Aspen Switzer, (pronounced: as · pen), BMTH. Counsellor. Educator. Public Speaker. Singer/Songwriter. Music Therapist. Mother.
Aspen is a counsellor, specializing in neurodiversity-affirming and neurodiversity-informed care. Her work is strength based, trauma informed, and client centered.
Aspen focuses on supporting neurodivergent individuals, couples, and families to find deeper self-understanding by providing a comprehensive framework of their unique neurology. She provides a holistic model of therapy that draws from various evidence-based models, including adapted Emotion-Focused Family Therapy, Mindfulness Based Therapy, and Polyvagal theory.
Within the last 20 years, Aspen has gained a variety of experience in areas of support such as, group facilitator, music therapist, addiction and mental health, grief and loss, end of life care, and as an outreach family counsellor.
Currently, Aspen is working on completing her Masters Thesis through Concordia University. She is excited to be researching the impacts of reclaiming a positive neurodivergent identity through self- understanding and dismantling ableism.
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I acknowledge that the colonized land on which I practice is the traditional and unceded territory of the q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie) and qw'ʔntl'en (Kwantlen) Peoples. I recognize that land acknowledgements are only a small part of the ongoing work needed in order to seek actual truth and reconciliation.