EMDR Basic Training
Ajay Sahota Counselling & Consulting
Welcome to my Page. My name is Ajay Sahota (he/him). I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) Psychotherapist and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapist with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC). I support people in Vancouver/Richmond and communities in the Lower Mainland area.
I am a second-generation settler. I live/work on the stolen, traditional, sacred, ancestral shared homelands of the x?m??k??y??m (Musqueam), S?wx?wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:l? and S?l?ílw?ta?/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
I am grateful to the ancestors who have cared for their land that I currently occupy. I am committed to being here respectfully, increasing my understanding of the impact of colonization, contributing to healing, and to take action against racism.
I aim to create a safe environment for you during our counselling sessions. A place where you feel connected, safe, and free to be yourself. I honour your truth and your story, I respect your openness and vulnerability.
I am a second generation south Asian Canadian settler, born and raised in British Columbia. My parents immigrated to Canada from India, and as such, I have an appreciation for the challenges and resiliency of the immigrant experience.
During my childhood, I was raised by my aunt in the small city of Williams Lake in central British Columbia, a small-town community that felt like extended family. In my adolescence, I lived in a collective household with extended family who had recently immigrated to Canada. For several years I lived in a small home with 10 people, all trying to make a better life for themselves in Vancouver. I have an appreciation of the role family had on my life, and I hope to learn about your family of origin in counselling and explore how it has shaped who you are.
I identify with the LGBTQ+ community.
I recognize that each person has unique experiences with discrimination and oppression. Oppression overlaps with what makes you unique (e.g., race, gender identity/expression, economic status, biology, sexual preferences, abilities, age, personality, occupation, education, etc.). Respecting and celebrating diversity informs my counselling practice.
Growing up as a person of colour, I experienced hate speech, fears from family members and in the workplace about who I was as a person. These experiences, and through my relationship with my first counsellor, led me to activism in support of causes that work to build awareness of queer stories in society, prevention of suicide in young people, and anti-bullying.
5811 Cooney Rd Suite 305 , Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, V6X 3M1
Phone: (604) 248-2456
Email: ajaysahota_5000@hotmail.com
Population Served:
Both Adults and Children & Adolescents
Languages:
English
How EMDR is Offered:
Both online and in-person
Areas of Expertise:
Anxiety
C-PTSD
Depression
PTSD
Social Anxiety