{"id":561,"date":"2025-05-27T07:59:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/menstherapycentre.ca\/MTC\/?page_id=561"},"modified":"2025-05-27T08:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T15:00:09","slug":"flora-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/menstherapycentre.ca\/MTC\/flora-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"flora-staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"561\" class=\"elementor elementor-561\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e2cba4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"26e2cba4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;mountains&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-top\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" opacity=\"0.33\" d=\"M473,67.3c-203.9,88.3-263.1-34-320.3,0C66,119.1,0,59.7,0,59.7V0h1000v59.7 c0,0-62.1,26.1-94.9,29.3c-32.8,3.3-62.8-12.3-75.8-22.1C806,49.6,745.3,8.7,694.9,4.7S492.4,59,473,67.3z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" opacity=\"0.66\" d=\"M734,67.3c-45.5,0-77.2-23.2-129.1-39.1c-28.6-8.7-150.3-10.1-254,39.1 s-91.7-34.4-149.2,0C115.7,118.3,0,39.8,0,39.8V0h1000v36.5c0,0-28.2-18.5-92.1-18.5C810.2,18.1,775.7,67.3,734,67.3z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M766.1,28.9c-200-57.5-266,65.5-395.1,19.5C242,1.8,242,5.4,184.8,20.6C128,35.8,132.3,44.9,89.9,52.5C28.6,63.7,0,0,0,0 h1000c0,0-9.9,40.9-83.6,48.1S829.6,47,766.1,28.9z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a9330e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6a9330e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6562018a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6562018a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d60f2ec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d60f2ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2670b293 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2670b293\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/menstherapycentre.ca\/MTC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cedar-trees-whistler-british-columbia-keith-levit.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-271\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/menstherapycentre.ca\/MTC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cedar-trees-whistler-british-columbia-keith-levit.webp 675w, https:\/\/menstherapycentre.ca\/MTC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cedar-trees-whistler-british-columbia-keith-levit-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c072180 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1c072180\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-750dfa02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"750dfa02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Flora Pagan - Counsellor, RSW<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5658bcc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5658bcc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Background:<br \/>Flora has lived on Songhees and Esquimalt territory since 2010. Born in Scotland, she and her family moved to Treaty 7 territory (Calgary) where she grew up.<\/p><p>Flora holds a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Victoria and is a Registered Social Worker with the B.C. College of Social Workers. Before becoming a counsellor she spent many years working in low-barrier mental health, substance use, and shelter services. Flora joined MTC in 2021.<br \/><br \/>Approach:<br \/>Flora is warm and genuine and believes there is always hope for healing. She uses somatic, attachment-based, and response-based counselling approaches to build trust, resourcing, and dignity. She supports clients to understand themselves and their experiences with compassion and care.<br \/><br \/>Above all, Flora\u2019s work is grounded in respect for her clients and social justice ethics. She has worked with and for many communities and has experience exploring topics relating to trauma, ethnicity, disability, ethnicity, sexuality, and class.<br \/><br \/>Flora\u2019s areas of focus<br \/>-the impacts of violence (interpersonal, structural)<br \/>-treating trauma<br \/>-substance use<br \/>-low mood or mood dysregulation<br \/>-disability\/neurodivergence<br \/>-depression<br \/>-anxiety<br \/>-bipolar<br \/>-PTSD\/CPTD<br \/>-ADHD<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-373f5c41 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"373f5c41\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e20744 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9e20744\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flora Pagan &#8211; Counsellor, RSW Background:Flora has lived on Songhees and Esquimalt territory since 2010. Born in Scotland, she and her family moved to Treaty 7 territory (Calgary) where she grew up. Flora holds a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Victoria and is a Registered Social Worker with the B.C. 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