Stephanie Lofquist

Healing happens within supportive relationships that acknowledge the social context of our challenges and the knowledge and strengths that come from our lived experiences. I offer warm and relational counselling that invites people to hold their inner experience of feelings and knowing with curiousity and compassion using experiential and nature-connecting practices.

I am a white, queer, cisgender settler and work with an anti-oppressive and justice-focused lens. My areas of counselling include:

• anxiety and worries

• low-mood

• grief and loss

• relationships and attachment

• gender and sexual identities

• shame and self-loathing

• personal/systemic trauma

• internal conflict and decision-making

• discrimination and oppression

• chronic health conditions

• feeling blocked and stuck

An an anti-oppression counsellor, I see that people are shaped by their social location within white supremacy, colonialism and patriarchy. The 'problems' that feel stuck and hard to heal have a present day and intergenerational context of living in and surviving/resisting oppressive social, economic and political systems. Our nervous system and trauma responses tell us about the ways we have we worked to find more safety, connection and belonging in a unjust world.

My training includes:

• Focusing-oriented Therapy with Leslie Ellis

• Systemic Trauma in Couples Therapy: Building Relational Privilege with Akilah Riley-Richardson

• Indigenous Tools for Living with LK Wellness and Cultural Humility training

• Advanced Emotion-Focused Family Therapy with Mental Health Foundations

• SPACE program for caregivers supporting children with anxiety with Eli Lebowitz

• M.Ed. in Counselling Psychology from UBC

At present, my counselling practice is online and limited to individuals 18 and older. I use Jane app's online platform which complies with Canadian privacy standards. Visit again for updates on group offerings. Please email me to book an appointment or a free 15-minute consultation.