Maiya Robbie
Registered Therapeutic Counsellor
Expressive Arts Therapist
Hi, and welcome...
I’m Maiya. I'm a Certified Expressive Arts Therapist
and a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor.
My approach to therapy is compassionate,
curious, resourcing, creative
and informed by my particular constellation of studies
and experiences in the field of psychotherapy.
I'm dedicated to helping people navigate spaces
of not knowing.
Sometimes this looks like stuck-ness,
or feeling frozen at a standstill.
It may be that you are experiencing grief, overwhelm, depression or anxiety.
It may look like navigating your identity and your growth...
and sometimes...
it just feels like a shifting.
I'm here to help.
I consider my role to be a 'bridge keeper'.
I stand with you at the in-between to help find your directions.

Here, we can step into a different way of being in
and relating to our lives.
We listen in new ways, we hold curiosity for
what is and for what might be.
We slow down, we listen in,
and we explore.

It's important to take time to find the right fit...
Expressive Arts, Mindfulness Based Somatics & Depth in Therapy
I work with thoughtful adults—particularly folks navigating trauma, burnout, grief, anxiety, identity shifts, neurodivergence, and major life transitions (inclusive of perimenopause, menopause and later life awareness of neurodivergence)—who are longing for a deeper connection to themselves.
Many of the people I work with have spent years understanding their patterns intellectually. Yet beneath the insight, something still feels unresolved. They sense there is wisdom living in the body, imagination, dreams, emotions, and creative spirit that has not yet been fully heard.
My approach weaves together mindfulness based somatic therapy (Hakomi), Expressive Arts Therapy, depth psychology, dreamwork, and embodied imagination. Therapy becomes a space to slow down, listen deeply, and explore what emerges through sensation, image, movement, metaphor, creativity, and relationship.
Rather than focusing solely on symptom reduction, I am interested in supporting a more meaningful relationship with the whole of who you are—including the parts that have been hidden, protected, forgotten, or waiting to emerge.
Influenced by Hakomi, Jungian and archetypal psychology, nervous system-informed practice, and expressive arts traditions, I work with both the body's wisdom and the symbolic language of the psyche. Dreams, recurring images, creative process, and embodied experiences can become powerful guides for healing, insight, and transformation.
For those drawn to the spiritual, ancestral, or mythic dimensions of healing, our work may also include creative ritual and arts-based ceremony. Inspired by ancestral healing traditions and depth-oriented approaches to lineage and belonging, these practices offer meaningful ways to engage grief, honour transitions, explore inherited family stories, and cultivate connection with what sustains you. Through image-making, storytelling, movement, writing, and ritual, therapy can become a space not only for healing wounds, but for reconnecting with purpose, imagination, and a deeper sense of belonging.
I often support adults experiencing:
• Trauma and complex trauma
• Burnout, anxiety, and chronic overwhelm
• Grief, loss, and life transitions
• Neurodivergence, masking, and sensory sensitivity
• Relationship and attachment challenges
• People-pleasing, perfectionism, and self-worth struggles
• Intergenerational and ancestral patterns
• Spiritual questions, dreamwork, and meaning-making
Therapy with me is an invitation into a deeper conversation with yourself—through body, imagination, creativity, and relationship. Together, we create space for healing that is not only grounded and embodied, but also meaningful, soulful, and alive

Nature Based Expressive Arts Therapy:
Draws from the therapeutic benefits of BOTH the arts and relationship with the natural world ,
in an integrated way, that supports individual and collective deepening and grounding.
Reach out about nature based sessions!
"Nature based experiences fill a reservoir within us that we can later draw from
when faced with life's challenges"
Melia Snyder, author of Nature Based Expressive Arts Therapy
"Keep some room in your heart
for the unimaginable"
-Mary Oliver

I am an approved AgSafe Counsellor/provider. If you are in the agricultural industry of BC, you likely qualify for free sessions through AgSafe. Find out more here or feel free to contact me for more information.
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