‘Healing trauma is not about learning to navigate the world outside, its about learning to navigate the world within’

― GABOR MATE

Every part of you has a story worth hearing.

Hi, I’m Katharina Bleinis, a Master’s-level intern counsellor completing my practicum under the clinical supervision of Shivani Wells-Shaw. I offer somatic and parts work informed counselling that is nervous system attuned, relational, and grounded in the belief that the body holds innate wisdom.

I am passionate about supporting individuals navigating the impacts of trauma. Whether it is a single overwhelming experience or the accumulation of smaller wounds over time, trauma can live in the body and show up in a variety of ways such as shame, hypervigilance, anxiety, shrinking or losing your voice, depression, dissociation, people pleasing, and relational patterns rooted in early attachment. Our work is to gently come into relationship with these patterns, understanding them not as flaws, but as adaptive survival strategies that once served a purpose.

I am currently accepting new clients for individual therapy at a student rate, offering sessions in person at the Shivani Wells Clinic in Vancouver and online for residents across British Columbia. 

60-minute individual counselling provided under clinical supervision as part of graduate training.

Therapy is not something that happens in isolation. It is a relationship between two nervous systems continually sensing and responding to one another. In our work together, we pay attention to what unfolds between us as a pathway toward safety, trust, and connection.