To Those Considering Therapy with Me

Thank you for taking a moment to be here.

Hello, I’m Rachel.

My Chinese name 龍運祺, means clarity, fortune, and dragon resilience. I’m a 2nd gen Hong Kong Canadian settler, held by a kinship of wonderful sisters who also work in caregiving fields and elders who were performing artists and resourceful merchants.

I’m a passionate, creative person guided by anti-oppressive and liberatory-based healing in the therapy room.

I’m a passionate, creative person drawn to anti-oppressive, liberation-based healing in the therapy room. I move with cultural humility, honouring the diverse ways people live, relate, survive, and heal.

I am an integrative, relational trauma-counsellor, meaning that I carry a holistic lens that thoughtfully draws from different modalities to suit each person’s journey.

As an integrative, relational trauma counsellor, I carry a holistic lens, thoughtfully drawing from different modalities to align with each person’s journey.

Relational means that we meet as human beings through a relationship built on genuine trust, respect, and safety.

Relational means we meet as human beings in a space built on trust, respect, and safety. Healing often emerges when we are held in relationships that feel nourishing and genuine. Our time together can be a starting point for your becoming.

We carry so much that others may never see. Many of us were taught to hide our tears, frustration, estrangements, to become loveable, tolerable, and worthy. These emotions, left unspoken, can settle in our bodies, hearts, and minds. We may come to believe we are “too sensitive,” “broken,” or “not enough,” because of harmful narratives we’ve absorbed throughout our life.

My hope is that you feel accepted and safe to exist, without shrinking or hiding parts of yourself. This is not a space where you need to perform or meet expectations. You’re welcome here, in your grief, rage, joy, sadness, and complexity. Together, we hold what’s alive, messy, and fully human.

I’m often asked, “What can I do to feel better?” While we do develop creative resources for coping and regulating the nervous system, deep healing often unfolds through the experience of being witnessed and held in your pain, triumphs, and humanity.

Many people are surprised by how freeing it feels to be affirmed. As humans, we all need emotionally safe relationships where we feel seen, heard, and attuned to -just as a plant needs sunlight, water, and soil to thrive. Healing is limited when we’re isolated. That’s why meaningful connections matter.

To be seen also means being recognized for your strengths, wisdom, and cultural knowledge. I believe each person carries their own gifts and inherent worth. Often, we lose sight of them. Here, we create space to reconnect with what’s already within you and explore what else might be possible.

Therapy can be a grounding place to experience yourself differently. I speak from the heart as a child abuse survivor, someone who has done and continues to do this liberating inner work.

This is a sacred process of returning to yourself. Your journey will be uniquely yours, and we’ll honour the pace that feels right. Know that you are worthy and deserving of living freely and fully.

With care,

Rachel