Queer & Disability-Affirming Therapy with Sabrina Niesman, MSW, RSW

Maybe your body communicates in ways that have never felt acknowledged. Maybe you've navigated systems such as medical, educational, immigration that weren't designed for you, and you're exhausted from having to fight just to be seen. Maybe you're queer, or trans, or both, and you've spent a long time bracing for the version of therapy that requires you to explain yourself before anything else happens.

Sabrina Niesman, a Calgary social worker, specializes in supporting individuals who feel tired of being reduced to a diagnosis, status, or presenting problem. Her warm and relational approach emphasizes queer disability affirmative therapy, meeting you where you are, holding space for complexity, and moving at a pace that truly works for your nervous system.

Currently Accepting New Clients

Registered Social Worker | Queer & Trans-Affirming | Chronic Illness & Pain | Kink-Affirming | Couples | Refugees & Newcomers | Calgary, Alberta

WHO SABRINA WORKS WITH

SABRINA’S APPROACH

Sabrina Niesman therapy is rooted in a relational, validation-forward approach derived from the systems lens of social work. As a dedicated Calgary social worker, she is not here to simply hand you a toolkit and send you on your way. Instead, she is committed to sitting with you in the complexity of your experiences, helping you understand what is truly happening and why, and collaboratively building practical capacity alongside that understanding.

Sabrina utilizes queer disability affirmative therapy and emotion-focused approaches to assist clients in identifying and processing their true feelings, particularly for individuals whose chronic illness, neurodivergence, or trauma history may leave them feeling disconnected from their own internal experience.

BOOKING DETAILS

In-Person sessions in Calgary with a qualified Calgary social worker, and Virtual sessions available across Alberta.

Rates are $235/hr, with options for 60, 90, and 120-minute sessions.
Direct billing will be available soon
Lowered cost sessions may be available but will need to be discussed in the initial consult.

book a free 20-minute consult with Sabrina

CREDENTIALS & TRAINING

Master of Social Work (MSW), Clinical Social Work Practice | University of Calgary, 2026. Registered Social Worker with the Alberta College of Social Work, specializing in queer disability affirmative therapy. Bachelor of Education, Secondary Science | University of Calgary. Bachelor of Science, Cellular, Molecular and Microbial Biology, with Distinction | University of Calgary. Completed Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) and Restorative Conflict Resolution training. Earned an Aboriginal Relations Leadership Certificate | University of Calgary, and participated in the Indigenous Canada course | University of Alberta (Coursera). Providing therapy under the guidance of Sabrina Niesman, I am dedicated to enhancing mental health support for diverse communities.

Frequently Asked Questions

Please reach us at admin@revolutiontw.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.

Does Sabrina work with queer and trans clients?

Yes. Sabrina's practice is queer and trans-affirming at every level, not just tolerant. She works with queer and trans adults and youth at any stage of identity, including people who are questioning, newly out, or navigating life-long identity in a world that still often fails them

What does chronic illness therapy look like with Sabrina?

Sabrina works with the full experience of chronic illness, not just the medical facts of it. That includes grief, loss of identity, frustration with systems that dismiss you, the emotional labour of self-advocacy, and learning to trust your own body again. She brings a science-informed understanding of how bodies carry illness alongside relational counselling.

Is Sabrina kink-affirming and poly-affirming?

Yes. Sabrina offers kink-affirming support for individuals and couples. She does not pathologize kink or BDSM. For couples and triads, she works with communication, consent, conflict, and intimacy within diverse relationship structures.

Does Sabrina work with refugees and newcomers?

Yes. Sabrina works with refugees and newcomers navigating resettlement, systems, and the compounding stress of rebuilding identity and life in a new context. She brings culturally connected care and practical system navigation support alongside emotional processing.

Does Sabrina offer couples therapy?

Does Sabrina offer couples therapy?

Yes. Sabrina offers couples therapy for queer, trans, kink-involved, CNM, and otherwise non-traditional relationship structures. She does not assume the goal is to stay together, she assumes the goal is clarity and honesty. Couples sessions are 90 minutes minimum.

What is Sabrina's style like in sessions?

Warm, gentle, and relational, but not passive. She will validate your experience fully and also gently reflect patterns back to you when the time is right. Sessions are responsive rather than prescriptive, blending practical tools with emotional processing at a pace that works for your nervous system.

Is Sabrina accepting new clients?

Yes. Sabrina is currently accepting new individual clients, couples, and triads at Revolution Therapy & Wellness in Calgary. Book a free 20-minute consultation at revolutiontw.janeapp.com or contact admin@revolutiontw.com.

Does Sabrina offer lowered cost sessions?

Lowered cost sessions may be available. Contact Sabrina@revolutiontw.com to discuss before booking.