Practice information:

I am a compassionate and well trained professional who values diversity. I have over 20 years of training and experience in the counselling field, working with adults and youths. I knows how vulnerable people can feel. I provides a confidential and safe environment, where people can understand and accept themselves to a greater degree, heal and grow.

PSYCHOTHERAPY / COUNSELLING

I see people for a broad range of psychological concerns, including working towards unlocking ones potential. Clients may come for:

- Anxiety
- Depression
- Substance abuse
- Grief & loss
-Loss of a Child

- Unresolved childhood issues
- Physical / Emotional / Sexual Abuse and / or Neglect-Trauma
- Coping with chronic illness

_Coping with Chronic Pain
- Stress
- Anger management
- Learning more about your gifts and abilities / Personal Growth
- Exploration of one’s life philosophy
- Sexuality concerns and issues
- Behavior problems
- Reproductive mental health, including pregnancy / perinatal depression / anxiety or infant loss

- Work related issues

THERAPEUTIC APPROACH

I tailor the therapeutic approach to each client's needs and draw from a variety of therapeutic orientations. My preference is to use an integrative, strengths- based approach, which is individualized for each client, and emphasizes respect, compassion and dignity.

Therapeutic approaches are drawn from: 

- Interpersonal therapy
- Wellness and Solution Focused Therapies
- Transpersonal Psychology
- Depth psychology approaches / Jungian / Dream work /Active Imagination
- Ericksonian Hypnosis
- Therapeutic Story Telling
- EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing)
- Humanistic Therapies (including Client-centered, Existential, Gestalt)
- Cognitive –Behavioral therapies (CBT)
- Multicultural and Feminist counselling
- Expressive Arts Therapy e.g. drawing
- NLP (neuro-linguistic programming)

In addition to providing counselling to individuals, I have extensive experience teaching university courses; developing and managing clinical services for youth and adults; providing clinical supervision; and providing psychology consulting services.