Kathleen Charles
NAME: Kathleen Charles
PRACTICE / TITLE: Counsellor, Creative Arts Therapist, Somatic Therapy Practitioner
SPECIALTY / SERVICES: Trauma, Shame, Racial and Gender Based Trauma, Anxiety, Depression
LGBTQ2SIA+: Queer & Non Binary
LGBTQ2SIA+ FRIENDLY: Yes
POLYAMOROUS / POLY FRIENDLY: Yes
PRO SEX WORK / SEX WORKERS: Yes
LANGUAGES: English, French
ETHNICITY: Haitian
RATES:
$150 / Hour
SLIDING SCALE OFFERED: Yes, depending on capacity
INSURANCE RECEIPTS OFFERED: Yes
LOCATION: Montreal, Québec
ACCESSIBILITY INFO: N/A
REMOTE SESSIONS OFFERED: Yes & In person sessions @ Studio 414
ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS: Yes
CONTACT INFO:
E-MAIL: kathleencharlescounselling@gmail.com
WEBSITE / ABOUT:
Hi! I’m a Haitian-Canadian, queer therapist based in Tio'tia:ke and I am committed to a decolonized or re-indigenized and essentially non-pathologizing view of health. Instead of viewing behavior and symptoms through the lens of pathology, I ask: How has your system been responding to the world around it, and why? How can we work together to deepen awareness and compassion for these responses, while working to find new ways of responding that better suit who you currently are and what you desire?
I believe that acknowledging oppression and highlighting both individual and collective resources for resistance are essential to support and nourish mental health within oppressive systems. In my practice, denouncing the violence of systemic oppression serves to undermine any unnecessary individual responsibility my client may be taking on (i.e. prevent internalized oppression). I then work to shift the focus towards their inherent worthiness and agency to engage with internal or collective resources for resisting oppression and living unapologetically in defiance of it.
I am open to new clients and, I prioritize medium to long-term therapeutic work that occurs weekly or biweekly. I find that this provides a consistency that facilitates deep therapeutic impact for my clients. Therefore, most of my availability is reserved for this kind of work. I am less available, but do reserve some time for those seeking occasional consultation support (i.e. monthly, or less frequent).
