**Out of the office from November 28-Dec 2, 2025**
I help individual, adult clients manage anxiety, heal trauma, recover from addiction and learn more effective coping skills to improve their quality of life.
- Manage anxiety and how to reduce its impact on your life.
- Process trauma that holds you back and keeps you scared.
- Learn about ADHD and how to manage symptoms in a way that supports your success and reduces self-criticism.
- Set and maintain healthy boundaries in relationships, especially with people who are emotionally immature.
- Recover from addiction and live in sobriety by learning self-regulation, self-compassion and processing trauma.
- Understand Perimenopause and Menopause and how they impact mental health.
If you need support, understanding and help figuring out the challenges in your life in a confidential space, let's talk. As a counsellor with a Master's degree, over ten years in professional practice and more than five decades of lived experience I am here to support you if you need and want to change, heal and find self-confidence again.
Sometimes family and friends may not be the right people to talk to when you need support, guidance or understanding. You want a person with an fresh perspective to help you make sense of challenging experiences without telling you what to do or judging you. Feeling seen and heard by a well-trained counsellor who is in your corner can make all the difference.
As a Registered Clinical Counsellor with a Master's Degree in counselling, I work with individual adult clients who want to change, feel more capable and confident while in a safe, confidential setting. To do that you need to feel supported by a well-trained and compassionate but direct mental health professional, who understands your unique experiences and sees your potential.
HOW I CAN HELP YOU:
·Uncover root causes of trauma, anxiety, or addiction and start the healing process.
·Understand what trauma, anxiety, addiction or ADHD really are (and common myths).
·Learn skills to help you calm, reduce worry, and feel more capable.
·Learn how to communicate better with others.
·Find clarity and self-confidence.
·Learn how to set and maintain healthy boundaries with others.
·Learn how to focus on the present moment.
·Experience relief and gain momentum as you change and grow.
TOGETHER WE CAN:
-Talk about difficult experiences in the past or present and how they affect your mind, body, emotions and result in behaviour and relationship patterns that hold you back.
-Determine your goals for counselling and what you want to change.
-Practice practical tools to help you feel calm and in control, help you manage stress and make healthier decisions that move you closer to your goals.
-Uncover your strengths and abilities and capitalize on them.
-Identify areas of your life that are not working for you and where change is possible.
-Create clarity about your feelings and needs at home, at work and in relationships.
-Understand what your emotional activation points are and how to recognize them before they hijack you.
Education: Master of Counselling, Gonzaga University, Spokane Washington, 2015
Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1995
Bachelor of Arts, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1994
Professional Training: 2015-2023
I am a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP 2020) and I have a certificate as an ADHD Clinical Services provider (CCSP-ADHD 2024). My professional development is ongoing and includes training in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Trauma Informed Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Motivational Interviewing, Attachment Theory, Polyvagal Theory, Interpersonal Neurobiology, and Mindfulness.
Professional Membership:
British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC): Member in good standing since 2015 (#12931) 
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Cranbrook BC