a safe healing space
If there’s one thing I learned through my journey is that healing and transformation only happen in a highly safe and attuned therapeutic relationship.
That safe space is at the core of all my counselling work. With warmth, authenticity and humility, I hold a loving container to share what’s on your mind and in your heart.
You can be however you need to be in the moment without fear of judgment, pressure to “make progress” or to meet anyone’s needs but your own.
“What I treasure most is the sense of space that opens up in our sessions. It’s never twice the same, but it generally has qualities of solidness, openness, and calm. Also, of belonging to me in a very natural, unforced way. Like I’m at home in our sessions. ”
be skillfully heard
All too often in our lives, we speak our minds or share what’s in our hearts—but we don’t feel truly heard.
Though grounded, mindful, person-centred presence, I offer a space where you can speak your truth and know that what you’ve shared has been respectfully received. Often, the simple experience of being appreciated in this way can be powerfully healing.
“When someone really hears you without passing judgment on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you, it feels damn good. When I have been listened to and when I have been heard, I am able to re-perceive my world in a new way and to go on.”
Rooted in relationship
Many of our traumas and personal challenges are rooted in unhealthy relationships and interpersonal dynamics we experienced in our lives. A powerful way heal and overcome these challenges is through experiencing a truly healthy and functional relationship.
As such, building a trusting and mutually respectful relationship that creates space for growth is central to my approach. I will show up for you in the ways you need me to and skillfully bring my imperfect self and life experiences to the relational space. We will go on a journey together through life’s ups and downs.
grounded in mindfulness
As a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher who has been practicing mindfulness for 20 years, I integrate mindfulness-based techniques into my counselling work.
Even if you have no experience practicing mindfulness, tools like grounding, meditative inquiry, and awareness of bodily experiences, unhelpful or repetitive thoughts and difficult emotions can be invaluable when working with personal challenges.
connected to the body
While I am not formally trained in somatic therapy, I offer a mindfulness-based somatic approach to addressing the embodied roots of personal challenges.
I invite a gentle exploration of bodily sensations and an intention to simply allow whatever we notice to be there—without pushing it away or clinging too tight. In this way, we can learn what the body has to teach us and in doing so, often watch it transform or disappear.
“The truth about our childhood is stored up in our body, and although we can repress it, we can never alter it. ”
trained in trauma
Often, when we have experienced trauma, we can feel quite alone and hopeless—trapped within it.
Perhaps the most powerful healing tool I bring when working with trauma is my personal experience of multiple traumatic experiences and what I have learned on my recovery journey.
So, I can relate to what you’re going through and have experienced many of the common elements on the path to recovery. You don’t need to feel alone. I’m here to walk by your side.
I have also extensively studied trauma and recovery and taken training in trauma-aware mindfulness practices.