Delaine Tiniakos-Doran (they/she) is a queer, non-binary, and neurodivergent counselling therapist. Delaine is a white settler who immigrated to Mi’kma’ki after leaving her home in Athens, Greece when her parents separated. She holds the responsibility of the treaties with great reverence on these unceded and ancestral lands of the L’nu.
Delaine’s approach to therapeutic work centers the agency, dignity, and inherent ‘enoughness’ of each client. They work with all clients in a variety of topics ranging from gender and sexuality, birth trauma, postpartum mood disorders, parenting, navigating neurodivergence in an affirming way (ADHD, ASD, C-PTSD), as well as anxiety, depression, and disordered eating.
Their main therapeutic modalities include using Parts Work, Narrative Therapy, the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM), and Felt Sense Polyvagal Theory to treat trauma, relational challenges, and to facilitate greater self-understanding. They also weave a generative somatics approach throughout all of their work. Delaine is certified in Trauma-Informed Weight Lifting. They are also comfortable with and happy to write the letters of support required for GAC and works under the WPATH 8 SoC.
Delaine also offers relational therapy through Diverse Roots Therapy in Dartmouth.
Delaine works through a trauma-informed, fat-positive, anti-oppressive, intersectional, and queer affirming lens, working to meet clients right where they are. Her perspective is that you have all the expertise on your experience, your needs, and your life, and she has some expertise to offer on the therapeutic process. Together, they hope you will make a great team. Their license number is RCT-C25-062.
