Services & fees

My approach to individual therapy starts with you and what you bring.

I bring a deeply curious approach that aims to set aside preconceived ideas about who we are, giving space to understand and explore whatever you are experiencing. My approach is wholly relational: what happens between us, how you experience me, and what moves me are all information we can work from. A relational approach offers a relationship that acknowledges the many relationships in our lives and the ways they shape us.

I’ll encourage us to slow down together and bring gentle attention to the feelings, bodily sensations and thoughts that present themselves for healing acknowledgement. As we relax into the pain together, we co-create a fresh opportunity to invite renewal and vitality.

I am particularly influenced by AEDP, Somatic and Person-Centred approaches, whose foundation is compassion, collaboration, moment-to-moment process, and a belief in the resilient nature within us.

Recognizing the distinct nature of each partnership, my approach is to support the unique vision you hold for your relationship.

Using a Relational Life Therapy framework, we’ll begin by understanding how you currently navigate challenges and the patterns that may undermine your success. Often, reactivity takes over, leading to unproductive cycles of conflict or disconnection. Together, we’ll identify these stuck places and cultivate the skills needed for effective negotiation and repair. Our work may also involve exploring boundary and self-esteem issues that contribute to protective dynamics, ultimately fostering a space for curiosity, vulnerability and deeper connection.

I also recognize the impact of our family of origin on our present relationships. Understanding this legacy is often a part of relationship therapy.

Every relationship is unique in its ethos, goals and structure, yet all relationships share common difficulties. We all carry ways of coping from childhood that can mystify ourselves and our partners. I bring both personal and professional experience to my work with non-traditional relationships, including polyamory and CNM.

A spiritually integrated psychotherapy, including spiritual direction and relationship counselling.

Some people come for an approach to their life that includes their faith; others want to explore their own spirituality with a wise companion; still others come because faith itself has been a source of hurt. Trained in theology as well as psychotherapy, I can help you feel into where your beliefs are supporting your well-being and where they may be creating problems for you.

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Online, anywhere in British Columbia. All three services are available by secure video.

In person, in Powell River, BC. The office address is shared with you when you book.

Registered Clinical Counsellor (BCACC)
B.Th, M.Div

• AEDP (Level 1)
• Relational Life Therapy (Level 1)
• Psychedelic Therapy & Research