You might be someone who has been carrying something heavy for a long time - chronic anxiety, a bone-deep exhaustion, or the quiet ache of relational wounds you can't quite name. Maybe you've found yourself walking on eggshells in relationships, over-functioning and struggling to trust others or yourself, or wondering why connection feels so hard even when you want it so badly. Perhaps you've tried therapy before, and it didn't quite land, or this is your first time considering reaching out at all.
I work best with individuals who are ready to go beneath the surface, people who sense there's more to their experience than what's visible, and who are open to an approach that goes beyond traditional talk therapy. My clients often come in navigating the aftermath of complex relational trauma, narcissistic abuse, or a prolonged season of burnout, and they tend to be thoughtful, highly attuned, and self-aware individuals who want to understand themselves more deeply while building more meaningful, healthy lives. If you're looking for something that honours both your story and your nervous system, you may be in the right place.
Working with me tends to feel like a combination of depth and warmth, safe enough to go to the hard places, but never without some lightness and humour woven in along the way. My approach is experiential, multimodal, and intentionally unconventional. We'll begin with your story, because your history holds important clues about how your nervous system has uniquely adapted to get you here, and that matters deeply! From there, our work will be guided by both the science of how your brain and body have responded to your experiences and by what genuinely feels most relevant and meaningful to you.
I believe therapy works best when there is a real, authentic connection between therapist and client, so you won't find a blank-screen therapist here. I bring a genuinely relational and present style to our sessions, which may include thoughtful therapeutic self-disclosure when it serves the work. My goal is to create a space where you feel truly seen, and where the healing relationship itself becomes part of the medicine. Sessions are collaborative by design: together we'll build a personalized, structured, yet flexible framework, drawing from a range of experiential evidence-based modalities, each chosen with intention to address the root of what you're facing.
Outside of the therapy room, I'm a lifelong learner who is almost always midway through several books or trainings at once, a music enthusiast, and an avid world traveller with a long bucket list of places to explore next! In recent years, I've also fallen hard for the craft of ceramics as a creative outlet; on my days off, you'll likely find me covered in clay, working on a new project. My core values of curiosity and kindness don't just shape my clinical work; they guide how I try to show up in all areas of my life, imperfectly and with a lot of grace and self-compassion.
I also happen to be a professional dog lover. My wacky and sweet Goldendoodle, Kona, is a regular presence in the office and available for therapeutic snuggles on the days I'm in. And if the world ever got to a place where everyone was fully healed and thriving, and therapy was simply no longer needed? Well, I'd probably open a small coffee/ flower shop in a very quiet town surrounded by animals, work part-time as a ceramics artist, and call it a very good life! But until then, I just love what I do, and the clients I work with!
I'm a dedicated trauma-responsive registered clinical counsellor (RCC) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors, with over 8 years of clinical experience supporting individuals through complex mental health challenges, relational trauma, and nervous system dysregulation. I hold the credentials of a Certified EMDR Therapist & Consultant, an OEI Master Trainer, a Certified TRE Provider, a Certified Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Clinician (NATC) and a Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional (CIMHP). As a therapist, I truly believe there's no one-size-fits-all approach; different challenges call for different tools, and the therapeutic relationship itself is always central to the work.
Degrees:
- MCP - Master of Counselling Psychology - Adler University (focus: trauma and neuroscience-based approaches to mental health)
- MA.Lead - Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership - Trinity Western University
Relevant Continuing Education:
- Certified EMDR Therapist & EMDRIA-Approved EMDR Consultant - Andrew Leeds & Dolores Mosquera
- Certified OEI Therapist, Level I & II, & Certified OEI Master Trainer - Rick Bradshaw Sight Psychology
- Deep Brain Reorienting Level I & II (DBR) - Frank Corrigan
- Internal Family Systems (IFS), Level I, Level II & IFS for Complex Trauma- IFS Institute
- EMDR for Complex Trauma and Dissociation - Jim Knipe and Dolores Mosquera
- Working with Unattached Burdens & Guides using IFS - Robert Falconer
- Complex Trauma & Dissociation studies through The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD)
- Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) Externship - Vancouver Centre for Emotionally Focused Therapy
- Treating High-Functioning Codependency Patterns & Relational Codependency
- Certified TRE (Trauma Releasing Exercises) Practitioner - TRE Global
- Polyvagal-Informed Somatic Embodiment
- Integrated Somatic Parts Work - The Embody Lab
- Prepare & Enrich Relationship Assessment Facilitation
- LENS Direct Neurofeedback & Traditional EEG Neurofeedback & Biofeedback
- Neuro-Therapy Service Provider - Audio Visual Entrainment (AVE), Heart Rate Variability (HRV), Low-Level Light Therapy / Photobiomodulation
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