About
The person on the other side of the call.
I am a member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, and my Canadian Certified Counsellor designation is in progress. I hold a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, and Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Religious Studies.
I have been counselling for over twelve years, and for eleven of those I have facilitated the Prepare and Enrich programme with couples before and during marriage. I work with mood, anxiety, grief, relationships, and questions of faith and meaning, using cognitive behavioural, solution focused, and person centred approaches.
Outside the work I travel, lift weights, and hike, and I like meeting people who are not like me. That is not a small thing in this job. It is most of it.
- 12 years
- In practice
- CCPA
- Member, Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
- MA
- Counselling Psychology
- Online
- Anywhere in Canada
How I work
I do not have one method that I apply to everyone. I use cognitive behavioural therapy when a thought pattern is running the show, solution focused work when you need something to change this month rather than next year, and person centred work when what you actually need is to be heard properly by someone who is not going to flinch. Most of the time it is some combination, and we adjust as we go.
You set the direction
You decide what we work on. My job is to help you get there, not to tell you where there is.
Nothing is too small to bring
People often apologise for the thing that turns out to matter most. You do not have to earn your session with a big enough problem.
Faith is yours to include or leave out
Some clients want it central. Others never mention it. Both are normal and neither needs explaining.
What a session is actually like
Fifty minutes, on a secure video call. The first one is mostly me listening and asking questions, so that by the end we both know what you want to be different. There is no couch, no notepad being scribbled in, and no expectation that you arrive with the right words. Most people say afterwards that it was less strange than they expected.
If that sounds like someone you could talk to
A first session is fifty minutes and costs no more than any other. You are not committing to anything beyond it.