Quetzo is a registered psychotherapist and counsellor in good standing with the BC College of Social Workers, and BC Association of Social Workers.
Quetzo provides therapy in private practice to a broad community in Vancouver.
Beyond academic graduate work, she has completed extensive training and certification in EMDR, Narrative Therapy, Somatic (body-based) Psychotherapy, Response-Based, CBT, DBT, EFFT, and AEDP. Her approach in therapy is integrationist, meaning she works with a variety of modalities. Quetzo is informed by the principles of somatic psychology, interpersonal neurobiology and nervous system regulation, attachment theory, and mindfulness practices.
Working as a therapist for 15 years
Quetzo operates a private practice in Vancouver and the lower mainland. Quetzo completed a Master of Social Work at the University of Victoria, and has a degree in Somatic and Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University in Boulder Colorado.
Experienced helping people with
Methods and approaches
20 years working in mental health, social resilience and community
- Therapy Clinician, BC Children’s and and Women’s Hospital, Inpatient Mental Health
- Individual and Family Therapist at Looking Glass Residence
- Counselling Team Lead at Galiano Refugee Project
- Participatory Action Researcher at Raincity’s LGBTQ2S+ Housing Project
- Prevention Educator Alliance coordinator →
- Worked with young men in jail and the foster care system
- Facilitates workshops and experiential education on various topics: sexualized violence, gender variance, inclusivity, and sex-positivity; eating disorders and mental health resilience; and the Work That Reconnects
- Worked as the director of the Anti Violence Project (AVP) in Victoria
- Worked as a therapist at the Victoria Sexual Assault Center
- Quetzo at Harm Seduction →
- Worked as photojournalist at the Denver Post