In their own words
Canadian Certified Counsellor, Registered Clinical Counsellor, M.A, CCC #8656
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My Client focus is in treating adults and couples.
One of the most significant challenges many people face is the profound feeling of being stuck and hopeless around the possibility of change. Isolation and shame, coupled with a lack of effective coping tools, often leads to a passive acceptance of their current circumstances, hindering their ability to respond to life’s challenges.
To address this, I use a client-centred approach to build a strong collaborative alliance that respects each person’s unique values, culture, and goals. By fostering an understanding of oneself, each individual can be empowered to make healthy forward-moving choices, while leveraging their existing strengths toward transformative change.
Ultimately, the goal of my work is to collaborate with you to cultivate self-compassion, patience, and resilience. I strive to ensure that you feel seen and supported as you learn and utilize tools that can be integrated into your individual healing journey. No matter what life throws your way, my goal is to give you the tools so that you can respond effectively and build faith in your own personal capacity to thrive.
I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University, and a Master’s in Counselling Psychology from Trinity Western University.
My experience includes over 25 years providing counselling services to individuals, couples, families, and groups across community-based, health authority, private practice, and government-funded settings.
I work with a diverse range of therapeutic modalities that includes Solution Focused therapy, CBT, DBT, Motivational interviewing, and more. I am very practical and change-focused and place a strong emphasis on building therapeutic alliance, supporting client safety, and fostering sustainable change.
The issues I treat include, but are not limited to, gender /sexual identity, Mood Disorders, Anxiety, Seperation/Divorce, Grief/loss, Life challenges, Coping skill development, Process and substance addictions
My favourite Quotation:
“Luck favors the well prepared”- Edna Mode
What brings me a sense of ease?
I feel the most grounded when I am near the water, in nature, have the sun on my face, and have some time to connect with myself.
A Little About Me!
I was born and raised in Alberta. My passion for travel and different cultures began in high school when my family was travelled North America for a year by motorhome. I moved from the prairies in 1989 to beautiful British Columbia to pursue a softball scholarship at SFU and was spoiled by the lush forests, drizzly weather, and the magnificent ocean. After graduating from my first degree I spent a year cycling through Europe and Africa.
I am very social and am always looking for the next adventure. There is not a project that I don’t like to take on and master. My family is a huge source of strength and support for me, have recently become a grandmother, and am loving every minute of it.
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