In an important sense, counselling can be understood as a journey of accompaniment. This belief informs what I do not do as well as what I seek to do in my practice.

I will not try to fix you. I will not claim to know more about you than you do. I will not assume I know what is best for you or tell you what to do. I will not pretend to have all the answers. I will not promise I can make your suffering or sorrow disappear.

I will place all my professional resources — knowledge, skill, experience — at your disposal. I will seek to become a collaborator with you and a witness to the complexities of your story in the fullness of its pain and joy. I will go with you into dark places. I will believe you.

As a social worker and psychotherapist I have had the tremendous privilege of walking alongside survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence, the 2SLGBTQ+ community, first responders, veterans and serving members of the armed forces, and many others. I specialize in working with issues of trauma and PTSD, anxiety, depression, and relationship issues.

As my own journey has wended its way through different therapeutic contexts, I’ve learned that not only is counselling an awful lot of hard work but also that the most significant transformations are cultivated less by any specific method and more by the quality of the therapeutic relationship. I endeavour to bring this into my practice and see the cultivation of trust and safety not simply as a preamble or prelude to more “difficult” work but rather as the very essence of all the work I do.

I use a variety of methods including psychodynamic, narrative, and existential approaches, internal family systems (IFS), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), emotionally focussed therapy (EFT), the Gottman method, and others to craft an approach uniquely tailored for you, the challenges you’re facing, and the goals you’re seeking to reach.

If you’re looking to get to the root of the challenges you’re facing and to rediscover the joy and beauty that are often found in and through valleys beset with pain and sorrow I would be honoured to accompany you on your journey.

In an important sense, counselling can be understood as a journey of accompaniment. This belief i... Read More