The best chance at a healthy, happy life begins early in childhood, as the most brain development happens in the first five years. I help families and community providers with early screening of developmental, mental health, and attachment relationship challenges. We will develop a screening and early intervention plan to help build upon your child's and family strengths. My 25 years experience in child development, mental health, early intervention, and family counselling provides a unique combination to help promote your child's development and prevent worsening of mental health problems in the future. Play therapy is an effective treatment for autism, adhd, anxiety/OCD, grief, loss & trauma.

Healing from trauma and integrating your experiences into your life story in a meaningful way are keys to your recovery. Whether you have experienced a single traumatic incident or multiple complex traumas, I am committed to supporting you. As a trauma informed practitioner, I practice in ways that promote your safety, self-awareness, and emotional regulation through hope, support, strength, and resiliency. I will connect with you through empathy and non-judgement. I utilize cognitive and expressive arts therapies from a compassionate framework.

We all experience losses and accompanied grief in our own way and timeline. My role is to compassionately support you while you walk your path of grief. I will assist you in making meaning of your loss and helping you choose how to go forward with strength and resilience. Narrative and expressive arts approaches are very useful therapies to process grief and loss and promote your growth and healing.

Not everyone has the best start in life. Some have an experience(s) along the way which leads to them struggle with feelings of insecurity and doubt. Our early attachment relationships can have a long lasting impact on us as individuals and on our relationship with current or potential partners. Often times counselling is helpful to resolve and repair feelings of insecurity so you can move forward to safe and healthy relationships. We can work with attachment individually, with couples or families, depending on your particular needs. Emotionally focused therapy, family therapy, and expressive arts therapy are useful

Symptoms of emotional distress affect thousands of people every day. Once someone comes to counselling they often have tried many ways to relieve their distress. I work with people to therapeutically support your ability to process and transform distress and the management of feelings day-to-day. Short or long-term courses of CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) may be necessary. Expressive arts therapies (visual art, collage, writing, music, movement) are also beneficial in relieving intense emotions, finding new ways to cope, and bringing more enjoyment into your life. Compassionate approaches will be used. 

Individuals who struggle with chronic illness and invisible forms of disability often do not receive acknowledgement and support they desperately need. It can be very lonely at times and feel discouraging. I can assist you to rebuild your life by helping understand how your illness and/or invisible disability impact your life, find ways to cope and enjoy life, with support. People can cope well with chronic illness and invisible disability and have lives with meaning and joy.