Specialties
Individual Counselling
If you’re encountering a life transition or just seeking additional support, individual counselling may be what’s right for you. You understand your story and self better than anyone else, even if it doesn’t feel like it all the time. I take a client-centred approach meaning that clients take an active and autonomous role during sessions.
Counselling for Teens
Teenage years can be some of the most confusing and difficult of our lives. It’s a time of finding our individuality, our independence and mapping out the sort of life we wish to lead. Teens often need tools to help guide them through these times and, as a mother of 2 former teens and 1 current teen, I can offer the support they need. I find a lot of teens will listen to a ‘professional’ over their parents, even if we’re saying the same things.
Virtual Counselling
Virtual counselling is a form of counselling that can happen from the comfort of your home. Given the current global crisis, these sessions allow us to still connect while staying safe.
Personal
Chronic Stress
Do you feel like your nervous system has been in overdrive for too long? That you’ve moved beyond fight-flight-freeze? Your body doesn’t realize it can shift out of this gear. We will explore the underlying reasons you are chronically stressed and give you tools to show your body that it doesn’t have to be in ‘high gear’ 24/7.
Anxiety
Do you feel overwhelmed? That you can’t stop your mind from racing? Your sleep may be disrupted or you can’t focus. You simply can’t find a way to feel ‘normal’. Whether you are experiencing a tough period in your life or if anxiety is more long-standing, we will work together to find strategies to manage your symptoms and address any causes of anxiety in your life.
Depression
Depression may have crept up on you over time or may have descended rapidly. Everything feels grey…or worse. You find it difficult to motivate yourself and to connect with others. We will pull apart the layers of your depression and find ways to move toward more engagement with others and improve participation in life’s activities.
Caregiving/Chronic Pain/Illness
Caregiver Burnout
The myriad emotions that go into caring for someone are difficult to define. You can feel like you’re on a roller coaster. You may find it hard to share your experiences with others. Having to be strong for someone all the time can take a toll. In our sessions, you will have a safe space to vent and let down your guard. Together we will find ways for you to create time for self-care – without guilt while still supporting the one you care for.
Aging Parents
With your parents, or you, becoming advanced in years, you may find yourself facing some intense challenges, such as navigating the maze of healthcare and making major life decisions. Add family dynamics to this, including parents and adult children who have different ideas, and it is enough to make you feel like you are losing your mind. Come in individually or with family members to sort through the challenges you are having.
Grief and Loss
Death is not the only reason you may experience grief and loss. The end of a relationship, a change in life-stage, a career transition, are all among the reasons you could be grieving. In our sessions, you will have a safe place to tell your story and find your way through to the other side of this difficult time in your life.
Chronic Illness/Pain
The complexities of any chronic condition can be overwhelming. As a result, you may distance yourself from others. Much of your time may be spent at appointments or managing your care routine. Even if these things are under control it can all feel like too much. You may find it hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Working together, you will have a place to be heard, to be believed and to work toward making peace with your condition.
Work Issues
Personal or Professional Crisis
Sometimes life throws you more than you can handle. A sick relative, an unexpected career change, a relationship in trouble or all the above. Together we will examine your circumstances, discover the obstacles in your way, determine where you can make changes and find ways to manage anxiety during the process.
Work-life Balance
In our fast-paced never-ending social media-fuelled frenzy of a world, you are struggling to find time for the things you enjoy. Meaning and purpose may elude you. You feel pulled into the vortex of infinite emails and schedules. We will find ‘breathing room’ for you to recover a sense of self. We will discover places of restoration in your day-to-day existence.