Meet Orsolya
Hi, my name is Orsolya (she/her)
ADHD, Adolescent Issues, Anger Management, Anxiety or Fears, Autism, BIPOC and Cultural Issues, Body Image, Boundary Setting, Break-ups, Burnout, Career, Childhood Trauma, Chronic Pain, Codependency, Depression, Dissociation, Divorce, Domestic Abuse or Violence, Eating Disorders, Emotional Abuse, Family Conflict, Gambling, Grief & Loss, Identity, Immigrant Experience, Infertility or Adoption, Infidelity, Interpersonal Challenges, LGBTQIA+, Life Coaching, Life Transitions, Men’s Issues, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Parenting, Perfectionism, Personality Disorders, Prenatal & Postpartum Counselling, PTSD, Self-Esteem, Self-Development, Sexual Abuse, Shame, Social Anxiety, Spirituality, Stress, Women’s Issues
Art Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Counselling, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Gottman Couples Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Person-Centred Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy
I am a Canadian Certified Counsellor, registered with Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA). I work with individual adults who are navigating anxiety, chronic pain, depression, grief, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions. My practice tends to resonate with people who experience the world deeply—those with rich inner lives, complex personal histories, and a wish to understand themselves more fully. I often work with trauma survivors, neurodivergent adults, older adults facing periods of change, as well as artists, writers, and reflective thinkers who connect with metaphor and nuance.
Alongside individual therapy, I also work with couples. This includes couples navigating infidelity, fertility challenges, or exploring relationship structures such as open relationships and consensual non-monogamy.
In my practice, I am often drawn to clients whose experiences do not fit easily into simple categories—people carrying untold or difficult stories, navigating trauma, neurodivergence (including ADHD), spiritual or moral injury, or artistic and existential questions. My approach is integrative and collaborative, drawing from narrative and existential therapies alongside CBT, DBT, EFT, the Gottman Method, as well as EMDR, somatic and mindfulness-based practices.
My path to counselling began in academia. Before becoming a therapist, I worked as a high school teacher and literary scholar. I hold a PhD in Literature from ELTE University in Hungary and an MA in Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. My background in literature continues to shape my therapeutic work: I often draw on stories, poetry, and creative reflection, and have facilitated poetry circles, creative writing groups, and bibliotherapy-informed sessions.
I offer in-person sessions in the afternoons and evenings to accommodate different schedules.
Outside the therapy room, you can often find me with a book in hand, exploring the hiking trails around Vancouver, or practicing Vipassana meditation.
I provide therapy in English, Hungarian, and Russian.
Language: English, Hungarian, and Russian.
Registration#11253393
Education & Training
- Canadian Certified Counsellor with Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (Registration#11253393)
- MA in Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy – Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON
- PhD in Literature – ELTE University, Hungary
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy – Level 1
- EMDR – Complete Foundational Training for Treating PTSD and Complex Trauma
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Grief Counselling
- Pathways to Wholeness – Gabor Maté
- ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)
- Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies – Professional Workshop
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) – Level 1