Our Values
At Solidarity Therapy we draw from our values of anti-oppression & intersectionality to understand your identity & experience.
We are dedicated to anti-oppressive work, & we believe that individual healing lends to collective healing. We are committed to our own ongoing learning to understand how our own oppressions & privileges impact our views. We work with you to unpack the parts of your identity which are challenging, & the parts of your identity which are empowering to navigate.
We understand that systemic oppression continues to impact BIPOC & 2SLGBTQIA+ folks. We work in solidarity with you to help deconstruct systems of power for our collective's healing & empowerment.
Intersectionality is a sociopolitical theory coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989. Many Black women actively voiced that the first & second waves of feminism did not include their experiences.
Intersectionality factors in overlapping social identities that may be both empowering & oppressing. We look at social factors such as gender, caste, sex, race, sexuality, ethnicity, nationality, class, religion, disability, & physical appearance to understand your experience.
Jessie Dhaliwal
(She/Her)
MA, CCC, RCC
Clinic Owner/Director
Registered Clinical Counsellor, Canadian Certified Counsellor. Specializing in Eye Movement Reprocessing & Desensitization (EMDR), LENS Neurofeedback, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), & much more.
Simran Sekhon
(She/Her)
MA, CCC, RCC
Registered Clinical Counsellor, Canadian Certified Counsellor. Specializing in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and training in Eye Movement Reprocessing & Desensitization (EMDR).
Kamalpreet Kaur
(She/Her)
MD, MA, RCC
Registered Clinical Counsellor. Specializing in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness-based Somatic Therapy, training in Eye Movement Reprocessing & Desensitization (EMDR), & much more.
Josie/Xun Liu
(She/Her)
MCP, RCC
Registered Clinical Counsellor. Specializing in Couples & Family Therapy. Using techniques such as the Gottman Method, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Reprocessing & Desensitization (EMDR), LENS Neurofeedback & much more.
Erin Miller Schumann
(She/They)
MCP-AT, RCC
Registered Clinical Counsellor.
Specializing in Art Therapy (AT). Expertise include trauma-informed care with those with neurodivergence, members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, gender and sexuality counselling, somatic body based counselling, and much more.
Roz Sayani
(She/Her)
BA (crim), MCP, RCC
Registered Clinical Counsellor.
Certified in Addictions Counselling. Main modality is Narrative Therapy and using techniques such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Gottmamn's Theory, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and much more.
Rim Yassine
(She/They)
MA, RCC, CCTP
Registered Clinical Counsellor. A Registered Psychothreapist (Qualifying). Specializing in Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Attachment theory, Narrative theory, Existential therapy and much more.
Gurpreet Nahal
(She/Her)
MA Candidate, BA
Student Counsellor.
Specializing in Certified in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Attachment Theory, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Mindfulness, and much more.
Shameela Zaman
(She/Her)
MSW, RSW
Registered Social Worker with the British Columbia College of Social Workers. Specializing in anxiety, depression, trauma, grief or loss, intergenerational trauma and conflict, gender-based violence, navigating LGBTQ+ experiences, and much more.