Decipher Counselling Art Therapy Studio

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.

Sometimes dreams aren’t about becoming someone new - they’re about remembering who we are beneath the pressure, expectat...
03/03/2026

Sometimes dreams aren’t about becoming someone new - they’re about remembering who we are beneath the pressure, expectations, and survival mode.

What’s one dream that feels like it’s calling you lately?

Year of the Fire Horse starts on Feb 17th. In Chinese culture, fire brings us amplified energy and transformation, while...
02/17/2026

Year of the Fire Horse starts on Feb 17th. In Chinese culture, fire brings us amplified energy and transformation, while the fire horse symbolizes loyalty, action, and forward movement. We will navigate with discernment, courage when taking steady action through 2026.

Ramadan begins on Feb 17/18th. The 9th month of the Islamic calendar is a sacred time of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community. Muslims around the world observe this month through dawn-to-sunset fasting, increased devotion, and acts of charity.

While spirituality, astrology, and zodiac signs aren’t deterministic forces acting upon us, they are a map of ancient wisdom and practices that sharpens our intuition and guide our intentions.

Happy Year of the Horse and wishing you a very blessed Ramadan!

Year of the Fire Horse starts on Feb 17th. In Chinese culture, fire brings us amplified energy and transformation, while...
02/17/2026

Year of the Fire Horse starts on Feb 17th. In Chinese culture, fire brings us amplified energy and transformation, while the fire horse symbolizes loyalty, action, and forward movement. We will navigate with discernment, courage when taking steady action through 2026.

Ramadan begins on Feb 28th. The 9th month of the Islamic calendar is a sacred time of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community. Muslims around the world observe this month through dawn-to-sunset fasting, increased devotion, and acts of charity.

While spirituality, astrology, and zodiac signs aren't deterministic forces acting upon us, they are a map of ancient wisdom and practices that sharpens our intuition and guide our intentions.

Happy Year of the Horse and wishing you a very blessed Eid!

Maddison Miller (she/they) is a registered therapeutic counsellor and art therapist who creates space for clients to exp...
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 q***r-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 💛

When was the last time you read something longer than a social media caption?If you've been feeling stuckness, brain-fog...
02/06/2026

When was the last time you read something longer than a social media caption?

If you've been feeling stuckness, brain-foggy, and scattered, this isn't accidental.

Swipe to see what we're doing about it ➡️

We want to pick your brain: in the comment section, share one thing YOU do to reclaim your focus or which activity sounds most interesting to you!

02/05/2026

At Decipher, we hold space where you can be understood.

Where we advocate with you,
offer a place to create,
a room of your own to evolve,
while deepening/connecting to parts of you and to others who matter!

Are you ready to imagine what that could look like?

When your fave team of creative therapists from the city get together for photo day 🫖We are a multidisciplinary team of ...
02/02/2026

When your fave team of creative therapists from the city get together for photo day 🫖

We are a multidisciplinary team of art therapists, clinical counsellors, trauma specialists, artists, and somatic practitioners 🫶

No.1, 3, 5 are film photos developed by Natasha 🎞️
No.2, 4 digicam and dji vid by Linda

There’s no force more powerful than a heart that keeps making room for more love. 💕 when we discover that love isn’t a f...
02/01/2026

There’s no force more powerful than a heart that keeps making room for more love.

💕 when we discover that love isn’t a finite resource

💕 and make room to expand to into the decisions we make

💕 from softening to advocating ways we treat ourselves and each other

We are going analog! And you’re invited to come along 🚗💨Decipher’s February 2026 art therapy workshop schedule! ✏️ ✮ wee...
01/30/2026

We are going analog! And you’re invited to come along 🚗💨

Decipher’s February 2026 art therapy workshop schedule! ✏️

✮ weekly OFF-SCREEN HOURS digital detox drop-ins with Nikki and Michelle ~ last in the series.ᐟ.ᐟ
Feb 6: Swipe fatigue (pay what you can)
Feb 13: Ghosted
Feb 20: Main Character Energy

✮ tear club! Soft Reset: Plan Imperfectly
Feb 22nd with Chloe

⋆˙⟡ ✎ save your spot (🔗 in b!0) and mark your calendars 📔✨

In the future, what kind of workshops would you like?

01/29/2026

At Decipher, we hold space where you can be understood. Where we advocate with you, a place to create, a room of your own to evolve, deepening and connecting to parts of you and others who matter!

Are you ready to imagine what that could look like?

Off-screen hours is where we connect off the grid, make some art, and rest.For our last series, Digital Disconnection, w...
01/28/2026

Off-screen hours is where we connect off the grid, make some art, and rest.

For our last series, Digital Disconnection, we're talking all about nervous system care, so you can make room to feel and express and explore what it means to build choice outside of constant availability.

Feb 6th → Swipe Fatigue : the emotional exhaustion of endless options and the ache of no real connection. (pay-what-you-can: $5+)
Feb 13th → Ghosted : the emotional impact of being left on read, ignored, or misunderstood online.
Feb 20th → Main Character Energy : exploring curated identities versus inner truths. (last event for off screen hours!)

📍 402 W Pender St. Vancouver
✏ Fridays in February, 3-5pm
📂 Max 5 participants!
Tickets: luma.com/user/decipherstudio

Your hosts:
Nikki (she/her) — mixed-race, q***r art therapist who gets it. Film background meets intersectional feminism meets helping you rewrite the stories that don't fit anymore.

Michelle (she/her) — q***r, neurodivergent, chronically ill counsellor. Eldest daughter. 10+ years holding space for survivors. Here for the messy, silenced parts of you.

We'll see you there! 🍊

Love is a practice, a verb.Maybe this perspective feels so hard when we been taught that love means sacrifice, complianc...
01/23/2026

Love is a practice, a verb.

Maybe this perspective feels so hard when we been taught that love means sacrifice, compliance, forgetting, and we taught ourselves to stay silent, pander, and suppress.

‘Love’ that requires us to abandon our values, parts of us and identity isn’t it.

The work of love looks like:
• Setting loving boundaries with people we care about.
• Speaking your truth even when our voice shakes.
• Honouring our anger (personal and collective) instead of emotionally/spiritually bypassing it.

This isn’t the kind of love that keeps everyone seen and get to safety.

And the kind of love that sets us and our community free.

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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

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Individualized Therapy

At Decipher Counselling Art Therapy Studio you will find...

Confidential & individualized treatment for your needs

Offering Counselling sessions for individuals and relationships in-person or online

Sometimes getting started is the hardest part, so I offer complimentary initial consultations for those who come for the first time to see if we are a good fit. We will be getting to know you and how to best support you.