Steadfast Counsellor Directory

Alexa understands the immense courage it takes to engage in vulnerable counselling work. Her goal is to provide a non-judgmental space where you can process and explore your unique path. Through your work together she aspires to empower you to express your authentic self without unconscious beliefs and behaviors getting in your way. Alexa is a trauma informed counsellor whose areas of focus include disordered eating, body image through an anti diet culture lens, anxiety and depression, relationship challenges. She has training in Couples, Family Systems, AEDP, attachment and parts work.

Ashar works with clients that struggle with anxiety, overwhelm, intrusive thoughts, fatigue, burnout, procrastination, people pleasing, lack of meaning and purpose, shyness, perfectionism, depression, lack of follow through, hyper-vigilance, fear of intimacy, body dysmorphia, and self-isolation. He has experience helping clients with developing healthier boundaries, considering decisions from a more self-empowered place, and in being more present in their lives. As a trauma-informed, holistic counsellor, Ashar uses Somatic Experiencing, the shared intuition of the therapeutic relationship, Attachment Theory, Mindfulness, Strengths Based therapy, EFT, Family Systems, Parts work, tools of Yoga, and Non-dual Spirituality to help bring a more authentic and satisfying relationship within yourself and with others.