My name is Haeon, and I'm a Korean-Canadian nonbinary queer therapist who specializes in complex issues like C-PTSD, treatment resistant mental illness, relational issues, grief, identity, 2SLGBTQIA+ issues, and chronic stress.

I live at the intersection of many marginalized identities and have personally struggled with severe mental illness, trauma, poverty, and discrimination based on my racialization, gender, sexual orientation, and social location. I know what it's like to feel unwelcome, crazy, desperate, and hopeless. I know what it's like to constantly feel like you're on the outside.

Despite these challenges, I grew and healed. I resisted. I rested. I cried. I spent a lot of time in the hospital, in my therapist's office, at the pharmacy. From a young age, I wanted to help, to right the wrongs in this world, but it was only as my own wounds began to close that I was able to do so in a healthy way.

Therapy is such meaningful work to me. It excites me, it challenges me, and it makes me feel human. I do this work because I truly love it and because it works! I hope many of you get to experience the alchemy of therapy for yourselves.

When I'm not being a therapist, I'm a partner, artist, academic, and parent of two wonderful critters (a dog and a bird). I spend my free time reading, hiking, weightlifting, and creating art. I mend clothes, write poetry, and stare at cool plants. Most of all, I try to live, which means I experience suffering, joy, and everything in between.

It's been more than difficult to get to this place, but I made it, and I know you can make it too.