Individual Therapy


Counselling and therapy can be a place to create healing, self-awareness, and personal growth. It's a continuous ongoing process where you invest in yourself by learning about your emotions, make sense of your experiences, and learn skills to improve your resilience, self-care, relationships, and overall well-being.

I provide support to youth 12+, young adults, and working professionals (20s-30s) struggling through a range of challenges such as:

  • Anxiety & Depression
  • ADHD, Autism & Neurodivergence
  • Grief & Loss
  • Burnout & Chronic Stress
  • Coping with Chronic Illnesses
  • Parenting Challenges
  • Suicidal Ideation & Self-harm
  • Supporting student counsellors/therapists
  • Substance Use Issues
  • Identity & Self-exploration
  • Faith & Spirituality
  • Recent and Historical experiences of Trauma
  • including childhood trauma (physical, emotional, sexual) 
  • adverse childhood experiences​
  • childhood emotional neglect
  • intergenerational trauma
  • spiritual and religious trauma
  • trauma from systemic oppression/oppressive systems
  • complex post traumatic stress

Therapeutic Approach

Individual therapy sessions provide a confidential, safe, and non-judgmental space to explore what is keeping you stuck. Together we will collaborate on building a treatment plan to address your concerns and goals. My training as a counsellor includes a wide variety of approaches. If you would like to learn about my formal training, you can see a list of my ongoing professional development here. I understand that we all have unique needs and experiences, so I aim to tailor these approaches to help support your needs and goals. These approaches include:

  • Person-centered
  • Emotion-Focused Family Therapy
  • Strengths-based
  • Trauma-informed & Trauma-focused
  • Holistic (Bio-psycho-social-spiritual Approach to Care)
  • Art Therapy
  • Somatic Internal Family Systems (working with parts of ourselves)
  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Adlerian Therapy
  • Christian Faith & Spirituality


what is your APPROACH TO ART THERAPY?

I view art as a multisensory vehicle for communication and expression. Sometimes words are hard to come by and may not exactly what you want to say, so we bring in art materials, images, colours, symbols to help us express.


OUR PROCESS


Step 1:

Consultation


This steps starts with an email or filling out my consult form. You are invited to share what you are looking for within and throughout counselling sessions, curiosity questions you may have. You might also want to consider your counselling goals, preferred treatment modality, and whether you would like online or in-person sessions based on your preferences and needs.



Step 2:

Intake


After receiving your form, I will invite you to book a 15 min video call to discuss your needs and determine if I can support you. If you are within my scope, we will book a first session. This will accompany an explanation of informed consent and an intake questionnaire collecting some background information about where you're at to help me provide therapeutic support and strategies that best fits you.



Step 3:

First Session


In our first session, we will go over the information provided from your intake questionnaire. We will explore your needs, interests, goals and then collaborate on a treatment plan unique to you. We can decide whether you want a talk or art therapy approach. This plan can always be revisited and adjusted as your needs change.



Step 4:

Ongoing Care


After your first session, you can book additional sessions weekly, biweekly, as needed, or based what we agree on in our treatment plan. Sessions can be conversational, arts-based, or a blend of both based on your needs. You can always expect some strategies, encouragement, and recommendations at the end of each session.

Here's what our space looks like!!

RATES

$155 for 50 mins - standard session time


PAYMENT

I accept payment by e-transfer or credit by the end of each session. Invoices and payment links are sent by email at the end of each session and are due by the next day.

Please note if you made a payment by credit and need a refund, there is a $5 processing fee.


INSURANCE COVERAGE

Receipts will be issued at the end of a session and can be submitted to your insurance company for reimbursement if you have coverage through your work or school. Please check your policy details to see if it covers Registered Clinical Counsellors from the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors. My registration number is #20126.

I provide direct billing for the following insurance companies:

  • Green Shield Canada
  • Telus eClaims partners
  • ICBC

For those who are uninsured or underinsured and have financial need, a limited number of spots are available for reduced cost counselling. Rates are based on frequency of sessions and individual need.


CANCELLATION POLICY

I have a 48 hour cancellation policy. Missed appointments and appointments cancelled with less than 48 hours notice are charged for half the session fee. Cancellations made less than 24 hours will be charged for the full session fee. Exceptions may be given for reasonable circumstances.


When are you available?

I currently provide in person or virtual sessions on Wednesdays from 10am-8pm and Thursdays 6pm-9pm. You can see my booking page to see what is available.


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Ready to start?


If you would like to start the counselling process and book a session, please fill out the consultation form below. You will be contacted to set up a 15 minute video or phone call to go over your needs and determine if we're a good fit. If at any time you feel like I'm not the right person to support you, I'd be happy to send you a referral free of charge.