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.

Counselling Associates

Our associates have all qualified with Masters degrees in Counselling Psychology or Social Work from accredited universities. They hold a variety of professional designations and specialized certifications to meet your needs. Our associates have significant post-graduate experience and ongoing training.

  • Our associates’ fees range from $125 to $255 per 50-minute session with limited sliding scale availability.

    Please see each associate’s bio for their rates.

  • Our associates each hold a minimum of one professional designation. These include:

    • Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)

    • Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC)

    • Registered Social Worker (RSW)

    • Registered Psychotherapist (RP)

    • Registered Counselling Therapist (RCT)

    • Registered Provisional Psychologist (RPP)

    • Certified Sex Therapist (CST)

    Please check with your insurance plan provider to see which designation(s) may be covered by your plan.

Post Graduate Externs

Our externs have recently graduated from Masters degrees in Counselling Psychology or Social Work and are completing specialized supervision and training with our team of experienced clinical mentors to further their training. Our externs typically hold or are working towards a variety of professional designations.

  • Our post-gradute externs charge $100 per 50-minute session with some sliding scale availability.

  • Our externs each hold or are working towards a minimum of one professional designation. These include:

    • Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)

    • Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC)

    • Registered Social Worker (RSW)

    • Registered Psychotherapist (RP)

    • Registered Counselling Therapist (RCT)

    • Registered Provisional Psychologist (RPP)

    • Certified Sex Therapist (CST)

    Please check with your insurance plan provider to see which designation(s) may be covered by your plan.

Graduate Interns

Interns spend 8 months under the supervision of our experienced clinical mentor team while completing their graduate degree hours. Our interns have completed the academic requirements of their programs and will graduate from their Masters degrees in Counselling Psychology or Social Work at the end of their internship.

  • Interns charge $40 per 50-minute session.

  • For the most part, our interns do not yet hold professional designations and so are not typically covered by extended health plans. Some interns have qualifying status with professional bodies and their services may be covered by your plan.

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

Associates

Mackenzie Kuzyk

(they/them) MSW, RSW
Counsellor

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 

Availability: Mackenzie is accepting new Two Spirit and Indigiqueer clients

Jade Giff

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

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

Availability: Jade is accepting new clients

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.

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

Availability: Curtis is accepting new clients

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

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

Availability: Annie is accepting new clients

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

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

Availability: Jess is accepting new clients

Areas of Focus

  • Relationships, Consensual Non-Monogamy, & Kink

  • Gender Identity 

  • ADHD

  • Trauma

  • Perinatal & Parenting 

Janèle Lajoie

(she/her) MA, RCC

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

Availability: Janèle is accepting new clients for individual therapy only

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

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

Availability: Sawah is accepting new clients

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

Aziz works with: individuals, relationships, families in AB, NB, NS, and YT only

Availability: Aziz is not accepting new clients

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

Liana Rose

(they/them) MEd, CCC MTA

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

Availability: Liana is not accepting new clients

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

Clinical Director

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

Availability: Nina is accepting new clients

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

Mak Mackie

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

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

Availability: Mak is not accepting new clients

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

Shadi K

(they/them) M. Ed, CCC

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

Availability: Shadi is not accepting new clients

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


Founder & Director

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

Availability: Alice is accepting new clients for therapy intensives only

Areas of Focus

  • Couples and Relationship Therapy

  • Sex Therapy

Post-Graduate Externs

Rachel Newby

(she/they) RCC

Rachel works with: individuals aged 16+ and relationships

Availability: Rachel is accepting new clients

Areas of Focus

  • Ethical Non-Monogamy, kink, and non-traditional relationship dynamics

  • Communication and interpersonal skills

  • Identity exploration

  • Sex, pleasure, and intimacy

  • Sex work

  • Chronic illness and disability

Interns

Rae Bandla

(they/them) Counselling Intern

Rae works with: individuals (ages 16+)

Areas of Focus

  • Exploring Gender and Sexuality

  • Systemic Discrimination

  • Perfectionism and Shame

  • Ambiguous Loss and Grief

  • Chronic Illness and Disability

  • Neurodiversity

Tina Borsa

(she/her) Counselling Intern

Tina works with: individuals (ages 16+) and couples

Areas of Focus

  • Navigating Adolescence and Early Adulthood

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

  • ADHD and neurodiversity

  • Intersectionality (intersections between race, gender, and sexuality)

  • Overcoming adverse experiences

Kim Williams

(she/her) Counselling Intern

Kim works with: individuals (ages 16+)

Areas of Focus

  • Exploring and celebrating identity/ies

  • Significant life transitions

  • Burnout and overwork

  • Harm reduction

  • Communication skills

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

  • Trans-inclusive womxn’s issues

Jess Boulé

(they/them) Counselling Intern

Jess works with: individuals (ages 16+)

Areas of Focus

  • Emotional Discernment

  • Grief, Death, and Dying

  • Burnout and Stress

  • Chronic Illness and Pain

  • Relationships of all Constellations

  • Sex and Pleasure

Caitlin Gilbert

(she/her) Counselling Intern

Caitlin works with: individuals (ages 16+)

Areas of Focus

  • Sex and Intimacy

  • Kink Affirming Care

  • Non-Normative Relationship Dynamics

  • Depression and Anxiety

  • ADHD and Neurodiversity

  • Self Esteem and Self Worth Issues

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.  

Charles Last (they/them)

Office 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 September, and welcome Masters in Counselling and Social Work students to apply.

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

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.