I’m so glad you’re here! My name is Mik Turje and my pronouns are they/them.

I am a white, queer, trans, second-generation settler of Hungarian decent. I’m a Registered Social Worker with a background in healthcare and community development.

I hold a Master of Social Work from the University of British Columbia, and a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Victoria, where I also studied gender and sexuality.

My practice is informed by intersectional feminism, trauma-awareness, queer theory, client-centred, and strengths-based frameworks, and my work is influenced by various counselling modalities including: Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Somatic Psychotherapy, Motivational Interviewing, Relational Psychotherapy, Feminist Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Skills, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Internal Family Systems/Parts Work.

I weave diverse life experiences into my counselling practice and have over a decade’s experience working in community development engaging with communities to find solutions to food insecurity, poverty, social isolation, substance use and mental health issues, with a focus on seniors, youth and newcomers. I also work part-time as a Social Worker at a local Community Health Centre. These experiences have taught me that holism, connection to community, and the ability to participate in collective change are crucial to our mental and emotional wellbeing.

Clients describe me as emotionally generous and warm, and that I bring a healthy dose of humour and levity to sessions (I apologize in advance for all the dad jokes). When I’m not working, you can find me hanging out with my little mutt Hector, reading at least 5 books at once about whatever topic my ADHD brain is fixating on at the time, nerding out about nature, and of course getting up above the treeline with a backpack.

Interested in working with me?

Why the name Treeline?

I’m in love with mountain landscapes and go as often as I can into our local mountains to get a little distance from day-to-day life. After pushing uphill through the trees for hours, there a moment when you emerge into the bright open space of the mountaintops and suddenly the topography stretches out in every direction. Above the treeline you can appreciate where you are in the world, how far you’ve come, and where you are going.

“We all need the quiet place from which to regard the turbulence. From far away you see the pattern, the connections, and the thing as whole, see all the islands and the routes between them. [Whereas] up close it all dissolves into texture and incoherence and immersion.”

- Rebecca Solnit

I try to make the therapy hour this place outside of your regular life and pace where you can gain new perspectives: perhaps trying on new ways of being and being seen, and seeing your past, present, strengths, growth, habits, patterns, and values – so that you can keep this perspective close even as you descend back into turbulence of life, work, relationships, and other demands.