Associate Therapist
Orsolya (Ursula) Kis, MA, CCC-Q, PhD (Literature)
Orsolya (Ursula) works with individual adults navigating anxiety, chronic pain, depression, grief, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions. Her practice is especially suited for those who feel deeply—clients with rich inner worlds, complex histories, and a desire for greater self-understanding. She often supports trauma survivors, neurodivergent adults, older adults facing change, as well as artists and thinkers who thrive in metaphor and nuance.
In addition to individual therapy, Orsolya (Ursula) works with couples, including those facing infidelity, fertility challenges, or exploring open relationships and non-monogamy.
She offers in-person sessions on weekends and evenings to accommodate a variety of schedules.
Issues orsolya works with:
Anxiety
Chronic Pain
Couples/Relationship Issues
Depression
Family Conflict
Grief
Infertility
Life Transitions
Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
Self Esteem
Spirituality
Stress
Women’s Issues
types of therapies
Her primary modalities are narrative therapy and existential therapies, but she also draws on CBT, DBT, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Gottman Method, Humanistic, Solution Focused, Mindfulness-based and Art Therapy-informed techniques.
Background and Training
Orsolya (Ursula) is a counselor with a background as a high school teacher and literary scholar. She holds a PhD in Literature from ELTE University in Hungary and an MA in Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, ON. Her love of books—especially novels and poetry—often finds its way into her clinical work, where she has facilitated poetry circles, creative writing groups, and bibliotherapy-informed sessions.
She works primarily with clients who bring rich inner lives and complex histories—those navigating trauma (who might carry untold stories), neurodivergence (e.g., ADHD), spiritual or moral injuries, or artistic and existential struggles. Her integrative approach draws on narrative and existential therapies, alongside CBT, DBT, EFT, Gottman Method, and mindfulness-based practices.
Outside of the therapy room, she can often be found with a book in hand, exploring the hiking trails of Vancouver, or practicing Vipassana meditation.
She provides therapy in three languages: English, Hungarian, and Russian.
