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Mahe Nau Awan, PhD, MSW, RSW (she/her) Counselling Therapist | Registered Social Worker with the BC College of Social Workers

With over a decade of experience in social work, counselling, and community advocacy, Mahe specializes in supporting diverse, multi-barrier populations. She holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) from the University of Waterloo and a PhD from the University of Surrey, UK. Mahe is the recipient of the Town and Gown Award for Community Engagement and the Norma Brown Award for Professionally Trained Women in Social Work. She is an active member of the BC Association of Social Workers.

Mahe offers counselling services to children, youth, adults, couples, and families, addressing concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, autism, OCD, and pain management. She integrates culturally sensitive, trauma-informed, and evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and Family Systems Therapy (FST), employing solution-focused, client-centred practices tailored to individual needs.

Her counselling style incorporates a holistic, bio-psychosocial-spiritual approach that promotes resilience and empowerment. Mahe is committed to lifelong learning, professional ethics, and creating a safe, respectful environment where clients can heal and thrive.

Counselling availability: Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, both in-person and online.

Mahe also collaborates closely with parents to support challenges that affect parenting and children’s behaviors. Her services can be booked while your child attends speech-language pathology (SLP) sessions, maximizing time and resources for a one-stop-shop experience.

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Speech Language Pathologist

Francesca obtained her Masters Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Tor Vergata University in Rome, specializing in cognitive-communication rehabilitation for adults with acquired brain injury.

She has worked as a Speech Language Pathologist in Italy for over 10 years, in both public health and private settings, gaining experience in assessing and treating pediatric and adult clients affected by various speech, language, voice and swallowing disorders.

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Since her arrival to Canada in 2018, Francesca pursued her career in Speech-Language Pathology by volunteering at different clinics and associations in the lower mainland, until she attained full license as a Speech-Language Pathologist from the College of Speech and Hearing Health Professionals of BC.

Her sincere passion for voice and singing led her to attend several courses and trainings on voice disorders and to learn some of the most successful and effective methods to treat them (Voicecraft, Proel, Lee Silverman Voice Therapy, Neira Method).

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Francesca loves working with people and finds the challenge of helping people communicate fulfilling. She believes that continuing education and professional development are fundamental in providing the best care possible to clients.

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Chris graduated with a master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from McGill University. He has experience working with autistic children, people who stutter, professional voice users, and recovering stroke survivors, among many other diverse client profiles.

Chris is dedicated to the career of Speech-Language Pathology to enact meaningful change in the lives of clients and families. To achieve this, he believes in designing treatment that reflects the interests of each client and continuously incorporates feedback to individualize treatment through ongoing collaboration with caregivers and team members. Chris takes pride in fostering a genuine connection with people and bringing excitement and creativity into the therapy room.

Chris’ practice promotes principles of neurodiversity, gender-affirming care, multilingualism, and accepting all forms of communication. Chris strongly believes in empowering clients to be their own best advocate, and that successful communication should allow for clients to express themselves in a way that reflects their most authentic selves.

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Speech Language Pathologist

Queeny received her Masters of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of British Columbia. She finds great joy in working with children and embraces the unique relationships that she forms with her clients and their families. Queeny has experience working with a range of pediatric speech, language, and social communication delays and disorders in a variety of settings including public health, school, private practice, home environments, and teletherapy. Her clinical interests include early language development, bilingualism, developmental language disorder, speech sound disorders, autism, literacy, and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).

Queeny offers diagnostic and therapeutic services that are person-centred and neurodiversity affirming. She fosters a safe and positive environment for learning and believes that therapy should be motivating and enjoyable for everyone involved. Committed to providing individualized and evidence-based care to her clients, Queeny values collaborative partnerships with families and multidisciplinary teams and she advocates for a child-led, play-based approach to promote functional communication.

Queeny is dedicated to serving clients from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. She is fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin. In her spare time, Queeny enjoys reading, trying new restaurants, and going on evening strolls.

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Speech Language Pathologist

Ina obtained her master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of British Columbia. Since then, she has continued to work with both paediatric and adult clients through in-person sessions and via teletherapy. Ina enjoys working with a diversity of clients, targetting areas of intervention including voice therapy, speech sound disorders, early language development, and the use of alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) systems for complex communicators. Ina is RASP certified and has additional training in TalkTools.

Ina is an advocate for evidence-based practices, and continues to engage in continuing education courses to better support her clients in achieving their goals of better health, communication, and quality of life. Ina also supports the SpeechEase team through mentorship and training of the SLP assistants.

Ina believes that everyone has the right to communicate, and she is dedicated to providing client-centred services by collaboratively creating functional and personal goals that support and enhance clients’ current abilities. For her, this means identifying strategies that can be incorporated by the clients’ team (and family) and providing education/coaching for the family.

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Ina also supports the SpeechEase team through mentorship and training of SLPs.

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Speech Language Pathologist

Raela obtained her Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of British Columbia. She works with paediatric and school-aged clients in person and through online services. Raela believes that connection and playfulness are foundational for learning, and is passionate about working collaboratively with clients and their families.

Raela is a RASP certified SLP and believes in supporting autistic clients and their families through a neurodiversity affirming lens - focusing on the whole person, including their strengths, interests, and sensory needs. She is experienced at providing support to implement augmentative and alternative communication systems (AAC). She also applies principles of gestalt language processing to her approach.

Raela’s other areas of experience include working with children with ADHD, childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) and other speech sound disorders, language delays and disorders, and fluency disorders (stuttering).

Raela is passionate about continuing education to continue providing the highest quality of services for her clients. She is also passionate about evidence-informed practice and strives to keep her approaches relevant through keeping up with current research, and learning from other clinicians’ experiences and client perspectives

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Speech Language Pathology Assistant

Celine is currently a student at the University of British Columbia (UBC), where she is majoring in Psychology and minoring in Linguistics. Her academic journey is driven by a lifelong passion for understanding the complexities of human communication and cognition. Celine aspires to become a Speech Language Pathologist, a dream she has nurtured since she was little.

Celine’s love for children is at the heart of her academic and career pursuits. She has always had a desire to help people, especially when it comes to ensuring that every individual has the opportunity to communicate effectively and gain confidence in their abilities. She firmly believes that everyone deserves the chance to be confident in themselves.

Celine’s academic pursuits in Psychology and Linguistics are part of her broader goal to enhance her knowledge and skills in the field of communication. Her future career as a Speech Language Pathologist will enable her to work with individuals of all ages, helping them overcome speech and language challenges. Celine has a genuine passion for her chosen path and is committed to making a meaningful difference in the lives of those she supports.

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