Leia (Lauren) is a Registered Social Worker and Registered Clinical Counsellor experienced in working with relationship issues, trauma (including complex/developmental trauma), sexuality concerns, abuse, abandonment, and heartbreak. Lauren’s therapeutic practice is guided by an attachment-based, trauma informed, client-centred, feminist, and strengths-based framework. She works with couples and individuals and is trained in Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, the Gottman Method, sex therapy and Narrative Therapy. Lauren is experienced in working with sexual minorities, including the LGBTQ+, practitioners of BDSM, non-monogamous relationships, and people who work in the sex industry. She is a registered service provider for the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) and also provides clinical supervision. Lauren offers a safe and warm therapeutic environment for exploring your unique life challenges, increasing your self-awareness, and breaking free from painful patterns.
