Chandler McMurray-Ives, RTC

Registered Therapeutic Counsellor & Relational Somatic Therapist

Chandler is a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor and Relational Somatic Therapist based in Vancouver. She works with adults dealing with trauma, relationship challenges, identity, and nervous system regulation.

She also offers psychedelic integration for individuals seeking support to translate their experiences into insight.

Chandler’s Approach

Drawing from Relational Somatic Therapy, attachment theory, and parts work (IFS-informed), I bring the body into the healing process alongside the mind. This helps people work with survival responses that usually show up as hypervigilance, overwhelm, shutdown, or freeze.

Parts work also helps you develop a better relationship with yourself, reduce the shame that keeps you stuck, and communicate more honestly in your relationships.

I work with clients from all backgrounds and recognize how relationships, culture, and systemic oppression can shape the nervous system and sense of self, including for neurodivergent, queer, and gender-diverse individuals.

My goal isn’t to hand you a fixed version of yourself, but to help you get unstuck.

Languages: English

Services She Provides

Book in if you are experiencing…

Trauma, Complex PTSD (CPTSD), or developmental trauma
Anxiety or panic
Chronic stress, burnout, or emotional overwhelm
Existential questions, a lack of purpose, or feeling lost
Functional freeze, dissociation, hypervigilance, or nervous system dysregulation
Relationship challenges, codependency, attachment wounds, or repeating relationship patterns
Avoidance, people-pleasing, perfectionism, masking, or difficulty setting boundaries
ADHD, autism, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), or navigating life as a neurodivergent person
Shame, self-criticism, feeling disconnected from yourself, or difficulty trusting yourself or your decisions
Grief, major life transitions, or feeling like a late bloomer
Exploring identity, sexuality, gender, belonging, or non-traditional relationship structures