My approach is largely guided by the Satir Growth Model (STST) that views each person as having the resources within themselves to heal and grow. Therapy is collaborative and focuses on accessing/building on already existing strengths as we explore the impacts of events. We may not be able to change what has happened to us in the past, but we are able to change how it impacts us in the present.

Whether it be you are looking to gain practical coping strategies to manage difficult emotions, change specific behaviours, or are desiring a deeper insight into the self, we will decide together what counselling will look like for you.

As a teenager, I struggled with depression and anxiety and felt very alone. I remember thinking to myself at the time “I hope nobody else has to feel like this, I want to be there for anyone who feels this alone”. That thought has become a reality as I have had the amazing experience of helping people undo aloneness for the past 10 years. My own mental health journey has created in me a deep passion to help others and has guided my areas of specialization as a counsellor.

My mental health experience may not be the exact same as yours but it can be comforting to know that the person behind the screen has some insight into the struggles you may be facing, through lived experience along with professional expertise.

• Satir Systemic Transformational Therapy Level 1: A, and B (Linda Lucas & Jennifer Nagel)

• Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP): Level 1 (Diana Fosha, PhD)

• Emotion Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT)-In progress

• San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training 

• Expert Strategies for Working with Traumatic Memory (NICABM/CE)

• How to Work with Shame (NICABM/CE)

• DBT Skills with Marsha Linehan (Behavioural Tech/CE).

• CBT for Anxiety & Related Disorders in Children & Youth Level 2 (CBT Connections Ltd/CE)

• Sandtray Workshop (Dr. Bart Begalka)

• Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (Trinity Western University)

• Bachelor of Arts in Social Development Studies and Psychology (University of Waterloo)

• Diploma in Social Work (Renison College)