My Approach

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My approach is rooted in:

Anti-oppression, intersectional feminism & trans feminism

Gender-affirming care / transgender care

Critical Race Theory & Unsettling (a settler approach to decolonization)

Trauma-informed care

Harm-reduction

Strengths-based

Health-at-every-size / fat liberation

My therapeutic approach combines the following modalities:

Response-Based Practice & Narrative Therapy

CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)

Brief Solution Focused Therapy

Mindfullness

Somatic therapy

Psychoanalytic Theory

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Credentials & Highlights

Masters of Social Work, UBC, 2021

Master's Level Counselling Practicum, QMUNITY, 2021

Research Assistant, The Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship, 2021, contributed to research on the impacts of Covid-19 on BIPOC with disabilities

Health Navigator, Trans Care BC, 2017-2020, worked with trans, Two-Spirit and questioning folks across BC to access gender-affirming healthcare services

Executive Director, Support Worker, Educator, and Volunteer Coordinator, Calgary Outlink: Centre for Gender & Sexual Diversity, 2011-2015

Training With Allen Wade, Vikki Reynolds, & Cathy Richardson in Response-Based Practice, 2014

Academic Works

Mason, B. (2022, Oct. 27). Visioning Trans and Two-Spirit Healthcare in Alberta: Reportback on research which asked Trans and Two-Spirit people working in gender-affirming care in Alberta what they envisioned for trans healthcare [Conference Session]. Summit 2022, CBRC, HIM, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Mason, B. (2025). Supporting trans, two-spirit, intersex, and gender diverse clients, loved ones, and communities in the context of the trump administration and transphobia creeping north. Perspectives News Magazine of the BC Association of Social Workers, 47 (2), 4-16.

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