More about Fellow Travellers Healing collective

Irvin Yalom, an existential psychiatrist, wrote:

“I prefer to think of my patients and myself as fellow travelers, a term that abolishes distinctions between ‘them’ (the afflicted) and ‘us’ (the healers)… We are all in this together, and there is no therapist and no person immune to the inherent tragedies of existence”.

We deeply align with this perspective, and based the name of our healing collective on this classic quote by Yalom.

Our Healing Collective is a group of independent practitioners with diverse professional backgrounds who work under the shared mission and vision of Fellow Travellers.

We are not experts on what is best for you. We are here to guide you as you walk your own unique path.

Our role is to guide you to connect more deeply to your own inner wisdom and resources, and to offer you the presence, validation, education, strategies and fresh perspective you may need along the way.

Fellow Travellers Healing Collective seeks to re-humanize the field of mental health and psychology by working together to address the whole person and heal the deeper cause of suffering. 

We believe that we are stronger together, and therefore envision creating a group of diverse practitioners who work collaboratively to help you get to the root of your mental and emotional pain.

We seek to dismantle traditional hierarchies in the therapy room and empower both seekers and guides on their shared journey of healing, growth and transformation.

We address mental health through a holistic lens, and seek to bring awareness to psychological, physical, creative, spiritual, intellectual and social needs in order to facilitate growth and healing. We recognize and value the complex and dynamic aspects of being human, and therefore work in a way that is deep and embodied. It is our fullest intention to help you understand and heal the root cause of your suffering.

We recognize that labels are healing for some, and harmful for others, and seek to speak in a language that aligns with you. While we seek to recognize and treat the root cause of diagnosed mental illnesses, we also recognize that the dominant system primarily puts responsibility for healing on the individual, and often neglects to examine collective and intergenerational trauma, systemic oppressions, and environmental and societal injustices. 

Without this awareness, we may spend our time striving to be “normal” in a flawed system, rather than focusing on what matters most to us and living out our fullest potential in line with our own sovereignty. This perspective deeply informs our work, inside and outside of the therapy room. 

We are committed to being inclusive, trauma-trained, anti-racist, anti-oppressive and sex-positive. We are also committed to doing our own work. We believe that those who are working in the position of the ‘therapist’ need to be doing their own healing, growth and self-reflection, as we can only meet you as deeply as we have met ourselves.