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Kristi Lemke
(They/Them/Theirs)
MSW, RSW
Welcome!
I’m Kristi, a Registered Social Worker (RSW), Psychotherapist with extensive experience in various practice settings serving diverse populations as both a therapist and community-based social worker.
Our experiences are intrinsically tied to living under the weight of colonialism, capitalism, and cis-heteropatriarchy, which is daunting to bear alone. My approach to therapy is relational, non-pathologizing, neurodiversity and 2SLGBTQIA+ affirming, trauma- and structurally informed. I believe that healing is a relational process and value the importance of both developing and maintaining a strong therapeutic alliance. Together, we can co-construct an intentional, safe and compassionate space that explores the complexities of life with curiosity; including the ups, downs and in-betweens.
As an integrative and relational therapist, I combine techniques and theoretical frameworks from different therapy styles and to suit your unique needs. This also includes bringing aspects of my lived experience as a queer non-binary, disabled, neurodivergent, COVID conscious human as well as creativity, humour, and playfulness into the therapy process. Additionally, my practice is rooted in queer, abolitionist, and anti-colonial thought as well as the principles guiding body neutrality, collective liberation, harm reduction and disability justice.
In our work together, I may draw from different therapy modalities such as:
- Talk Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Exposure, Response and Prevention (ERP)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Trauma-informed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Attachment-Focused Approaches
- Somatic (Body-Focused) Approaches
I have supported folks from varied social, cultural and economic backgrounds navigate an array of topics like self-exploration, gender and sexuality, grief and loss, complex trauma, life transitions, neurodivergence, social inequities, disability, OCD, depression, anxiety, substance use and beyond.
It is a great honour to bear witness to your (un)becoming and to work alongside you on your healing journey. I offer a 20-minute free consultation to get to know each other and determine if we are a good match.
I am committed to providing accessible and affordable therapy, please reach out directly for more information on sliding scale options.
Please Note:
My practice is exclusively virtual and open to individuals who are 16 years of age or older and located in Ontario.
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“Everything that is worthwhile is done with other people” — Mariame Kaba
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