Cynthia Then

I understand that change can be difficult. I help you navigate challenges with warmth, compassion, and curiosity to recognize your strengths and feel empowered. I believe you have the ability for growth and help with self-awareness, self-compassion, and build resiliency. My counselling practice is grounded in a person-centered approach creating a space where you can speak freely and share what feels most important.

Life Transitions Counselling

My focus is in life transitions counselling, offering a welcoming space where you can bring up what feels most important. Change is a constant part of life, and I help you find clarity, connection, and meaning. Life transitions bring transformation and I help you seeking to:

• Explore identity, self-expression, and a sense of self
• Understand emotional patterns, including feelings of uncertainty, guilt, regret, and shame
• Improve emotional regulation including anxiety and perfectionism
• Re-evaluate values, beliefs, meaning, purpose, and future possibilities
• Navigate relationship changes, friendship changes, and relational injury
• Navigate shifting roles (e.g caregiving, new parents) and family dynamics including family of origin beliefs
• Explore changes in career, new profession, work environment, and academics
• Build capacity for self-awareness and resiliency
• Understand and process grief and loss

I have completed advanced education in life transitions and continue to expand my knowledge and expertise helping you navigate meaningful periods of change.

Culturally and Trauma Informed Counselling

I draw in my experiences of being a Southeast Asian woman and second-generation immigrant. I understand how culture, race, gender, neurodivergence, and generational values can shape your identity and relationships. As a Registered Nurse, I bring extensive healthcare experience to my counselling practice. I understand how work, professional environments, and social structures can impact mental health, well-being, and your purpose. I work with you seeking to:

• Understand intergenerational and workplace trauma and its relational impacts
• Improve your relationship with self through building self-awareness and self-compassion
• Improve nervous system regulation and feel connected to yourself
• Shift unhealthy patterns and understand attachment wounds to improve relationships, self-esteem, and self-worth
• Explore cultural and family of origin beliefs
• Improve communication and set healthy boundaries
• Create balance between personal and professional lives
• Explore identity, values, purpose, and meaning

My practice is inclusive, non-judgmental, and anti-oppressive, creating a space for self-expression and growth.

Additional Areas of Practice

I help you explore and connect with yourself and also provide support in areas such as:

• Stress management, burnout, and caregiver burnout
• Navigating new and chronic illness
• Personal development
• Neurodivergence
• Communication skills and boundary setting
• Family and parenting experiences