Ali Denno

Ali received her Masters of Clinical Counselling from Adler University and is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC; Member #21746). As a counsellor she collaborates with every client to understand the power of their story and for her clients to feel heard and honoured. She views counselling as a place for individuals to explore talk therapy alongside expressive arts to create space for understanding parts of themselves that at times can be hard to put words to.

Her work and volunteer experiences include peer support for those in recovery from eating disorders at The Looking Glass Foundation and individual counselling at Jewish Family Services. Alongside this, she has facilitated therapeutic creative writing workshops through Pandora’s Collective at the Jewish Community Centre and Pacifica Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centre on grief and loss, finding community, change, and anxiety. This work has informed a holistic approach to her areas of practice in anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, shame and guilt, burnout, grief and loss, loneliness, and processing life changes and transitions. She uses several approaches in her therapeutic work and they vary according to the client’s needs, these include Adlerian therapy, Narrative therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy, Body-Centred/Somatic Therapy, and Trauma Informed Therapy.

When she is not in the counselling space, you can find her at the movies, embroidering in the backyard with her cat, camping, and discussing horror movies and novels!