Practice information:

As a psychotherapist and trauma counsellor I have helped people for over 20 years to heal from personal, intergenerational, and collective trauma as well as addictions, depression, anxiety, stress, and low self-worth.

I will help you access your body based intuition so that you can find answers that are right for you. The felt sense is a body knowing that we have that is just outside of verbal thought. Body centered approaches are helpful because while our minds are busy trying to figure things out, our body has a sense of what resonates and holds deep inner wisdom. Art therapy also uses colour and shape to express what words can’t convey.Once you connect with your own inner wisdom, your path will be clearer. 

I use: 

• Warmth and genuineness
• Body-centered somatic approaches
• Focusing oriented therapy
• Expressive arts therapy
• EMDR
• Psychedelic-assisted therapy and integration, and Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Therapy
• Somatic Internal Family Systems therapy
• Mindfulness
• Narrative therapy

and other ways of helping you feel empowered and deepen your connection to yourself, others, and all of life.

I also provide psychedelic assisted therapy through Numinus.

I provide a safe space where we will together explore, name, and befriend your emotions, needs, values, experiences and goals. Together we will transform the patterns that hold you back. You can heal from the past and live the life you want. You can train your brain to default to the qualities you choose to cultivate, such as love, confidence, and  inner peace.

I have:

• Over 20 year's experience working in the field of healing.
• Masters degree in Counselling Psychology with a concentration in psychotherapy and creative modalities
• PhD in Education from Simon Fraser University. 
• I taught counselling in the Masters of Counselling Psychology and Art Therapy program at Adler University for 4 years
• Graduate Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy from Vancouver Island University 
• Certificate in Indigenous Focusing Oriented Therapy for Complex Trauma (IFOT), Justice Institute of BC
• EMDR. Training level 1
• Narrative Therapy certificate
• Expressive Arts Therapy training at European Graduate School
• Fierce Self-Compassion training, with Kristen Neff
• Collective Trauma Healing Training with Pocket Project, by Thomas Hubl
• Lifespan Integration training
• EFT tapping training
• Nonviolent Communication training
• Spiirtual mentorship training
• Certified Classical Homeopath
• Work experience in a wide variety of settings and with people of all ages. 

With warmth, I will help you connect with yourself and others in more fulfilling ways, and cultivate self-compassion. I will help you identify and understand your feelings and needs. Healing is an important journey and I would be honoured to accompany you on that journey whether you are healing from trauma or curious about reaching your potential - or both.