Finding the right therapist is like a good pair of shoes: it’s got to be the right fit, because it may be a bit of a hike. You will be the focus in the therapy room but in order for you to decide whether we can work together, you may want to know a bit about me.

I love being a therapist. Over the past decade of working with people, I am continually blown away by the resilience of my clients. I have seen and experienced how therapy can change people’s relationships with their partners, their children, their friendships, and themselves. My hope is that you tangibly sense my respect for you in our sessions, as we work together toward your therapy goals.

What is it like working with me? I am both serious and playful. I am both blunt and compassionate. I am both a thinker and emotionally attuned. I have experienced the hardness of life—deep pain and suffering—as well as the beautiful peace and freedom that comes from healing and connection.

I am trained in Marriage and Family Therapy and am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors. I hold a Master’s degree in MFT with a specialization on how change occurs in individuals, couples, and families. I do my best work when I am working with couples of all ages and stages who are stuck, and are looking for a way to reconnect, or connect truly for the first time in their relationship. The way I see my clients is systemically and with an attachment focus. What that means is that I am curious about who you are in the context of your closest relationships, family, and larger cultural experience. I mostly work from an Emotionally Focused perspective, and I am an EFT certified therapist for couples (EFCT), individuals (EFIT), and families (EFFT). I also draw from other frameworks and have extensive experience in integrating the therapy process with clients’ Christian worldviews.

Specific areas of counselling include:

Individuals: working with women who struggle with depression, anxiety, life transitions, grief and loss

Couples: relationship conflict and communication problems, lack of closeness and intimacy, healing past relational hurts

Families: parent-child disconnection, blended families, family grief

I wear different hats outside of the therapy office. I am a wife, a mother, a daughter of aging parents, and an expert board game player. (And by “expert” I mean I beat my husband 55% of the time). I am also the co-founder and director of a charity called Care For Women, which supports women who find themselves isolated in the transition to motherhood.