Making healthy changes in life can be difficult when experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, job stressors, and other challenges.

I come to you through a trauma-informed, compassionate client-centered lens with the goal of helping you to gain a new self-awareness and help provide you with skills to help you move forward in your life. In the space of the counselling sessions we will begin to work on those challenges and barriers which have been hurdles in your life or relationships with others to help you gain clarity and confidence in your inner strength- all of which can help the day to day life feel alot smoother as time passes.

I believe that within each person, whether one sees it or not initially, lies a desire to grow and be more self-aware. As someone coming to the counseling profession with my own extensive lived experience and true recovery, I hold authentic understanding and knowledge of how it feels to be in the client role. The courage it takes to step into a path of healing and the desire to help your life to feel better is both scary and yet empowering. 

I work with various populations of clients including young teens, young adults, couples, single mothers, single males and LGBTQ identifying.

I live just outside of Vancouver, BC and have an office full time in Coquitlam. I see clients from Surrey, Langley, Kelowna, New Westminster, Vancouver, Ontario and Port Moody. 

Some of the reasons my clients have started with me: anxiety, social anxiety, relationship issues, depression, career stressors, parenting, school avoidance, past trauma, teen challenges and LGBTQ identity challenges. I am experienced in working with these and any other issues you may be struggling with.

Professionally aside from being a Registered Professional Counsellor, I am also a Designated Representative with the Immigration and Refugee Board as well as previously having worked at Riverview as a mental health worker. For ten years I have been running a community group for the vulnerable population in the winter and have been an advocate for mental health in the community namely the need for the mental health cars for the Lower Mainland which were put into place in 2023.

My understanding of hope comes from my own journey and my understanding of how to help others comes from both my education and my professional experience in the field. I look meeting you soon.

Professional Associations:

Canadian Professional Counselling Association, Member since 2024
Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists, Member since 2024

Training and Qualifications:

When Love Hurts Training Workshop, 2008
Community Mental Health Worker Certificate, 2020
Health Care Assistant Certificate, 2021
Counselling Therapist for Private Practice Diploma with Academic Distinction, 2024
Decolonizing Counselling and Mental Health Approaches to Address Complex PTSD and Intergenerational Trauma 2024
Gottman Method for Couples- Level 1, 2024
Critical Incident Stress Management, 2024 (Justice Institute of BC)
Gottman Method for Couples- Level 2, currently completing
Gottman Institute Couples and Addiction Recovery- currently completing
Diversity & Trauma, January 2025 (Justice Institute of BC)
Motivational Interviewing 1, March 2025 (Justice Institute of BC)

I am registered with CPCA (#4638)