Individual Counselling
A Soft Landing for Tending to Your Inner World
Depth-oriented, trauma-informed individual therapy for adults seeking an unhurried space to slow down, process complex life experiences, and reconnect with their inherent wisdom.
Weaving Paths & Two-Eyed Seeing
Therapy with me is a relational, unhurried space. Rather than following a rigid map or chasing pre-determined outcomes, we allow room to meander—slowing down to notice the subtleties of daily life, the signals of your nervous system, and the stories carrying your lived experience.
My approach is rooted in the principle of Two-Eyed Seeing (Etuaptmumk): learning to see through one eye with the strengths of Indigenous ways of knowing, story, somatic wisdom, and relational interconnectedness—and through the other eye with the helpful insights of clinical practice and critical inquiry. Together, these two perspectives offer a richer, more holistic way of understanding where you have been and how you move forward.
Who Individual Counselling Is For
You don’t need a formal diagnosis, the "right" clinical words, or a neat plan to begin therapy. Individual counselling with me is designed for folks navigating the expansive, complex landscapes of life—especially those who have often felt unseen or misunderstood in mainstream spaces.
This dedicated space is a good fit if you are looking to navigate:
Trauma & Complex Wounds: Gentle integration of developmental, relational, intergenerational, and systemic trauma.
Burnout, Fatigue & Systemic Depletion: Exploring the roots of overwhelm, people-pleasing, and survival strategies while creating space for true restoration.
Grief, Endings & Transitions: Holding space for loss, life shifts, identity changes, and the quiet grief of walking between worlds.
Identity & Self-Exploration: Unraveling expectations, conditioning, and inherited stories to discover who you are on your own terms.
Parts Work & Inner Healing: Compassionately getting to know the different protective and wounded parts of yourself through parts work and somatic reflection.
Dreams, Altered States & Meaning: Integrating profound inner experiences, dreams, and non-ordinary states of consciousness with grounding and care.
The Flow of Sessions
Initial Connection
Format: 20-minute video call
Cost: Free
A relaxed, low-pressure space for us to meet, talk about your needs, and notice whether our energies align. I’ll share a brief overview of my background, and you’ll be invited to share what you’re seeking.
2.Getting to know one another
Focus: Understanding your context and current life
In our first few sessions, we gently explore the terrains you are currently navigating. We look at your daily rhythms, relationships, roles, and the innate wisdom and community strengths that sustain you
3. Ongoing Therapeutic Relationship
Focus: Deeper exploration and process
Each session builds on the last as I learn your story and strengths. You bring whatever topic, feeling, or real-time experience feels most relevant to you each week. Together, we slow down to notice underlying patterns, tend to difficult emotions, and hold space for storytelling, somatic reflection, ritual, and inquiry. Every interaction is an invitation to take what helps and leave the rest
Key Principles of My Practice
Meeting You Where You Are: We make room for whatever is happening in your life right now—daily stress, relationship conflicts, or ongoing concerns. Small everyday moments often offer valuable clues about deeper underlying patterns.
Reframing Symptoms: Rather than treating anxiety, depression, burnout, or grief as personal flaws to eliminate, we become curious about what they are communicating regarding your boundaries, history, needs, and systemic stressors.
Honouring the Full Human Experience: Therapy doesn't have to be heavy all the time. There is room for grief, anger, and pain—alongside humour, delight, absurdity, pleasure, and ordinary life. You don’t have to perform wellness in the therapy room.
Frameworks & Approaches
The Somatic & Emotion
Mindful & Somatic Awareness: Listening to physical cues and nervous system responses.
Emotion-Focused Reflection: Processing complex feelings safely.
Inner Child & Parts Work: Tending to the parts of you that have held and protected you over time.
Systemic & Social Justice
Critical Cultural Lens: Recognizing how modern systems impact mental health.
Intersectional Framework: Honouring how race, class, gender, and ability shape your experience.
Harm Reduction: Prioritizing safety, choice, and autonomy without judgment.
Story, Meaning & Identity
Narrative Practices: Exploring and rewriting the dominant stories shaping your identity.
Guided Imagery & Active Imagination: Opening up new possibilities.
Meaning & Ritual: Honouring ancestral wisdom and marking major transitions.
Joy, Play & Connection
Integrating Joy: Making room for the radical act of feeling good.
Humour & Play: Embracing silliness and lightness as vital to healing.
Embracing Possibility: Discovering who you are outside of survival strategies.
Session Rhythms & Logistics
Session Format: Virtual video sessions across BC and the Yukon, or in-person in Vancouver, BC.
Duration: 50-minute clinical sessions.
Initial Cadence & Rhythm: To establish steady therapeutic momentum and build relational safety, new clients begin with weekly or bi-weekly (every two weeks) sessions for the first 4 sessions. Following session four, we will pause together for a gentle check-in to assess how the work feels and adjust your session cadence based on your needs and capacity.
Rates: $165 per session.
Insurance Coverage: As a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC #18044) with the BCACC, services are covered by most extended health plans in BC and the Yukon (e.g., Pacific Blue Cross, Sun Life, Canada Life, Manulife, Green Shield).
Funding Partnerships: Direct billing and funding arrangements are available through First Nations Band Offices, Indigenous health programs, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs).
Cancellation Policy: Please provide at least 48 hours' notice for cancellations or rescheduling. Cancellations made between 48 to 24 hours prior are charged 50% of the session fee; cancellations under 24 hours or missed sessions are charged the full session fee. (Note: Cancellation fees are generally not eligible for insurance reimbursement)
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Ready to Take the Next Step?
Finding a therapist is fundamentally about finding a safe relational fit. I invite you to book a free 20-minute video consultation—a low-pressure, zero-commitment space for us to meet, discuss what you’re hoping to tend to, and notice how it feels to be in conversation together.