In my decade of experience as a Registered Clinical Counsellor and as a client, I have observed that feeling seen and heard in a safe space lends power to any modality used in counselling and opens up so many avenues to support making desired changes. It is of paramount importance to me in our work to offer you this safe space alongside the gentle guidance of the modalities I draw from to allow you to create the changes that are important to you in mood, behaviours, or relationship.

The counselling approaches I use engage your own innate wisdom and ability to heal yourself given safety, support and tools and together we create a road map. EMDR, mindfulness, narrative and response-based therapies are used individually or in conjunction depending on what your goals and wants from counselling are.

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I have skills and experience providing support to clients with concerns about anxiety, low mood, life transitions, parenting, emotional regulation, and feelings of stress and overwhelm. My way of being is strengths-based, client-centered, and trauma-informed.

My practice style is informed by these evidence-based therapeutic models and can be adapted to meet your needs:

Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Solution Focused Therapy (SFT) Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) Narrative Therapy Response-Based Practice Attachment Theory Mindful Self-Compassion

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I offer counselling from an attachment perspective that is emotion focussed and somatically based. My education, research, and practice have specifically focused on understanding deeply and responding compassionately while supporting resilience in those who have experienced trauma and/or abuse and related issues such as addictions, adverse childhood experiences, anxiety, brain injury, depression, family conflict, MCFD involvement, mental health issues, Post Traumatic Stress Injury, and parenting concerns. I regard forming a warm, authentic relationship with you based on empathy and respect, as foundational to good counselling. This means that I will treat you with dignity and fully attend to hearing and understanding your experience and how you feel about it.

As a member of the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors, I have met rigorous academic requirements, am committed to high professional standards of practice, and adhere to the BCACC code of ethical conduct. I am registered as a service provider with FNHA and the Crime Victims Assistance Program, which provides financial assistance for individuals (and their families) who have been victims of a violent crime including physical and sexual abuse

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