Approach
My approach is eclectic, collaborative, and person-centred. I draw on several evidence-based modalities and adapt them to what makes sense for you: your history, your goals, and what you are ready for.
ACT is about building a life that matters to you, even in the presence of pain, uncertainty, or difficult thoughts. Rather than fighting your inner experience, ACT helps you make room for it while moving toward what you value.
DBT offers skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress without making things worse. It balances acceptance and change in a way that feels honest about how hard both can be.
CBT explores the connection between our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. When we notice how unhelpful patterns keep us stuck, we can start to shift them. It is practical, structured, and gives you tools you can actually use between sessions.
EMDR is a structured approach for processing distressing memories and trauma. It uses bilateral stimulation, often eye movements, to help the brain file difficult experiences in a way that reduces their emotional charge.
Registered with EMDR Canada and EMDRIA.
I work with adults carrying a wide range of difficulties. You do not need a diagnosis to seek support. What matters is that something feels hard.
Including complex and developmental trauma
Generalized anxiety, social anxiety, worry
Low mood, loss of motivation, withdrawal
Including ambiguous loss and anticipatory grief
Adjustment, identity, and coping
Career, relationships, identity shifts
Includes ADHD, autism, sensory processing differences
Burnout, caregiver fatigue, overload
Inner critic, shame, self-worth
At this time, I am not trained to work with couples, families, situations involving active addiction as the primary presenting concern, or sexual abuse disclosures requiring forensic involvement. If your needs fall outside my scope, I am happy to help point you toward someone better suited. Just reach out.
For clients who believe faith to be an important and meaningful perspective to include in therapy, I offer faith-based counselling as an option, on request and at your pace.
Sessions can be either in person or online. In-person sessions are on Saturdays at No Fear Counselling (Brentwood), #900 - 2025 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby, BC V5C 0J3. Online sessions are available Tuesday through Sunday via a secure video platform.
To work together, you must be physically located within British Columbia at the time of each appointment. This applies to every session, even if you normally live in BC but are travelling.
A free 15-minute consultation is a good place to start. No commitment, just a conversation.
