Registered Social Worker | M.S.W.
About Hannah Peirce
I believe therapy should feel like a soft place to land
Therapy is a space where you don’t need to perform, explain, or prove anything. Just show up as you are. I’ll meet you there.
Clients often come to me feeling overwhelmed, self-critical, or just unsure of what’s “off.” They’re doing all the right things but still feel disconnected, anxious, or exhausted by the constant pressure to keep it together. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone.
My role is to help you make sense of what’s happening inside — whether that’s untangling old patterns, navigating life changes, or just making more room for who you’re becoming.
My approach to working with you
I’m a registered social worker offering therapy to adults across Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia. My style is warm, collaborative, and gently curious. I bring in elements of emotionally focused therapy and psychodynamic therapy — but more importantly, I tailor our work to what feels supportive to you.
Some of what I value in our work:
Moving at your pace — never pushing, never rushing
Making space for nuance, complexity, and contradictions
Using both words and the body’s wisdom as tools for healing
I hold my clients in deep regard. You are the expert on your experience. I’m here to help you listen to it more closely.
Credentials & care
I hold a Master of Social Work and I’m a member of Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers in good standing. I participate in ongoing continuing education, clinical supervision, and I continue to learn from educators, peers, and clients themselves.
I work with people of all backgrounds, and I strive to create a space that honours your full identity. My practice is LGBTQ2S+ affirming, trauma-informed, and shaped by anti-oppressive principles.
A little bit about me…
Growing up in two countries and cultures taught me about complexity — about holding multiple worlds within oneself, and how that can bring both richness and tension.
Having family abroad has shaped my understanding of what it means to stay connected across distance — to navigate relationships when we miss milestones, when distance brings greater complexity to what already lives between us, or find that language doesn’t always capture what we mean.
These experiences inform the curiosity and compassion I bring to my work with clients who are reflecting on their identities, relationships, and how to navigate these questions moving forward.
I’ve always been drawn to stories — in books, films, and the ways people make sense of their lives. Therapy, too, can be a kind of storytelling: a space to explore, revise, and understand the narratives that shape us.
In therapy, I welcome clients to bring their own sources of meaning — whether that’s through art, books, or personal passions — as we make sense of their inner world together.