Central to any positive and effective counselling experience is feeling safe, accepted, and understood. As a therapist it is my desire to help cultivate a safe relationship where you can be seen, heard, known, accepted, and supported amidst whatever it is that is bringing you to counselling. We were not meant to face pain, loss, and struggle alone. I see my role as being a companion to walk alongside your journey of healing and growth. We are relational people, and as we have been shaped by our relational experiences thus far, we grow and heal through relationship as well. I believe transformative change occurs through a relationship that can offer a different experience than what has been experienced before. 

 

I have also come to see how many of our internal struggles stem from parts of ourselves that are carrying unhealed pain or are trying to protect us and are in conflict with each other.  Have you ever felt that internal wrestle? Part of you wants to connect and another part feels afraid? Part of you wants healing and another part wants to numb the pain? While the language of "parts" may or may not be new to you, I imagine you have likely experienced internal conflict to some extent.  My hope is that through experiencing compassion and acceptance for all parts of yourself in a therapeutic relationship, you can develop a compassionate relationship with the various parts of yourself as well. From this place, we can then support these parts of yourself to experience healing and integration.

My approach to therapy is attachment-based, holistic (integrating body, mind, emotions, and spirit), systemic, experiential, and trauma-informed.  While I tend to integrate a variety of therapeutic approaches to meet the diverse needs of clients, take a glance below to see the specific approaches I draw upon primarily.