Valerie Law

Registered Therapeutic Counsellor
& Relational Somatic Therapist

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As a queer, neurodivergent, and highly sensitive person, I know what it’s like to feel overstimulated in a world that moves too fast — or the ache of not quite fitting in. Growing up socialized as a girl, my neurodivergence went unrecognized. I was seen as bright but anxious, often physically unwell with no clear explanation.

I was fortunate to receive support, but it never addressed the root of what was happening beneath the surface. Over time, I became a high-masking individual who learned to blend in. But if you’ve ever tried this approach, you know how exhausting it is — a survival strategy that eventually led me into burnout.

Needing a more sustainable way of being myself, I began the work of understanding things differently — exploring holistic health and realizing what Western medicine had missed: that the mind and body are deeply interconnected.

I support a variety of people, and it’s not essential that I have personal experienced in what they’re navigating.

Still, for some, it can be important to work with a therapist who’s walked through similar terrain.

These are areas where I bring both lived experience and professional focus:

Neurodivergence & HSP

Grief, Loss, Death, & Depression

Overwhelm, Anxiety, & Burn Out

Trauma & PTSD

Sexual Abuse & Assault

Chronic Health Challenges & IBS

Autoimmune Disorders

Head Injuries & PEM

Addiction & Hoarding

Navigating Expanded Relationships

Exploring Identity & Queerness

Activism & Environmental Work

EcoSoma’s Story

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Before becoming a counsellor, I spent nearly a decade in environmental conservation, herbalism, and outdoor education. That work taught me that caring for the earth starts with how we care for ourselves. We are not separate from nature — our bodies, communities, and ecosystems are all connected. When we tend to our own healing, we ripple that care outward into our relationships, our work, and the wider world around us.

In my practice, I integrate evidence-based approaches with somatic awareness and nature-based perspectives to help people build self-trust, soften patterns of self-doubt, and feel more at home in themselves.

I see personal healing and ecological healing as inseparable — both ask us to slow down, listen closely, and remember we belong.

The name EcoSoma is deeply personal to me. I wanted to reflect that our health and individual wellbeing is interconnected with each other and nature. I decided on EcoSoma shortly after my Oma (grandmother) had passed. She inspired me by being wildly herself, a matriarch passionate about holistic health. I love that Oma is within EcoSoma.