Adrianna
Faliszewski
Affirming counselling services
for queer and trans people
by a queer and trans person
Hi! My name is Adrianna (she/her). I believe in a world in which all people are listened to, affirmed, and supported in achieving their most authentic form of flourishing. As a counsellor, my work is focused on giving that attention to you.
My lived and professional experience as a queer and trans therapist allows me to attend to many ways of being that are not always understood, such as queerness, neurodivergence, ethical non-monogamy, and parenting in structures outside of the hetero nuclear family. My position as both a trans person and a parent lends me a unique ability to attend to both the needs of trans youth and the concerns of the parents who support them.
ABOUT MEI hold a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Simon Fraser University, I am a professional member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, and I am registered as a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC). I have a decade of experience in the mental health field, both as a counsellor specializing in supporting queer and transgender adults and teens, and as a mental health worker and first responder in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side.
MY APPROACHMy work involves building an attuned and nurturing relationship, inviting curiosity about thoughts and feelings, processing how past hurts might be impacting the present, and providing tools to move beyond unhelpful patterns.
My work typically involves warmly and deeply attending to the poignant and painful parts of a client’s experiences and unmet needs, while simultaneously offering lightness and a playful realness when needed, which helps the therapeutic relationship feel comfortable and relatable.
I work from queer, anti-oppressive, and feminist theories, and the belief that we get to be the authors of our own identities.
Above all, my greatest joy and most important commitment in this work is guiding a client to step into a truer version of themselves - a version that is able to step into the joys and challenges of their life more fully than ever.
Some specific areas of my expertise are:
Gender exploration and transition
Coming Out
Self esteem, guilt, and shame
Changing negative thought patterns & behaviours
Anxiety
Supporting parents of trans children
Boundaries
Family of origin work
Addiction
CBT
Emotional self-awareness
How to work with me
I offer in-person sessions at my office in East Vancouver, as well as Telehealth sessions for people living elsewhere in BC.
My rate is $155 per 50 minute session.
Sliding scale options may be available.
