Working Together

I work with clients who want to understand themselves deeply and do something real with what they find.

And then build on it — each insight opening into the next, each change revealing more potential.

What I Believe About Change

Over more than a decade of practice, I have become increasingly clear about what this work is really for. The goal reaches further than helping people understand their patterns — most people already have significant insight into those. The deeper goal is helping people move from being shaped by those patterns to actively choosing something different. That shift — from conditioned responding to conscious choice — is what I mean by lasting change.

What drives people to seek therapy is almost always some form of discomfort — anxiety, fear, disconnection, a sense of being stuck. And underneath that discomfort, without exception, is something profoundly human and positive: a desire for love, belonging, safety, connection, and a life that feels genuinely their own. The discomfort isn’t the problem to be eliminated. It’s a signal pointing toward what matters most. This work is oriented toward that — toward what people most deeply want, not simply away from what they most want to escape.

This is why my work integrates attachment theory, neuroscience, and trauma-informed practice with experiential approaches including EMDR, Lifespan Integration (LI), and Observed & Experiential Integration (OEI). Each approach contributes something distinct. Together, they work at every level where change actually happens — cognitive, emotional, relational, and deep in the nervous system — so that over time, how you respond and who you become begins to feel genuinely chosen rather than simply inherited.

My specialization in trauma has reinforced this. Trauma is one of the most powerful forces shaping unchosen patterns — responses that once kept people safe but now keep them from living fully. Healing at this level requires more than understanding. It requires experiences that help the nervous system learn something new, so that people can respond from choice in the present rather than from conditioning inherited from the past.

Why I Do This Work

I do this work because I believe people are capable of far more change than they often imagine.

Many of the struggles people carry — the patterns that feel most fixed, most defining, sometimes most shameful — are signs of adaptation. Ways of responding that once made sense, often long before there were words for them. Understanding that is often where the shift begins.

This work is about helping people know who they already are — their strengths and their vulnerabilities, the things they build on and the things they’re ready to change — and then claiming the freedom to choose who they become.

What I find most meaningful is walking alongside someone as they begin to experience themselves differently — not just understand themselves differently. When that change becomes real enough to show up in how they respond, how they relate, and how they move through their days, it is the most compelling evidence I know that this work matters.

That is why I keep doing it.

How I Work With You

Change doesn’t just happen in insight — it happens in relationship. Our work focuses on the patterns that show up between us in real time: how you engage, how you respond, how you relate. That’s where new ways of being start to take shape.

In our work together, I:

  • Stay actively engaged and present — not just listening, but working with you
  • Notice emotional and relational shifts as they happen and name them
  • Support you in trying new ways of responding, not just understanding them
  • Challenge patterns directly when they show up
  • Bring structure and accountability so the work has somewhere to go

This means the therapy space becomes a place where change is experienced first — and then begins to carry into your everyday life.

How I Show Up

My approach is collaborative — but it’s also direct. I won’t just reflect back what you say. I’ll ask questions that move things forward, name what I’m noticing, and help you see your patterns clearly so we can actually do something about them.

What I ask of you is simple: show up, reflect honestly, and be willing to try something new. The rest, we work through together.

What You Can Expect From the Process

Starting therapy can feel like a big step, especially if you’ve tried it before and weren’t sure it moved the needle. Here’s what I can tell you about how I work:

  • The free consultation is genuinely about fit — a chance for both of us to get a sense of whether working together makes sense
  • Sessions are structured and purposeful — I bring focus and direction, not just an open space to talk
  • Change tends to build over time — early sessions often focus on understanding patterns; later sessions on actively shifting them
  • I’ll be honest with you about your progress and what I’m noticing — you won’t be left wondering whether the work is going somewhere

Online Practice Built for How You Actually Live

This practice is fully online, and that is a deliberate design choice.

I built it this way because the conditions that make real change possible matter as much as the work itself. When there is no commute, no waiting room, no disruption to your day, and complete privacy from the moment you begin — you can show up more consistently, more openly, and more fully. That consistency is part of what allows the deeper work to take hold.

Accessible from anywhere in British Columbia, so the only thing between you and the work is your readiness to begin.

Experience and Background

I began working in the helping professions in 2014, across community, government, non-profit, and private practice settings. That breadth of experience — working with children, individuals, couples, and families through trauma, relationship difficulties, life transitions, grief, anxiety, and crisis — shaped the depth and range of my clinical skills.

My private practice today is deliberately focused. I work with individual adults who are choosing therapy intentionally — not simply for support, but for meaningful and lasting change. I am less focused on diagnosis and more focused on working with people who are ready to engage in the process of change itself.

Training and Credentials

I hold a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Trinity Western University and am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC), providing online therapy to clients throughout British Columbia.

As an RCC, I am accountable to the BCACC’s code of ethics and professional standards — which means you can expect a consistent, principled approach to your care.

My work is grounded in attachment theory and neuroscience — specifically how the nervous system shapes the patterns we live by, and how those patterns can change. My training includes EMDR, Observed & Experiential Integration (OEI), and Lifespan Integration (LI). Each approach contributes something distinct. Together, they allow us to work at every level where change actually happens — so that what shifts in the therapy room becomes something genuinely lived and carried forward. I also hold specialized experience in trauma work across a range of presentations and settings.

Ready to take the next step? Book your free 15-minute consultation.