SERVICES · INDIVIDUAL
Individual Counselling
My aim in individual counselling is to establish a relationship where you feel safe, understood, deeply listened to and entirely positively regarded.
You are safe here.
I am committed to (and delight in) inclusivity, serving clients of diverse culture, gender, age, and value structure in a non-judgemental, compassionate, and person-centred way, rooted in deep respect for each person’s unique experiences.
I already really like you.
I am unabashedly biased toward you. You have arrived at this point in your life because you were working hard to stay safe, survive, exist… and I think that is remarkable. I am in your corner.
Different ways of knowing.
I believe that there are different ways of knowing, and humans are remarkable creatures. We can know through our mind, our intuition, our body and our emotions, and all are valid. For some folks it helps to talk it out; for others, tuning into body sensations is helpful; for some, answers are found in emotional response; for some, just the act of sitting in quiet can be useful.
My aim is to help you create psychological flexibility as you navigate life’s challenges, through understanding of self, self-acceptance and self-compassion, recognizing past experiences, and noticing adaptive thought patterns and responses.
How I work.
I draw from many different modalities and have a particular affinity for the following. By combining empathy, curiosity, emotional attunement and motivational interviewing, we’ll work together to:
01Understand your nervous system
How it reacts to stress; recognize your triggers and understand your body’s automatic protective responses.
02Cultivate safety
A sense of safety within yourself, and in your relationships.
03Move past survival mode
Into a place of deeper connection, self compassion, and emotional well-being.
Adlerian Psychology
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Attachment Theory
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Motivational Interviewing
No charge
Sessions
In person at 2184 W Broadway, Suite 440, or online anywhere in British Columbia.
Free Consultation
20 minutes · Online
No charge
Individual Session
50 minutes · In person or online
$160
Extended Individual Session
75 minutes ·
In person or online
$225
$160
“Every individual acts and suffers in accordance with his peculiar teleology, which has all the inevitability of fate, so long as he does not understand it.”
- Alfred Adler
A consultation is not therapy, and there is no commitment to start. It is simply a chance to get a feel for what it might be like to work together.