Individual counselling

In individual counselling, I work alongside you to help you process the challenges you bring to therapy. Having an empathic, safe, and neutral witness to share your struggles with provides you with the opportunity for healing, supports your capacities for strength and resiliency, and helps you recognize and overcome any internal blockages, such as self-criticism, that may be preventing you from moving forward. Counselling also invites you to consider whether some of your coping strategies or behaviors may no longer be serving you, and in the therapy room we can develop new more positive ways of managing. Perhaps most of all, our compassionate conversations will provide you with the opportunity to appreciate your strengths, and honour and augment your ability to develop a more positive sense of self.

Couples counselling

In couples counselling, I offer partners the opportunity to explore their perceptions, hopes and concerns about the relationship in a safe and neutral environment. I am a safe, empathetic, and neutral presence that supports both parties in recognizing their individual and often complimentary strengths they each bring to the relationship. Couples therapy often revolves around fostering a greater sense of emotional connection and relationship satisfaction. This is done by developing an appreciation for how problematic relationship patterns and communication challenges - criticism, defensiveness, contempt, and stonewalling - may be leaving the couple feeling stuck, unable to work through struggles and move forward with their partnership. Relationship therapy encourages partners to work collaboratively in order to overcome a variety of challenges including relationship transitions, infidelity, fertility issues, co-parenting, unmet emotional needs, intimacy and sex, roles and responsibilities, frequent arguments characterized by anger, defensiveness or blaming, and separation and divorce. As an LGBTQ2S- friendly service, relationship counselling is avaliable for those of all gender identities and sexual orientations.