CLINICAL COUNSELLING
Over the last 22 years of my career, I have worked as a registered clinical counsellor and art therapist in a number of different settings including private practice, non-profit counselling programs for families referred by MCFD, group therapy programs for men, concurrent disorders programs, Children’s Hospital Inpatient Psychiatry, Burnaby Mental Health and Substance Use, and have clinical experience working with both Squamish Nation and Tsleil-Waututh Nation.
As a therapist, my theoretical approach integrates Interpersonal theory, Person Centered theory, Cognitive Theory, Attachment theory and Family Systems theory. My main model of therapy comes from Edward Teyber's book "The Interpersonal Process in Psychotherapy: A Relational Approach", which I integrate with CBT, CPT for PTSD, DBT, Art Therapy, and a variety of other models and interventions that fit for clients and their specific needs. I consider myself Feminist theory informed and trauma informed at all times. My specialization tends to be attachment, trauma, complex trauma, and interpersonal relationships. However, I am very comfortable working with grief and loss, stress, parenting, identity, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, psychosis, and suicidal ideation/safety planning.
*I respect and appreciate the work that first responders do for our community and am always happy to support them.