I'm a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC, BCACC) working online with adults across British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland & Labrador, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. My practice is built around chronic pain, chronic illness, and the trauma that often comes from navigating the medical system with either.
Most of my clients arrive after being poked, prodded, dismissed, or quietly filed under "nothing wrong." They're living with persistent pain, ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, Long COVID, POTS, EDS, or the slow grind of medical burnout. Some are grieving the life they had before a diagnosis. Some are still trying to get one. Most are tired of translating their own body for people who aren't listening.
I combine evidence-based modalities — Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), DBT, and CBT — with somatic pacing and nervous-system-informed care. The work is paced to what your system can actually hold. No pushing through flares, no workbooks you have to decode, no pretending the rest of your life is on pause while we meet.
I also live with chronic illness, which shapes how I show up in session. It means we can start from somewhere useful instead of burning the first three months on the basics.
Outside of the therapy room, I sit on the Board of the Canadian Pain Society and co-chair its Interprofessional Special Interest Group, and I work with Pain BC on chronic pain education. I write and speak on chronic pain care, nervous system regulation, and pacing.
Sessions are online only, 50 minutes, $150 (therapy-integrated SSP $180). Most extended health plans reimburse RCC services. ICBC and WorkSafe BC accepted. Free 20-minute consultation available.
Issues / Specialties
Chronic Pain · Chronic Illness · Medical Trauma · ME/CFS · Fibromyalgia · Long COVID · POTS · EDS · Burnout · Health Anxiety · Trauma / PTSD · Grief & Loss · Caregiver Stress · Life Transitions · Identity Shifts after Diagnosis
Modalities / Approach
Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) · Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP, Unyte-certified) · DBT · CBT · Somatic / Nervous-System-Informed · Trauma-Informed · Chronic-Illness-Informed
Client focus
Adults (18+) · Individuals · Online only