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Clayre Sessoms

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RP, CCC, ATR-BC

Rooted in connection. Moved by the stories we hold. In service of liberating all parts.

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Clayre Sessoms

Registered Psychotherapist

I’m Clayre. I’m a white, trans, blind, and queer psychotherapist and art therapist on unceded Coast Salish territories. I’ve spent most of my adult life learning how we speak and how we can listen. That includes un/learning what I was taught about power, care, and whose stories get believed. Twenty-five years ago, I began as a massage therapist and gentle yoga teacher. Over time, that work led me through the arts and into psychotherapy—where story, sensation, and imagination meet.

I know what it’s like to sit on your side of the screen, beginning again in therapy that asks you to slow down and feel instead of perform. That experience shapes how I show up: with curiosity, compassion, and a kind of humour that helps us breathe when things get heavy. Healing is serious work; we don’t have to take ourselves too seriously while we do it.

My approach is psychodynamic and body-aware. We pay attention to what happens between us and within you—the patterns that repeat, the feelings that go quiet, and the wisdom your body keeps trying to share. Some sessions are gentle conversation and quiet reflection; others might invite image, imagination, a bit of songwriting, or simple stillness. However we work, we follow what feels true and possible for you, at your pace.

As a trans-feminine and queer therapist in Vancouver, I’m attentive to how systems shape our sense of safety and belonging, and how we can loosen their grip. My work is rooted in justice, reclamation, and the belief that healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken; it’s about remembering what’s always been here.

Beyond online therapy sessions, I co-host The Living Practice podcast with my friend and colleague Laura Hoge, RSW. I write regularly on our online therapy practice blog, and I share guided meditations on Insight Timer. Each is another way I explore how presence, play, and imagination can sustain us in hard times.

If you decide to work with me, expect steadiness, collaboration, and room for laughter alongside the hard truths. We’ll make space for what’s ready to move—and help you reclaim yourself.

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