LGBTQ therapist helping Queer, Neurodiverse, & BIPOC youth and young adults with counselling in Burnaby and Vancouver bring out the best version of themselves
Feeling confused and overwhelmed with how you’re supposed to live your life?
You felt more lost when you ask around for others’ feedback and insights.
You are looking to talk to someone who will get you and give you space to process your thoughts and experience.
I have been there before, so let me be your guide in becoming more confident showing up as your best self.
My jam is counselling curious youth who feel confused navigating their way in the world, those who have big feelings, lots of thoughts swirling around, and would benefit from having a safe sounding board.
Alo, Nita here :)
You are in the right place if...
You want to be more proactive with your life and develop skills to navigate life differently
You want to get a better understanding on why you do the things you are doing and feel more confident showing up as yourself
You want to unlearn so many biases you have within yourself
You want to focus on what makes you tick, instead of comparing yourself to what the media says is cool or your friends told you which path to take…
How does therapy with Nita work?
Let me give you a head’s up..
I’m not the typical talk therapist who is reserved and composed.
I’m not someone who will assess what’s wrong with you and come up with a diagnosis and formula to fix you.
I show up as another fellow human being who is trained to listen to you differently from your friends and family would do.
When you meet with me for the first time, I will ask you questions from a stance of curiosity and want to get to know you as you.
I am not a short-term therapist per se, though I noticed clients started experiencing shifts in their life within the first 6 sessions.
These small shifts often become a catalyst for something bigger, so some of the people I journeyed with stick around for the long haul.
And why me?
I’m not just your regular counsellor. I believe that to give you the best experience, I need to be present and focused.
This means that unlike the industry standard, I schedule a max of three appointments per day and no back to back. This allows me to keep my whole focus on you.
As an empathetic and sensitive person, I believe that being the best version of yourself means working within my personal capacity. Overextending myself does not allow me to be my best. So I choose to lead by example.
Counselling is about YOU
That’s why I offer both in-person counselling in Burnaby or online counselling.
For in-person sessions, my office is easily accessible on Hastings Street just steps away from Boundary Road.
And in the spring and summer months, I offer walk-and-talks at the scenic Confederation Park in Burnaby Heights.
For online sessions, we meet via secured video chat.
Therapy with Nita typically involves:
~ Meeting bi-weekly for 50-minute sessions so we build a good connection and build off a momentum
~ For those who feel that they have a lot to process, Nita also offers 75- and 90-minute sessions
~ Making small shifts and lasting changes to how you see yourself and the world around you
~ Growing your confidence one day at a time
By the end of therapy you will:
- Find your authentic self and become more confident showing up as who you are
- Feel more secure and grounded as you have more clarity on who you are, who you want to be, and how to present yourself to the world
- Accept yourself and feel more grounded in claiming your voice and taking space
- Shine brightly living life in your own terms, and do that in the most unapologetic way possible!
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LGBTQIA2S+ AFFIRMING THERAPY
LGBTQIA2S+ AFFIRMING THERAPY
Have you experienced tension& confusion for hiding a part of who you are?
Have you ever felt disconnected from the people around you?
Are you wondering how reconciling your faith and sexuality may look like?
Or have you been wrestling with living a life that aligns with your personal values and internal experience
Some of us may experience fear, shame, and guilt from family and religious community, and would benefit from having the right support to process these conflicting feelings
Whichever reasons that brought you here, I welcome ALL aspects of who you are, and in fact, would be honoured to journey with YOU.
As a queer counsellor, I work with you to create a safe space where we can identify the pain that holds you back from living a full life and reconcile some conflicting aspects in your personal identity. So that, how you live out your life aligns with your internal values, desires, and dreams!
LET’S integrate the many wonderful aspects of yourself into one healthy whole with the guidance of The Spunky Counsellor Counselling in Burnaby!
We acknowledge that Nita Agustin Counselling in Burnaby operates on the traditional, ancestral and unceded ancestral and unceded homelands of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples and are grateful to be on this territory.
Gender has always been a social construct. It’s easier to categorize people into two buckets than admit that not everyone fits into pre-established gender classifications.
Suppressing your gender identity does more harm than good. It is normal to feel conflicted, confused, and unsure of how to show up in a way that reflects who you are inside.
Which is exactly where I come into the picture as a gender therapist: guiding clients in finding alignment between how and who they feel on the inside and how they show up on the outside.