Clients are provided with a person-centred approach based on 6 core conditions empathy, non-judgment, unconditional positive regard, congruence, genuineness, and authenticity. From my holistic training in EMDR, IFS DBT, and Trauma-informed polyvagal yoga therapy, I can support clients in navigating mental health symptoms and reduce uncomfortable body sensations from Fibromyalgia and develop a deeper connection to their body. I hope to provide a trusting, safe, and grounded place for my clients to feel and talk about the discomfort needed to heal both the mind and the body. I offer mental health presentations for your company too!
Support can come in a variety of ways! Through collaboration, I can assist individuals with Emotion Regulation Skills, Building Boundaries, various Relaxation Techniques, and Processing Trauma with EMDR, IFS, Talk Therapy, and Polyvagal Therapy. These strategies can be adapted to suit the strengths and skills you already use to reduce distress!
The therapeutic relationship should be established within healthy boundaries, compassion, trust, and safety. I provide collaborative judgment-free counselling while using treatment interventions from a variety of modalities allowing us to address your needs holistically while respecting your rights as a client.
My engagement in the mental health field began about 20 years ago when I started my undergrad at Simon Fraser University completing a double major in Psychology and Criminology with a focus on child development, psychopathologies and treatments, trauma, research and mental health and the law. While attending university, I worked as a behavioural interventionist in family homes working with children with Autism.
It was a beautiful experience watching these young children overcome their challenges, grow, laugh, and be a kid! After completing my undergrad, I wanted to learn everything I could about any mental health diagnosis and how an individual’s daily life is impacted due to the diagnosis. I obtained employment working within group homes with at-risk youth. This experience pushed my drive into working with youth planting seeds, sharing wisdom and watching them maneuver the symptoms within their daily life.
After gaining this perspective of being with someone daily and helping them manage their mental health, I moved toward the idea of counselling. So, I began my counselling journey and obtained my registered professional counsellor diploma and felt comfortable and empowered within this field so I took the second step for further education. I applied and succeeded at Yorkville University and obtained my master’s degree in counselling psychology.
I strive to continue to educate myself on current research and take courses to build my knowledge of information regarding mental health diagnoses and how and where it is shifting. Additionally, obtaining certifications in different modalities to help treat my clients. In my spare time, I love to take time to bake, my winters are spent on the mountain on my snowboard, reading, writing and enjoying a variety of outdoor activities. I also really enjoy relaxation and cuddles with my two cats! My approach is to follow your lead and explore what you feel is the best modality or coping skills that work best for you! You get to be the captain of your ship as this may be the first time you get to put yourself first and explore who you are. I am merely the compass that helps guide you!
