Education and Qualifications
I am a Registered Professional Counsellor (RPC) and group facilitator. In addition to my private counselling practice, I have spent many years facilitating workshops, hosting women's circles and groups, and supporting others to heal, grow and create positive changes in their lives and relationships.
I received my diploma in Transpersonal Counselling Psychology through Clearmind International Institute, Vancouver, BC, in 2009, and became registered with the Canadian Professional Counsellor's Association (CPCA) in 2010.
My Approach
I decided to become a counsellor because I've experienced the transformative power of feeling heard and supported. Having once been addicted and felt desperate and hopeless, I know that change and growth are possible. I'm fascinated by the resilience of the human spirit and passionate about the courageous metamorphoses I have both personally experienced and witnessed in others.
Transpersonal Counselling Psychology is defined as "a sub-field of psychology that integrates the spiritual and transcendent aspects of the human experience with the framework of modern psychology. It is also possible to define it as a spiritual psychology". I chose to study Transpersonal Psychology specifically because spirituality and faith are my foundations for life.
I have learned to view existence with a broad lens, with a knowing that there is a Presence here much bigger than me that is always holding me and supporting me to grow, and that if I trust in this Presence, or Spirit, it will guide me.
I have a strong bond with the natural world and a belief that everything is connected, that we are part of a larger web of existence and that all acts affect the whole. These beliefs sustain my life and inform my work.
Indeed there is a profound aliveness in the places where we allow ourselves to break open and be seen. Life can be messy! There aren't many places, particularly in Western culture, where we can give our emotions and feelings some space and acceptance to be felt, expressed, and held.
It's brave and courageous work to walk these edges, to enter the landscapes where our shame, our fears, and our shadows reside. I consider it an incredible honour to offer a supportive counselling space and witness the healing and re-membering that unfolds.
Transpersonal Counselling Psychology is defined as "a sub-field of psychology that integrates the spiritual and transcendent aspects of the human experience with the framework of modern psychology. It is also possible to define it as a spiritual psychology". I chose to study Transpersonal Psychology specifically because spirituality and faith are my foundations for life.
I have learned to view existence with a broad lens, with a knowing that there is a Presence here much bigger than me that is always holding me and supporting me to grow, and that if I trust in this Presence, or Spirit, it will guide me.
I have a strong bond with the natural world and a belief that everything is connected, that we are part of a larger web of existence and that all acts affect the whole. These beliefs sustain my life and inform my work.
Indeed there is a profound aliveness in the places where we allow ourselves to break open and be seen. Life can be messy! There aren't many places, particularly in Western culture, where we can give our emotions and feelings some space and acceptance to be felt, expressed, and held.
It's brave and courageous work to walk these edges, to enter the landscapes where our shame, our fears, and our shadows reside. I consider it an incredible honour to offer a supportive counselling space and witness the healing and re-membering that unfolds.
IntendThe first step toward positive change is knowing where you want to go. I will help you set a goal/intention that will become your guide post during our time together.
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UnearthEach of us carries the stories of those who came before us, whether we're conscious of them or not. Let's take a look at your family history. You may be surprised at what you discover.
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Transform I will support you to let go of limiting patterns and beliefs and become more of who you truly are.
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How I Work
~Your session is always about YOU. My role is to support you to the best of my ability. Together let's find a path of healing that honours you and aligns with who you are.
~I will see YOU as the unique and beautiful individual you are, not the labels or patterns you may identify with.
~I view the places you may feel stuck or the crises you experience as profound opportunities for growth and change.
~I believe in getting to the root of a problem or pattern rather than focusing only on surface symptoms.
~I work organically and choose to be curious rather than certain, open rather than fixed on any one way of relating with you.
~I encourage you to set intentions and do your work to grow, however the choice to go anywhere in therapy is always up to you.
~My counselling approach is transpersonal, earth/nature based, holistic, and person-centred.
~I view you as your own best authority on your experience, and I recognize you as being fully capable of fulfilling your own potential for growth.
~I draw upon family systems theory and Gestalt therapy, as well as Somatic, Shamanic and mindfulness based practices. I may incorporate guided meditation/visualization and experiential exercises or offer tools where appropriate if we agree that they may be beneficial.
~I will see YOU as the unique and beautiful individual you are, not the labels or patterns you may identify with.
~I view the places you may feel stuck or the crises you experience as profound opportunities for growth and change.
~I believe in getting to the root of a problem or pattern rather than focusing only on surface symptoms.
~I work organically and choose to be curious rather than certain, open rather than fixed on any one way of relating with you.
~I encourage you to set intentions and do your work to grow, however the choice to go anywhere in therapy is always up to you.
~My counselling approach is transpersonal, earth/nature based, holistic, and person-centred.
~I view you as your own best authority on your experience, and I recognize you as being fully capable of fulfilling your own potential for growth.
~I draw upon family systems theory and Gestalt therapy, as well as Somatic, Shamanic and mindfulness based practices. I may incorporate guided meditation/visualization and experiential exercises or offer tools where appropriate if we agree that they may be beneficial.
