Jasmin Khangura, MSW, RSW
BCCSW #16087
Therapy is about the connection between two people. I’m here to make sure you have the tools to make your transitions as smooth as possible. It is possible to hold space for both the light and the darkness in life without feeling consumed.
Therapy isn’t always a smooth or comfortable experience and sometimes it can get worse before it gets better. My goal is to create a safe and warm space for you to explore, unpack, and navigate your concerns. I work from a client-centered, anti-oppressive lens. This means that we both hold expertise in our relationship. You are the expert in your lived experience and I hold important teachings from my education. I also understand that there are oppressive systems that impact our daily lives. My feminist lens and trauma-informed perspective can help to unpack these systems and help empower you to find your potential and truth.
In our work, I will be steady in ensuring your safety, needs, and perspective are the centre of the conversation. I can offer a counselling space that feels collaborative, honours your ancestral journey, your lived experience, self-determination, and integrity. I will give permission to every part of you to show up no matter how messy or focused they are. We will work at a pace that feels safe and ensure every part of you has given full consent to the process.
Outside of being a counsellor, I am also a competitive powerlifter, slow-reading bookworm, metal music-enjoyer, musician, at-home baker, and cross-stitcher. I find humour in the balance I hold with the rough and toughness while I’m in the outside world being in powerlifting and listening to metal music, but while I’m inside my home, I find joy in the softer things in life.
Education and Training
Associates Certificate in Complex Trauma at the Justice Institute of BC (ongoing)
EMDR Therapist (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy)
Masters degree in Social Work at University of British Columbia.
Undergraduate degree in Psychology with honours at Douglas College.
Diploma of Professional Counselling at Vancouver College of Counsellor Training.
Years of work experience in supporting those who have experienced intimate partner violence and/or sexual violence.
Professional Training
Generative Somatics (ongoing)
Level 1 training with the IFS Institute (ongoing)
Trauma Treatment Certification Training (CCTP) by Janina Fisher
San’yas: Indigenous Cultural Safety Training, Core ICS Mental Health
5-Day Foundations Certificate Training from The Vancouver School of Narrative Therapy
Honouring Our Sacred Rage with Dr. Jennifer Mullan
Spiritual Activism 101, 102, and Radical Hope with Rachel Ricketts
Introduction to Gender-based Analysis+ by the Government of Canada
Intro to Gender Diversity by Provincial Health Services Authority
Gender-Affirming Primary Care through UBC Faculty of Medicine, CPD
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Or email me at jasmin@sacredemberscounselling.com