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Email: clydemasontherapy@gmail.com
Phone: 437-747-6341
"The land speaks through our bodies"
Meet Clyde
I'm Clyde. I'm a white settler and a trans man who uses he, him, and his pronouns. I was born on treaty lands in Anishinaabe territory of the Council of Three Fires: the Ojibway, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations, in a place called Wawiiatanong Ziibi, nearby Bkejwanong or Walpole Island First Nation. Then I moved, and in high school, I lived on unceded lands that the Atfalati-Kalapuya, Chinook, Mollala, and Cowlitz Nations are related to, nearby the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. I did not have a relationship with these lands or their Nations. I was raised in a violent settler church until I was 19 years old.
When I was 19 years old, my life changed direction. I met people who introduced me to Indigenous worldviews and Black trans feminism. I began supporting Black community organizers, Indigenous land defenders, and harm reduction projects. When I was 26 years old, I learned that I am a trans man and that I needed to transition.
I worked for 11 years in harm reduction: in emergency shelters for survivors of violence, on crisis lines for Two-Spirit, trans, and queer youth, in low-barrier drop-ins for people who are homeless or living outside, and in case management with homeless transgender women.
In 2021, I opened a private therapy practice designed to help trans people recover from trauma. I am a Registered Social Worker (RSW) with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. I have a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work from University of Portland and a Master of Social Work from Toronto Metropolitan University.
I am grateful to be invited by The Cultural Recovery Centre of Cat Lake First Nation ᐱᔑᐎᓴᑲᐃ ᑲᓂᒃ to build strong, healing relationships with community members for body, mind, emotion, and spirit.
I am a registered NIHB mental health provider. First Nations and Inuit trans people with status are eligible for 20-42 sessions of trauma therapy with me each year at no cost.
