Welcome! I am Matsui ( they/them/theirs)  a queer, trans, nonbinary, disabled, neurodivergent, multiracial person with ancestors from Japan, Belgium, France and Ireland. I am grateful to live and work on the unceded, ancestral and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), səl̓ilw̓ ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) Nations.

I work with activists, artists, healers, advocates, academics, caretakers and other changemakers seeking healing, growth, and joy in their relationships with themselves, their community, their culture and the world around them.

I look at healing as a holistic process that includes emotional, mental, physical and spiritual wellness and focuses on re-connecting to the wisdom of our bodies, our ancestors, and the land. I draw from various modalities including somatic, mindfulness and expressive practices, and am honoured to have received a certificate in Indigenous Focusing Oriented Therapy. I prioritize culturally relevant and respectful ways of healing over colonized and pathologizing approaches to mental health.

I offer individual and relationship counselling to people aged 16+, online or by phone.

As a sansei (third generation Japanese Canadian) with a family history of state sanctioned dispossession and internment, I stand in solidarity with Palestine, Black Lives Matter, Indigenous land defenders and all other justice movements resisting white supremacy and genocidal colonial violence. I will never support criminalizing civil disobedience, mental illness, substance use, sex work, or survival behaviour.

As a counsellor, I acknowledge my profession has been complicit in working with institutions, including police, legal, medical and government systems, with a history and present-day reality of harm towards individuals who are Indigenous, Black, people of colour, trans, queer, disabled and other marginalized groups.  I am committed to prioritizing your safety as you define it, with your chosen supports.

J. Matsui De Roo MA, RCC