Vahini Govender, MC:AT

She has been making her own typewritten zine ‘the analog evolution’ for many years, and practices ceramics arts and pottery, fibre arts, photography, fiction writing, painting, mixed media arts, and a plethora of other pursuits. She loves the forest and the ocean.

Vahini, who was born in Calgary, Canada, has travelled and moved around extensivey for many years of her life. She currently currently lives and works in the city with the colonial name: Victoria, BC, which is also known as the land of the Lekwungun speaking people. Holding a completely diasporic identity, coupled with an attraction to adventure and exploration, Vahini’s life is coloured with variance and multiple realities. Vahini’s ancestors were brought to South Africa and Mauritius from India ni the 1700s/1800s, and she has a large mixed race family who live all over the globe, mostly in Ireland/Europe, Canada and the United States.

Completing her counselling degree along with her art therapy certification, Vahini started working professionally in 2016. Now, as a registered counsellor and art therapist, she has gone further to designate herself as a psychedelic therapist. Vahini has been published by the Journal of Creativity in Mental Health.

Vahini teaches two courses at VATI – Salutogenesis and Cultural Care. She enjoys facilitating therapeutic groups, and enjoys exploring: indigeneity, power, ability, wellness, the unknown, objective science, and personal perspectives.

Vahini is a mother and yogi who embodies the feminine and the masculine, who feels and thinks deeply, and believes she is here to help.

Credentials: BA, MC:AT

Registries and Associations: DVATI, RCC, RCAT