxiety and self-criticism, but now you know something needs to change. This cycle may be escalating, and I am here to help.
I am a Registered Psychotherapist and Registered Counselling Supervisor. My practice is guided by extensive experience working with people coming from various socioeconomic backgrounds as well as many years of serving the most vulnerable communities in Vancouver’s DTES. While my approach is integrative of modern theories and techniques, it heavily relies on Psychodynamic theories and practice. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy is a highly individualized treatment whose goal is not only to alleviate the most obvious symptom. It relies on the fact that our personalities are uniquely shaped by several developmental stages.
I am a Registered Psychotherapist and Registered Counselling Supervisor. My practice is guided by extensive experience working with people coming from various socioeconomic backgrounds as well as many years of serving the most vulnerable communities in Vancouver’s DTES. While my approach is integrative of modern theories and techniques, it heavily relies on Psychodynamic theories and practice. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy is a highly individualized treatment whose goal is not only to alleviate the most obvious symptom. It relies on the fact that our personalities are uniquely shaped by several developmental stages.
If you need help with connection, communication, emotional regulation, overcoming trauma and living a better life let's talk. With over 25 years experience as clinical counsellor I focus on what works to help you understand yourself and train the skills to improve your life. I'm warm, present, active and empathetic. In a short time with me couples and individuals experience breakthroughs. I provide direct guidance toward greater clarity, healthy boundaries, focus and wisdom by addressing life skills you haven't mastered. You don't have to do this alone anymore.
If you need help with connection, communication, emotional regulation, overcoming trauma and living a better life let's talk. With over 25 years experience as clinical counsellor I focus on what works to help you understand yourself and train the skills to improve your life. I'm warm, present, active and empathetic. In a short time with me couples and individuals experience breakthroughs. I provide direct guidance toward greater clarity, healthy boundaries, focus and wisdom by addressing life skills you haven't mastered. You don't have to do this alone anymore.
We seek alignment, clarity, and real change. Maybe you feel stuck, disconnected, or like something inside just isn’t matching the life you’re trying to live. On the outside things may look fine, but internally there’s a sense of friction, confusion, or misalignment with who you really are.
My approach is grounded in Identity & Congruency, and focuses on helping you reconnect with a more authentic, integrated sense of self.
We seek alignment, clarity, and real change. Maybe you feel stuck, disconnected, or like something inside just isn’t matching the life you’re trying to live. On the outside things may look fine, but internally there’s a sense of friction, confusion, or misalignment with who you really are.
My approach is grounded in Identity & Congruency, and focuses on helping you reconnect with a more authentic, integrated sense of self.
Functioning on the outside while struggling internally, life's challenges can leave you feeling disconnected and dysregulated. I support individuals navigating emotional regulation, relationships, identity, neurodivergence, transitions, and trauma. Guided by your goals and without judgment, we’ll work together to deepen your self-awareness, discover your strengths, and develop a stronger connection with yourself and others.
Functioning on the outside while struggling internally, life's challenges can leave you feeling disconnected and dysregulated. I support individuals navigating emotional regulation, relationships, identity, neurodivergence, transitions, and trauma. Guided by your goals and without judgment, we’ll work together to deepen your self-awareness, discover your strengths, and develop a stronger connection with yourself and others.
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) who graduated with my master’s in counselling psychology (MACP) at Yorkville University, with a Bachelor of Law from the University of Sussex in England where I am originally from. I have an interest in helping people with their mental health and wellbeing. I specialize in anxiety, depression, imposter syndrome and trauma in children and young adults as well as adults. I can help clients ranging from all walks of life and have a variety of experience with people of different cultural backgrounds.
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) who graduated with my master’s in counselling psychology (MACP) at Yorkville University, with a Bachelor of Law from the University of Sussex in England where I am originally from. I have an interest in helping people with their mental health and wellbeing. I specialize in anxiety, depression, imposter syndrome and trauma in children and young adults as well as adults. I can help clients ranging from all walks of life and have a variety of experience with people of different cultural backgrounds.
Homa Papaei is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with a Master in Counselling Psychology from University of British Columbia (UBC). She is a wholehearted, centred and Compassionate counsellor with over fifteen years of experience supporting individuals to connect with themselves. Homa believes that each person can work through their negative thoughts or experiences to live life in a meaningful way. She believes that her role as a counsellor is to explore with the client the different pieces of their life and understand how those pieces function together.
Homa Papaei is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with a Master in Counselling Psychology from University of British Columbia (UBC). She is a wholehearted, centred and Compassionate counsellor with over fifteen years of experience supporting individuals to connect with themselves. Homa believes that each person can work through their negative thoughts or experiences to live life in a meaningful way. She believes that her role as a counsellor is to explore with the client the different pieces of their life and understand how those pieces function together.
My name is Iman - I’m a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with a Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology (MCP) from Adler University. I was born and raised in Richmond, BC, and my path into counselling has always felt like a natural extension of who I am. As a second-generation Afghan immigrant, I’ve navigated the complexities of balancing cultural expectations, identity, resilience, and belonging. Throughout my life, I have been the person loved ones turned to during difficult times, and those experiences, along with my own personal challenges, have shaped my understanding of how vulnerable it can feel to ask for support.
My name is Iman - I’m a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with a Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology (MCP) from Adler University. I was born and raised in Richmond, BC, and my path into counselling has always felt like a natural extension of who I am. As a second-generation Afghan immigrant, I’ve navigated the complexities of balancing cultural expectations, identity, resilience, and belonging. Throughout my life, I have been the person loved ones turned to during difficult times, and those experiences, along with my own personal challenges, have shaped my understanding of how vulnerable it can feel to ask for support.
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