My services include: Individual counselling (personal & career), couples counselling, and clinical supervision. Scroll down for more information about these services.

Individual Counselling (via telephone or Doxy.me)

Confidential, one-on-on counselling sessions focus on providing a supportive, collaborative environment where we can explore your current situation in depth. The process is highly individualized and dependent on the issue at hand, but generally involves looking at and working carefully with a range of thoughts, emotions, behaviours, past experiences, and present circumstances that are causing you distress and/or blocking you from moving forward.

My commitment is to work with you every step of the way; being fully open about why we are doing what we are doing and continually checking in with you to ensure our work together is supportive and moving you in the direction you desire.

Primary issues I work with include, but are not limited to: 
  • Adjustment to chronic pain, chronic illness, and/or loss of ability
  • Grief and loss
  • Depression**
  • Stress management
  • Anxiety
  • Sadness 
  • Loneliness and isolation
  • Emotional regulation (i.e., dealing with overwhelming emotions)
  • Assertiveness and setting boundaries
  • Work – life balance
  • Career and workplace issues (see fuller list below under career counselling)
  • Difficulties in academic contexts (e.g., student stress, graduate student issues, issues in the academic workplace)
  • Relationship difficulties and relationship breakups
  • Life transitions
  • Self-esteem
  • Perfectionism
  • Struggles with finding purpose and meaning

If your concern is not listed here, I encourage you to contact me so we can determine whether I am the right counsellor for you at this time.

** If you are feeling suicidal, please call 911. If you feel you need to talk to someone immediately, call the Vancouver Crisis Line: 604-872-3311 or toll-free 1-866-661-3311.

Career Counselling

Careers are integral to our identities and as such career counselling is as complex as personal counselling. Whether you are making career decisions, facing a stressful work situation, struggling with burnout, wanting to advance in your field, or change careers entirely, career counselling can move you forward if it is thoughtful, individually tailored to your situation, and goal-oriented.

In one-to-one, confidential career counselling sessions, we will work together to explore your career dreams, skills, abilities, barriers, and opportunities in depth. Our sessions may involve a range of assessments, personal work, skill building, and homework, depending on your current circumstance and what would be most appropriate for you at this time.

Primary issues I work with include, but are not limited to: 
  • Career decisions and planning
  • Career change
  • Career advancement
  • Job loss
  • Job search
  • Workplace issues (e.g., difficulties with co-workers/employers; workplace communication; harassment; discrimination)
  • School-to-university transitions; school/university-to-work transitions
  • Work – life balance
  • Preparing for/adjusting to retirement

If your concern is not listed here, I encourage you to contact me so we can determine if I am the right counsellor for you at this time.

Clinical Supervision

Both counsellors in training and professional practice can benefit from ongoing clinical supervision that is supportive while encouraging you to develop new perspectives and ways of engaging your clients. I have extensive experience supervising Masters level students in three university graduate programs (SFU, CityU, and the Adler School) and professionals seeking ongoing support or hours for certification (e.g., for registration with the Ontario College of Psychotherapists), and am an Approved Clinical Supervisor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. I encourage you to contact me if you think I might be a fit for your needs at this time.