Practice information:

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor and I received my Master of Counselling Psychology from Adler University and a Bachelor of Arts (Major in Psychology) from Athabasca University. I also have education in Aromatherapy and Fitness and Health Promotion. Through my education I have focused on social justice, understanding what impacts wellbeing, and what can be used to facilitate healing.

I am focused on the unique needs and experiences of my clients. I believe that mental health is part of a whole and that is why I focus on a holistic approach that considers their physical health, their community or lack of one, and the struggles with the systems they find themselves in. I believe in enhancing my clients’ abilities to deal with their personal life struggles through the processing of trauma, skill-building and strategies that apply to their specific experiences. I believe in working with clients where they are at and finding how to make their lives better through the encouragement of working with what works for them and enhancing their abilities to face the challenges they are struggling with. It is important to me to work with clients to figure out what they want from therapy, what goals they have for therapy and their life, and collaborate on a path together that gives them the best chance at success. I believe success if therapy is not just about lessening the burdens that my clients carry but also building up the person for greater successes in life.

I am informed and uses the following modalities in working with clients:

• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
• Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)
• Mindfulness
• Grief Therapy
• Various trauma approaches, such as Somatic Experiencing and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

I have continued learning about various types of trauma including emotional abuse and neglect, intergenerational trauma, and developmental trauma.

I have worked with the following concerns: trauma, emotional abuse and neglect, relational trauma, borderline personality disorder, low self-esteem, low self-worth, depression, anxiety, panic attacks, attachment issues, grief and loss, career and future planning, and general life struggles.

Please note that I am only offering virtual appointments at this time and no in-person sessions are available.