Diana Sadat (She/Her)
Photographer: Saphren Lise Photography
FOUNDER & CLINICAL DIRECTOR
MCP, RCC, CST - REGISTERED CLINICAL COUNSELLoR, AASECT CERTIFIED SEX THERAPIST, Sex Therapist supervisor-in-training
Location: Vancouver, BC & Online
Availability:
Wednesdays: 9am-2pm PST (clients only)
Thursdays: 9am-12pm PST (supervision only)
Session type: In-person & virtual
Current availability for booking: not accepting clients & waitlist closed
Specialization
LGBTQ+ relationships
Low Desire & Sexual Aversion
Sexual Trauma
Painful Sex
Anxiety
Pedophilia
Clinical Sex Therapy Training
Approaches in Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy
Sex Therapy
Internal Family Systems
Somatic Approaches
Mindfulness
Anti-oppressive
Trauma-informed
Session Fees
All fees include GST.
Diana is not accepting new or waitlist clients.
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Individual
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Initial Couples
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Couples
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Session fees may be paid by Credit Card, E-Transfer, Cash, or Cheque
Click here to see information on cancellation policies, insurance coverage and more.
About Diana
Before describing my academic credentials, I want you to get to know me as a fellow human who wants to walk with you through this journey of discovery and growth. Why does this matter? During our work together, I’m asking you to become vulnerable and share some of your deepest stories and emotions with me in order to help you work through the issue(s) that landed you to working with me.
Part of this work is that you grow to trust me and trust must be earned; this is my chance to start working on earning that from you. I hold a non-judgmental, compassionate, and sex-positive approach for my clients first and foremost and my techniques and modalities are weaved into a pleasure-focused approach.
Sexuality has always been my passion. As a person who feels incredibly comfortable and open to having these conversations, I’ve experienced, first-hand, how our society views and discusses topics around sex and sexuality, particularly in relationships. I have experienced the shame, guilt, embarrassment, and discomfort around sexuality, both personally and professionally, and have made it my purpose to help as many people as I can heal from sex negativity. You should be able to ask the questions that are on your mind about sex and about your relationship and get an open and honest answer without any judgement and be welcomed with genuine interest and curiosity. I want to help spread the sexual positivity that I experience to as many people as I can, including you.
I believe that all of us are striving to find connection and safety with ourselves and others. It takes great authenticity and vulnerability to do this and I am honoured to be a part of my clients’ journeys and to create space for you to do this, especially around sexuality which has a huge impact on our lives. My goal is to help people just like you develop healthy relationships with their partners, their families, and most importantly, themselves. My work is specialized in difficulties with desire, sexual and genital pain, and healing from sexual trauma, as well as LGBTQ+ couples issues.
Who am I outside of my role as a therapist? I am a daughter, a sister, a partner, and pet owner to my three big personality kitties - Milo, Matilda, & Mia and sweet pup, Girlie. I enjoy being near the water and beach, spending time with friends and family, and curling up on the couch watching movies. Baking is one of my most peaceful and nurturing activities.
My identities are central to how I see and navigate the world – I am a queer cisgender mixed-race woman of colour.
Black lives matter. I work and live on the unceded, ancestral, and occupied, traditional lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Watuth), Stó:lō, Shíshálh (Sechelt) and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nations of the Coast Salish people as an uninvited settler.
Professional Licensure & Degrees
- AASECT Sex Therapy Supervisor-in-training, Paula Leech
- Vancouver’s first Certified Sex Therapist, American Association of Sex Educators, Counsellors, & Therapists (AASECT)
- Registered Clinical Counsellor, BC Association of Clinical Counsellors
- Masters of Counselling Psychology, Adler University
- Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of British Columbia
Professional Trainings & Experience
- We're Just Too Busy: Sensate Focus for Couples, Linda Weiner, MSW, LCSW
- 35-hour Clinical Supervision Foundations Course, Janet White via City University
- Internal Family Systems (IFS) Level 1, IFS Institute
- Becoming an Anti-Racist, Dr. Nathalie Edmond
- Internal Family Systems (IFS) for Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Addiction, & More, Dr. Richard Schwartz & Dr. Frank Anderson
- Certificate in Holistic Sex Therapy, Institute for Sexuality Education and Enlightenment
- Emotionally Focused Therapy Externship, Vancouver Couples and Family Institute
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level I Training, The Gottman Institute
- Treating Affairs and Trauma, The Gottman Institute
- Somatics in Complex Trauma, Justice Institute of British Columbia
- Healing Trauma Level I, Mindfulness-based Somatic Therapy
- Adjunct Faculty,City University of Seattle - Vancouver
- Adjunct Faculty,Adler University
- Program Researcher, Westland Academy for Clinical Sex Therapy
- Abuse Counsellor with Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Abbotsford Community Services
- Individual and Couples Counsellor, Moving Forward Family Services