Integrative Heartfelt Therapy
If you are motivated to grow and do things differently in your life, a deep journey awaits you.
Your story matters very much to me, but this is not traditional talk therapy. While cognitive therapy has been popular in the past, i believe we cannot “think” our way to healing without listening to the body, unlocking emotions, and rewiring the nervous system.
I believe that deep change is possible.
I have found an incredibly effective path to change by blending body-based therapy (Somatic Experiencing) with experiential emotional processing (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Processing-AEDP). With both of these cutting-edge modalities, we can leverage neuroplasticity to support you in developing new pathways in your brain. New neural pathways support new patterns that enhance your relationships, build your sense of aliveness, and help you to meet your goals in life.
I see clients alchemize their suffering into flourishing.
Sessions with me are warm, grounding, attachment-informed, trauma-aware, creative, experiential, full of laughter & sometimes tears, and always collaborative. I welcome all people with warmth and deep care. I stand for creating a safe and brave space together.
I am skillful and well-trained.
In addition to deep studies of AEDP, Somatic Experiencing and transpersonal counselling, I am certified in climate psychology & Somatic EMDR, trained in griefwork, practiced in resilience-development, educated in family systems theory and transpersonal counselling, , and professionally trained in Hand-in-Hand parenting, and a lifelong learned devoted to anti-racist-anti-oppression-decolonization-somatic abolition theory. Learn more about me here.
My approach offers support for a wide range of struggles.
for grief, overwhelm, chronic stress & anxiety
trauma, PTSD
climate distress, uncertainty in a chaotic world, navigating oppression
parenting and for couples struggling with parenting
life transitions
chronic illness
Sessions are offered online, and in-person in the Cowichan Valley, BC.