Nilou

Nilou Esmaeilpour

Counselor

“At Lotus Therapy, I offer evidence-based and body-focused therapeutic interventions that heal the root of your issues.”

About Me

At Lotus Therapy, I help clients explore deep-seated patterns that keep them stuck. I integrate body-focused techniques, like breathwork, with evidence-based practices to address the core of your concerns. This can be particularly helpful if past experiences affect your present well-being. We work together to process emotions held in the body, fostering lasting healing and stability. I aim to create a space where you can truly connect with yourself.

Approach

Healing starts with gentle attention to sensations and patterns, then we translate those experiences into clear steps toward change. In Coquitlam and online, in English or Farsi, sessions are paced to your rhythm—grounded, curious, and practical. I guide present-moment body awareness, targeted processing, and simple skills practice, and offer brief reflection prompts between meetings so new responses settle into daily life. This way of working tends to help people navigating trauma, anxiety, or long-standing relational patterns.
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Basic Information

In-person & Online

Services

Services Offered:

  • CBT

    Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, a structured, evidence-based approach that identifies and changes unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours.

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  • EMDR

    Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, a therapy that uses guided eye movements to help the brain process and integrate traumatic memories.

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  • Somatic Psychotherapy

    A form of therapy focused on the connection between mind and body, using body awareness and movement to release held tension, trauma, and emotion.

Works With:

  • Adolescents
  • Adults
  • Couples
  • Families
  • Parents

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

  • Abuse

    Emotional, physical, or sexual mistreatment by another person that causes lasting psychological harm and disrupts a person's sense of safety.

  • Body Image

    How a person perceives, thinks, and feels about their physical appearance. When persistently negative, it can drive distress, avoidance, and disordered eating.

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  • Mood Disorder

    A category of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder, in which a person's emotional state is significantly and persistently disrupted.

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  • Trauma

    The lasting psychological impact of deeply distressing events, such as violence, abuse, accidents, or disasters, that overwhelm a person's ability to cope.

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  • Personality Difficulties

    Long-standing patterns of thinking, feeling, and relating to others that cause persistent distress or problems in relationships and daily life.

  • PTSD

    Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a condition that develops after a traumatic event, causing flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, and emotional numbness.

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  • Codependency

    A relational pattern in which a person's sense of identity and self-worth becomes excessively tied to caring for or controlling another person, often at their own expense.

  • Anxiety

    Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.

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  • Stress / Burnout

    The body and mind's response to prolonged or excessive demands. When sustained, it can lead to emotional exhaustion, detachment, and reduced functioning (burnout).

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Professional Title:

  • Counselor

    A trained professional who provides talk therapy to help clients work through emotional, relational, and psychological difficulties.

Credentials

Registrations

Lotus Therapy

Counsellor

Qualifications

Shahid Beheshti University

Service Areas

Lotus Therapy

In-person & Online

Coquitlam, British Columbia

Canada

Coquitlam, Canada