Individual Counselling in North Vancouver and online across BC
My approach is trauma-informed, compassionate and grounded in nervous system regulation, helping you understand not only what you are experiencing, but why your mind and body may be responding this way.
Counselling may be right for you if…
- You feel anxious, overwhelmed or constantly on alert.
- You understand your patterns intellectually but still feel unable to change them.
- You feel emotionally numb, disconnected or unlike yourself.
- You struggle with boundaries, self-worth or people-pleasing.
- Past experiences continue to affect your relationships and daily life.
- You are navigating grief, illness, cancer or a major life transition.
- You are exhausted from holding everything together.
- You want to understand and regulate your nervous system.
- You are ready to relate to yourself with greater compassion.
Areas I can support you with
- Trauma and adverse life experiences
- PTSD and complex PTSD
- Anxiety and chronic stress
- Depression and emotional exhaustion
- Nervous-system dysregulation
- Cancer diagnosis, treatment and survivorship
- Low self-esteem and shame
- Relationship patterns and boundaries
- Inner-child healing
- Life transitions
- Burnout
- Personal growth and self-discovery
- Couples/Relationship counselling
My approach to counselling
Trauma and prolonged stress do not affect only our thoughts. They can also shape the nervous system, the body, relationships and the way we experience safety. For this reason, my approach goes beyond traditional talk therapy.
Modalities I draw from:
- Nervous-system regulation: Building greater capacity to move through stress, activation and shutdown.
- EMDR: Supporting the processing of distressing memories and experiences.
- Somatic therapy: Gently noticing and working with sensations, emotions and patterns held in the body through movement, body awareness and breathwork.
- IFS and parts work: Understanding the protective parts of you with curiosity rather than judgment.
- Inner-child work: Exploring unmet needs and earlier experiences that continue to influence the present.
- Mindfulness and self-compassion: Developing a kinder and more grounded relationship with yourself.
What you can expect
- A warm, collaborative and non-judgmental relationship
- A pace that respects your nervous system
- Space to talk without being rushed
- Practical regulation and grounding tools
- Support understanding recurring patterns
- An approach tailored to your needs rather than a rigid formula
- Opportunities to build self-trust, emotional resilience and greater choice
You will never be expected to share more than you feel ready to explore. Trauma therapy does not require forcing yourself to relive painful experiences.
Benefits of individual counselling
Individual counselling can support you in:
- Understanding yourself and your nervous system more deeply
- Processing experiences that continue to affect you
- Recognizing and changing patterns that no longer serve you
- Developing boundaries and healthier relationships
- Increasing emotional regulation and resilience
- Reconnecting with your needs, values and sense of self
- Cultivating self-compassion rather than self-criticism
- Feeling more present, grounded and able to make choices
couples/relationship counselling
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) helps couples strengthen emotional bonds and build more secure, fulfilling relationships.
EFT can help you:
- Recognize and change patterns that create conflict or distance.
- Feel safer, more understood, and more connected.
- Navigate disagreements with greater compassion.
- Deepen emotional and physical intimacy.
- Understand each other’s needs and communicate more openly.
- Address the deeper roots of relationship distress.
EFT offers a supportive space to reconnect, rebuild trust, and grow together.
Why work with me?
I offer a warm, collaborative, and trauma-informed space where you can feel supported without judgment or pressure. My approach recognizes that healing involves both the mind and the body, and I draw from nervous system regulation, EMDR, somatic therapy, parts work, mindfulness, and self-compassion.
Together, we will work at a pace that feels manageable for you, helping you better understand your patterns, reconnect with yourself, and move toward greater safety, balance, and self-trust.