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Decipher Counselling Art Therapy Studio

Decipher is built on inclusivity: where the QTBIPOC community is centred.

Whether you’re curious about 1:1 counselling or want to join an art therapy workshop, we meet you where you are with compassion, evidence-based care, and a touch of creativity.

05/12/2026

A gentle reminder:
You don’t have to hold everything by yourself.
It’s okay to lean on support.
It’s okay to share the weight
It’s okay to let others show up for you, too.

Sometimes strength looks like opening up, setting boundaries, or simply admitting that things feel heavy. Healing was never meant to happen in isolation.

Take a deep breath. Give yourself permission to put some of the weight down this week 💗💗

05/04/2026

Our nervous system is bigger than we think.
It carries an ecosystem of lineage, culture, land, and we’re always in relationship with each other.

It reminds me of Deepa Iyer’s work on the social change ecosystem: a sustaining committing practice where each of us move in and out of different roles in advocating (weavers, storytellers, healers, frontline responders…) depending on where we feel most resourced. That we don’t always have to be all the roles all at once.

From the way we show up, to the energy we bring when we slow down, we are bridging portals to build on the nervous system.

05/03/2026

How we show up relationally has shifted since 2019: our social defenses are high and the fear of being rejected, othered, judged, seen dictates how we end up being agreeable and masking our way through.

We discuss the bandwagon effect and groupthink and cancel culture and the need to feel all-knowing/competent all the time.

Through a therapeutic art prompt, we’ll get curious about what these patterns are doing for us, and where they might be costing us.

When:
Saturday May 23, 1-3pm

Where:
Room 317 - 402 W Pender St.
(4 spots left)

🌐 Save your spot: https://luma.com/wo6liryu

Off-Screen Hours drop-ins is a weekend art-based group to slow that down. Through curated creative prompts led by a qualifying art therapist and counsellor, we’ll explore how you tend to show up, where you might be over-adjusting, and what being more like yourself could look like in a way that still feels comfortable.

04/29/2026

Long form content making is a challenge I’m hoping to try out in this era! If you like our newsletters and enjoy tuning into podcast-style talks, we’d love to share more with you 🍵

Some thoughts shared:
• what it’s like/what happens when I go off screens and work for a month
• climbing the fear ladder 🪜
• liberating my creative voice
• glitches in the system
• attention is sacred off the grid
• ethnography, culture
• building community & making art
• healing my relationship with $
and more!

🌐 ‘I went analog as a therapist who struggles to rest’

04/21/2026

Decipher’s bibliotherapy book club energy 📚🫖🌀

Sign up 🔗 https://luma.com/ef1w1whc

We start on April 28th 🍏

04/17/2026

Parable of the Sower is our chosen book! 📕
thanks for voting everyone ✏️

Bibliotherapy Book Club is designed by a licensed therapist, third culture kid, and fiction lover to help us get in touch with our feelings through literature analysis. By reading we open up new and diverse perspectives, create shared understanding and experiences, and expand our capacity for empathy.

3 zoom sessions, every 2 weeks, on Tuesday evenings:
• April 28 intro session: you don’t need to read the book yet!
• May 12 midway debrief: check in what matters
• May 26 closing reflections: reflective prompts, takeaways

Our goal is accessibility, we want you to be able to identify, explore, and process your feelings through the medium of reading.

Sign up on luma.com/decipherstudio
$30-35 for all 3 zoom sessions
You will receive a reading guide after you sign up.

FAQs:
• where is this? when will I get the link?
-zoom, you will get the link an hour before each session

• when do I need to read the book by
-you need to have a copy of the book by our first session, April 28 we will be reading slowly and deliberately so need to finish the book by the first session

• what do I need to bring to the sessions
-a notebook, pencil
-any questions you may have
-excitement and curiosity

• what is the reading guide like?
-intended to help you read with a critical eye and specific focus on community and intergenerational healing

• why every 2 weeks?
-no urgency culture here
-slow, deliberate engagement with the text, we want you to feel like you can take your time

• what if I can’t make it on one of the sessions
-zoom sessions will be recorded for your convenience

• how deep will the sessions be?
-as deep as you choose (depending on how much you share in the group)
-we will explore the themes, characters, and story in depth but what you choose to share and your reflections and personal learning will be yours to share

• what if there aren’t enough sign ups? (minimum: 4)
- we will keep all the information and poll for another time that may work better for folks

04/15/2026

Decipher’s Anonymous

What’s shared here stays here.
Your stories. Your art. Your values
Held sacred, always in transformation 🫶

04/10/2026

Decipher’s Bibliotherapy Book Club is launching at the end of April! Go cast your vote on the book you want to read and explore in our previous post. We will choose the winner next week!

If you:

🍏 like to go in-depth,

🤲 tend to be more reflective and introspective,

🍅 like to share your hot takes!

🐎 like to explore characters, themes, story arcs (English lit class represent!!)

💚 are overwhelmed by the idea of talk therapy, but still want to to talk about interpersonal relationships from a therapeutic lens

🍀 want to form community and connect with other like-minded individuals

📗 have been described as thoughtful or opinionated

…then Bibliotherapy Book Club is for you!

Follow us for updates 🫶

04/08/2026

Bibliotherapy Book Club is designed by a licensed therapist, third culture kid, and fiction lover to help us get in touch with our feelings through literature analysis.

Our goal is accessibility, we want you to be able to identify, explore, and process your feelings through the medium of reading. We know that getting to the root of your feelings can be hard, especially if you’re less comfortable in a traditional 1:1 counselling session.

That’s why we’re offering Bibliotherapy Book Club (online!), with themed readings and reflective prompts to get you in your feels, to help you think critically, and to offer your nervous system the opportunity to slow down.

Our theme this month is intergenerational healing. Which book would you prefer to explore in depth?

02/11/2026

Maddison Miller (she/they) is a registered therapeutic counsellor and art therapist who creates space for clients to explore, express, and heal in ways that feel true to them. She brings warmth and curiosity to her work, helping people reconnect with parts of themselves, identity and experiences they may have forgotten or are just starting to discover.

Maddison works with clients ages 10+ and specializes in queer-affirming care, neurodivergent-affirming support, religious trauma, and creative blocks.

Maddison is accepting new clients for in-person sessions in Vancouver and online. Free consultation at deciphercounselling.com 💛

Address

402 West Pender Street
Vancouver, BC
V6B1T6

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 7pm
Tuesday	10am - 7pm
Wednesday	10am - 7pm
Thursday	10am - 7pm
Saturday	1:30pm - 5pm

Website

http://deciphercounselling.com/

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