About Meera (she/her/hers):

As Founder and Director of Eagle Wellness, I bring a wealth of experience and wisdom, in life and work, to my current practice as a narrative therapist, clinical supervisor and university professor. 

I primarily work with members of queer, trans, non-binary, and BIPOC communities. We all bring a unique experience of resilience to our lives, and I hope to help you tap into this. I like to describe myself as a facilitator of your ideas and wisdom, to help you move more fully towards the change you are seeking.   

I work with counselling clients who are BIPOC queer, trans and non binary, and provide clinical supervision for professional practitioners.

I have worked for over 20 years as a social worker in Toronto in the non profit sector, as well as hospitals and palliative care in Vancouver. This greatly informs my understanding of what community workers face and need in supervision, and of what clients experience in these systems.

I now work exclusively in therapeutic counselling, clinical supervision and counsellor education. I am inspired each day in my work with counselling clients, counselling students, programs and teams. Narrative therapy has given me a perspective grounded in social justice that is so important to my practice, and this is integrated deeply into how I see and work with people. The tools I use allow for transparency, creativity and joyfulness... As a narrative therapist I truly feel this is my craft and I am excited to continue to learn and develop myself in this practice.

I am currently the Clinical Supervisor at  Vancouver Film School  (since 2017) supervising the organization's counselling programs and practices, as well as the University of Toronto Sexual Violence Prevention Program (since 2021). I provide individual clinical supervision to therapists and social workers.

I have previously provided clinical supervision at YouthCo (2020-2021) QMUNITY  (2012-2019) and WAVAW  (2018).

I am an Associate Faculty member at City University of Seattle, Victoria campus, in the Master of Counselling program.  My teaching of social justice practice centers queer and BIPOC identities.

I have an adventurous spirit and love to travel. My most memorable trip is to Nepal in 2014, where I was able to experience a trek high into the mountains for 10 days, away from electrical power lines and internet connections.

My work and my life experiences have taught me that there so much more to people than what meets the eye. We are such complex and powerful beings, able to move through transformative change at unexpected moments of our lives.

Here is a little bit about what I do to support my ongoing growth and development:

• PhD student with Taos Inst and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, looking at how queer of colour and Two Spirit scholarship can further support queer BIPOC therapists and the field in general.
• Asian American Psychological Association annual convention, workshop presenter, 2019.
• Narrative therapy advanced 3-day training "Developing Questions", Vancouver School of Narrative Therapy. 2019 
• Taos Institute conference on social constructionism, Cancun, November 2018
• Narrative Gathering conference, San Diego, Mar. 2018
• Annual 3 day conference, Vancouver School of Narrative Therapy. 2017
• UBC Faculty Instructional Skills Workshop, 3 day teaching development. 2016
  
• Narrative Therapy Foundations and Advanced level 3-day intensive trainings, Vancouver School of Narrative Therapy. Spring and fall 2015 
  
• Mindfulness Based Counselling Strategies, 2-day training. Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute. 2014 
  
• Journal subscriptions: Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics; International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work

Supervision is with Vikki Reynold's  monthly Solidarity Group and individually as needed. 

In addition:

• Registered with Ministry of Justice Crime Witness Assistance Program 
• Able to provide receipts as a Registered Social Worker (RSW). Please contact your insurance company to verify your coverage before booking an appointment with me. 
  

My availability and fees:

• I am currently prioritizing space for queer BIPOC counselling clients, and queer supervision clients.
• You may book an initial consultation here , please do not book a counselling appointment.
• Fees, payable via debit (no added fees), credit card (processing fee is added): 
• $160 for a one hour individual session,
• $225 for a 90 min relationship and family counselling session.