Yassie Pirani

About Yassie

You don’t have to figure out life’s challenges alone – you deserve to have your pain witnessed. It is my goal for you feel truly heard, supported, and empowered to grow in the ways that matter most to you. Together we’ll build a strong relationship and untangle the parts of you that feel stuck, so that you can make the best choices and changes for your life. We’ll explore a range of possibilities to help ease your suffering now and into the future.

Whatever uncertainty, change, pain, or opportunity you are experiencing – I am prepared to listen deeply with compassion, curiosity, and care. My approach is trauma-informed, bringing together mind and body based therapy. I believe our bodies hold deep knowledge for us when we listen to them and learn from them.

Although the lived experience of our pain is so unique to us as individuals, forces within our environment and systemic oppression can influence our struggles in the world. I believe that bringing this into awareness in therapy can allow us to build more self-acceptance and a more empowered understanding of our experiences, our suffering, and our path towards healing.

I value your experiences based on culture, race, Indigeneity, socioeconomic status, sexuality, gender identity, age, disability, and spirituality. As a trauma-informed and anti-oppressive therapist, I am curious about your experiences and how you have coped and adapted. I aim to understand mental health through a lens that appreciates how social, environmental, cultural, political, and economic factors influence us.

I offer individual counselling with adults. I have experience working with people who may be experiencing issues related to:

Trauma (including complex & developmental trauma)
Grief & loss
Relationship difficulties
Sexual violence & abuse
Emotional & psychological abuse
Experiences of oppression
Anxiety & depression
Racism, racial identity, and racial trauma
Narcissism & narcissistic behaviour patterns
Chronic illness & disability
Life transitions, personal growth, finding meaning & purpose
Stigma, shame, and discrimination
Sexual & reproductive health concerns
Surviving medical injuries (e.g. PSSD)
Issues related to psychiatric drug dependence and withdrawal
End of life distress & terminal illness
Psychedelic preparation & integration support

I have completed advanced training in Internal Family Systems therapy, which is the primary approach I use.

In addition, the following therapies, frameworks, and perspectives inform my counselling approach:

Body-Focused Trauma Processing (Somatic Therapy)
Motivational Enhancement Therapy
Solution-Focused Therapy
Compassion-Focused Therapy
Intersectional Feminism
Antiracism
Anti-Oppression
Harm reduction
Decolonization
Attachment Theory
Polyvagal Theory
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy

I offer a free 20 minute consultation for folks to get a sense of how it may feel to work with me. I look forward to hearing from you and exploring the possibility of working together.

I am approved as a First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) Health Benefits mental health service provider.

I offer Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration therapy (HRIT). I have completed the Psilocybin Therapy training with TheraPsil, and am available to support people to access Psilocybin Therapy through Health Canada’s Special Access Program (SAP).

Please get in touch to learn more!