Meet Our Counsellors in Victoria, BC

It’s a great privilege as a counsellor to get to hear what is important to each individual and to reflect on these together. My areas of focus include working through times of life transitions such as shifts in career, relationships, family, home, health, or identity, as well as the impacts of trauma, grief, and stress. I have an interest in men’s mental health, as well as experience working with Indigenous communities and newcomers. I have additional training in: AEDP, Narrative Therapy Foundations, Somatic Experiencing, and Sanyas Indigenous Cultural Safety – Mental Health (in progress).

I am committed to using a person-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally-responsive approach. I take a relational approach to counselling and believe that the client is the expert who brings a wealth of knowledge through their lived experiences. I primarily work with clients on concerns related to anxiet, life transitions, depression, self-compassion, boundaries, and emotional distress. I draw on elements from mindfulness-based approaches (MBCT/DBT), ACT, internal family systems (IFS), and accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP)​

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As a counsellor, I believe it’s vital for me to understand the issues you bring to counselling within the context of your unique life experience. My approach to counselling is collaborative, and I consider clients to be co-creators of our therapeutic work. I utilize elements of Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Emotion Focused Therapy. I have experience working with individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, interpersonal or relationship challenges, grief, life transitions, as well as everyday stresses and challenges. (EFT), and mindfulness.

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My approach is collaborative, warm, and justice orientated. I believe that you are the expert on your experiences, and that together we can explore them to help bring about lasting change. Nobody choses to be born into systems that hurt us, and navigating life can be exhausting – however that does not mean you have to do it alone. My areas of interest are depression, anxiety, imposter syndrome, self-esteem, life transitions and menopause. Practicing from a primarily person-centred perspective, I pull from existential approaches, emotions-focused therapies, somatic and accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP).

I work from an integrated approach, utilizing attachment-based, emotion-focused, and body-based practices alongside internal parts work in my practice. I believe it is important to create space for the body, mind, and spirit to be present in our work together. I have additional training in Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), somatic approaches to disordered eating, and trauma-informed care, and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP).

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I ground my approach in the transformative power of human connection and relationships, working with individuals and couples. I serve as an active partner in your process in a blame-free, supportive and facilitative manner, leading the way and being direct where it is helpful. I use a variety of approaches and tools to best suit each client’s personality, preferences, and goals. I offer research-based relational approaches, strength-based and solution-focused therapies, somatic and mindfulness-based tools, CBT, DBT, ACT, as well as emotion/attachment-focused modalities

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My approach towards healing is collaborative, intuitive, and strength based. My goal is to create a space where you can be authentically yourself. I believe laughter and shared humor can be a meaningful part of effective and collaborative therapy. I am trained in EMDR, cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, narrative therapy, and trauma-informed practices, with the integration of accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy.

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My approach integrates a caring presence with emotions-focused therapies, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, EMDR, somatic (body-based) therapies, mindfulness, radical acceptance and self compassion, transpersonal psychotherapy, and narrative therapy. Together with my clients I tune into the body's wisdom to allow it to guide them to a state of wellness. I offer reflections, teachings from both traditional and scientific sources, and practices to help along the way.

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