About the Counsellor | A Beautiful Place

My Approach to Counselling

Central to my counselling approach is learning how each client exists in the world and how they uniquely experience the challenges of life. In other words, you are the expert on you. I'll be making an effort to learn the language of your life. I often have clients share with me that working with me was the first time they'd really felt understood by a therapist and felt able to truly communicate their experiences and ways of thinking and being.

Together we will collaborate on a course of therapy tailored to fit you and your circumstances and goals. With guidance, you'll explore and make sense of your patterns of living and relating - what those patterns are and why they are - moving towards rebalancing your inner system while developing coping skills that work in the context of your life.

Lived Experience

While I work with clients with a wide range of topics they are interested in exploring, I often work with clients in areas where I have previous shared lived experience. These include:

Autism, Late Diagnosis

ADHD Traits

Burnout

Anxiety and Depression

Parenting

Sexuality / Queerness

Gender Diversity

Non-Monogamy / Polyamory

Body Image and Self Esteem

Many of these experiences changed the way I lived my life and engaged with the world. In learning how to care for, express myself authentically, and advocate for myself, my passion for mental health and healing was sparked and motivated me towards a career change as a counsellor.

Accreditation

The Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC) designation is associated with the Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists of Canada (ACCT), where counsellors are regulated by the ACCT Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.

Visit the website at www.acctcounsellor.com.

Focused Training

IFS Treatment for Chronic Pain / IFS Institute

Ethical Non-Monogamy for Therapists / Therapeutic Diversity Training

Navigating Autistic Burnout / Neurodivergent Counselling

IFS Focused Training in Shame, Dissociation and Addictions / Various

Internal Family Systems: Stepping Stones / IFSCA

Introduction to Internal Family Systems / IFSCA + MFFS

Welcoming Neurodiversity into Your Practice / IFSCA

Clinical Care at the Intersection of Gender Diversity and Autism / TranscareBC

Queering Identities: LGBTQ+ Sexuality and Gender Identity / University of Colorado

2SLGBTQ+ Cultural and Clinical Competencies / Edgewood Health Network

Indigenous Canada / University of Alberta Faculty of Native Studies

Treatment of Trauma / NICABM

Solution Focused Brief Therapy / Max Innes

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Training / Healing Minds Psychotherapy

Vancouver College of Counsellor Training - Diploma of Professional Counselling

Counsellor training at VCCT equipped me with a solid grounding in essential counseling skills, an understanding of various therapeutic frameworks, and ethical practices.

Following my formal training, I went on to complete my student practicum at Moving Forward Family Services.