Lindsay Bhuller

Do you find yourself getting triggered for reasons you can't explain? Are you having trouble turning your brain off from racing thoughts? Maybe you are overwhelmed by emotion, or the opposite- not sure what you feel at all. The human experience is a roller coaster, and it can be hard to navigate alone. 

We all know the classic image of therapy: sitting in a dimly lit room, across from a stranger with a notepad, telling them your secrets. It can feel scary! But so can feeling lost and out of control of your life. Sometimes, for reasons we know and for reasons we don’t, our emotions run the show. As society becomes more comfortable with conversations around mental health, it can be hard to know where to start with your own. From my own experiences as a client in therapy, I am familiar with the awkwardness of sitting down with a stranger in such an intimate setting. My goal is to relieve this by facilitating a space of safety, warmth, humour, and compassion, to help you explore all parts of yourself.

Areas I am familiar working in include:

• Emotional Well-being:
  • Stress and triggers
  • Overwhelming emotions (e.g., anxiety, depression, guilt, fear)
  • Disconnect between logic and emotions
• Relationships:
  • Ongoing patterns in friendships/romantic relationships
  • People pleasing vs boundaries
  • Attachment wounds
• Personal Growth:
  • Life transitions
  • Identity
  • Self-esteem
  • Self-compassion (e.g., inner child work)
• Childhood Trauma:
  • Shame
  • Hypervigilence
  • Dissociation

While there is a more thorough list of therapeutic approaches that I use on the left, I commonly pull from Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to help you gain better control over your thoughts and emotions, Internal Family Systems to explore different facets of your identity, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to foster positive change. My aim is to help you connect the dots as to where certain thoughts and behaviors come from. Alongside this deeper understanding, I offer tools, exercises, and reframes for you to use outside of the therapy room to enact sustainable change.  I work with all ages, and most commonly young adults. As a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BCACC, my services are covered by most insurance companies.