Vanessa Luis

Individual Counselling

• Adult children of Alcoholics
• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• CBT/DBT
• Chronic Pain and Illness
• Dating
• Depression
• Bereavement/ Grief
• E-counselling (video, etc.)
• Happiness / Positive Psych.
• Mindfulness
• Postpartum Depression
• Sexual Abuse
• Sexual Health
• Trauma
• Workplace Stress

Couple Counselling

• Communication Skills
• Couple / Marriage / Post-Affair
• Couple / Pre-Marital
• Couple / Same-Sex / LGBTQ
• Separation / Divorce
• Emotional abuse
• EFT (Emotionally Focused)

Family Counselling

• Family Therapy / Blended families
• Family therapy with teenagers
• Family / Aging Parents
• Parenting
• Postpartum

• Master of Arts in Counselling and Spirituality, Saint Paul University, 2020
• Bachelor of Arts with Major in Psychology, Minor in Theory and History of Art, University of Ottawa, 2015

• College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO)- Application in queue
• Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA)- Student Member

The human experience has always fascinated me. Growing up, I was always curious about the world, especially about how people navigate it. This is what continues to motivate my work as a therapist. I believe in change and growth, and that these things are a process throughout a person’s life. It is an absolute privilege to get the chance to support and challenge my clients to move towards this change and growth, in whatever way that feels safe for them.

I offer professional, confidential, LGBTQ+ affirmative psychotherapy services for individuals, couples, and families. My approach is integrative and collaborative, this means I will draw on a range of counselling theories to help you progress towards your goals.

My preferred counselling theories for working with individuals include Humanistic, Existential, Experiential, Mindfulness/Somatic, Psychodynamic, CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), Narrative, Interpersonal, and Solution Focused.

In my work with couples and families, the main counselling theories I draw from are Attachment, EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy), PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy), Gottman, Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy, and Family Systems.

I am also sensitive to your cultural and/or marginalized identities and the added complexity this may contribute to your experiences. I am open to your preference to integrate the exploration of these identities into the counselling process.