Kirsten Buch (she/her)

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

Kirsten (she/her) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the background in community mental health with a focus on LGBTQIA2S+ clients as well as those who are questioning. The scope of her practice incorporates older youth and adult clients, regardless of orientation, who are struggling with identity, sexuality, connection, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, and burnout.

Coming from a Narrative Therapeutic lens, Kirsten is passionate about both personal and structural stories. She recognizes that our experience of the world isn’t limited to the individual who sits in the counselling office, but how the many intersections of our identities inform the way we are treated by society. Her goal is to help clients challenge the stigmatizing, restrictive, and destructive stories they have been told or have come to tell about themselves in order to survive. In therapy, she sees clients as the experts in their own experiences and seeks to meet them where they are with warmth and compassion, emphasizing their unique strengths to support them when facing both past and present challenges.

Kirsten is a member of the LGBTQIA2S+ community and welcomes all clients under its umbrella, including non-binary and polyamorous clients. Her practice is trauma-informed, anti-racist and body-positive. Outside the office, Kirsten loves to create her own stories via art, writing, and tabletop gaming. She is a member of the Vancouver DND community and runs a monthly queer book club.