Practice information:

I am a registered clinical counsellor (BCACC), an experienced workshop facilitator, a passionate mental health advocate, and a dedicated lifelong learner. I have over 10 years of combined education and work experience in clinical counselling, mental health support, and group facilitation, as well as 30 years of personal healing and growth work. I work with individuals, couples, groups and families.  I understand that we all have a biological drive to reduce our suffering and live life more fully, and my life experiences and personal therapeutic journey has proven to me the effectiveness of counselling. I have a deep respect for those who find the courage to seek change from within. 

My Theoretical Approach

I offer clients a presence that is wrapped in warmth, understanding, compassion, and sincerity. Within a safe, stable relationship the seeds of healing and growth reside, thus my theoretical approach is relational, experiential, and emotion-based. My therapeutic framework draws from attachment theories, emotion focused theories, experiential psychotherapy, mindfulness and neurobiology. 

As an AEDP practitioner, I strive to undo aloneness by co-creating a safe, authentic and treasured relationship where clients are invited to experience and share moment-to-moment emotions and sensations. Interpersonal connection is privileged and processed; deeper emotions, sensations, thoughts and beliefs are experienced and conceptualized. New perspectives, insights, and truths emerge by integrating deep right brain somatic processes with left-brain understanding. Through this process, clients can experience adaptive nervous system changes, increased positivity, and greater vitality, clarity and hope. 

My Background

I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology, and a Masters of Education degree in Counselling Psychology, both from the University of British Columbia.  I am a level-1 AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy) practitioner, an EMDR Therapist, and a certified Hatha yoga teacher. 

In addition to my BCACC membership, I am a member of the Canadian Psychological Association, EMDR Canada, and the AEDP Institute.

I have received advanced training in: 

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Basic Training (Life Journeys Counselling & Training Inc.) with Sue Genest, MSc, RCC, CCC.
• Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) Immersion Training (AEDP Institute) with Diana Fosha, PhD, David Mars, PhD, & Karen Pando-Mars, MFT.
• Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (Psychotherapy.net Academy) with Rebecca Jorgensen, PhD.
• Neurobiological Treatment of Trauma (NICABM) with Ruth Buczynski, PhD, Bessel van der Kolk, MD, Pat Ogden, PhD, Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD, & Dan Siegel, MD. 
• Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Transformational Approaches to Healing Complex Trauma, Janina Fisher, PhD
• The Basics of Trauma Treatment (Inward Bound Counselling & Focusing Training) with Leslie Ellis, PhD.
• Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention (Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention of BC). 

Please note: In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, I am currently booking online sessions only. You're welcome to book online at thelandinongthecoast.com or contact me by email info@thelandingonthecoast.com