Registered Clinical Counsellor & EMDR Practitioner

Welcome, I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (#12279) with a Masters in Counselling Psychology. I believe in the importance of having a place(s) and relationships where a person can feel heard, cared for, and respected.

My approach is eclectic, in that, I draw from a range of evidence-based approaches and adapt my approach in response to what brings each individual into counselling. I am a trauma-informed therapist who approaches sessions from an Adlerian and Narrative lens. I provide client-centered counselling from a strength-based and anti-oppressive perspective. I am dedicated to holding a friendly and inclusive space where individuals feel safe to be themselves.

A little bit more about me…I grew up in a small town in Ontario and moved to British Columbia as a teenager. I’m an introvert, who cares and feels deeply for others and the world. I value kindness, play, creativity, nature, knowledge and humour (to name a few). I’m a proud mother, avid reader and I aspire to learn the guitar (emphasis on aspire). I am truly grateful to be a therapist, and I highly respect everyone who does the work to inspire growth within themselves and the greater world.

Look forward to meeting you!

Additional Clinical Training:

• EMDR Core Foundations
  
• Facilitator Training, SMART Recovery
• Foundations of Theory and Practice, Vancouver School of Narrative Therapy
• Living with the Legacy of Loss, Janina Fisher, Academy of Therapy Wisdom
• Using the Change Triangle (AEDP), Hilary Jacobs Hendel
• Tools for Psychotherapy with Highly Sensitive People, Alane Freund
• Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors, Janina Fisher 
• Protecting Yourself and Your Client, B.C. Play Therapy Association
• Gottman: Level 1 Training, The Gottman Institute
• Respect, Safety and Violence Prevention, Family Services of Vancouver
• Boundaries Program, Vancouver Coastal Health
• Lecture by Alfried Längle, Existential Analysis Society
• Anxiety in our Children, Alderwood Family Development Centre 
• Youth Substance Use Prevention, Vancouver School Board: SACY Program
• Basics Workshop for Existential Living, Existential Analysis Society 
• Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Training, Crisis Prevention Institute
• Restorative Justice and Elder Abuse, Keynotes: Arlene Groh & Mark Haden
• Mindup Program Training Workshop, The Hawn Foundation
• Basic Ethics in Research, Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative
• Kay Pranis Peacemaking Circle Training, Simon Fraser University 
• RJ Whitepaper Co-author, Adler Institute on Public Safety and Social Justice
• FRIENDS For Life Workshop, Ministry of Children and Family Development
• Roots of Empathy, Panel Presenters: Mary Gordon and Brenda Morrison
• Lead Therapist Training, Early Autism Project
  
• San'yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training; Core ICS Mental Health - Provincial Health Services Authority