Between
where you are
and what
comes next
My Approach
This page outlines how I approach counselling, and how I understand change when life feels uncertain or unsettled. It offers a sense of the posture I bring to the work, rather than a set of techniques or promises.
What Often Brings
People Here
How I understand what brings people to counselling: Life can hit us in unexpected ways—through moments of change, loss, or uncertainty that ask something new of us. Counselling offers space to pause, to face what feels challenging, and to discover the strength and meaning that may be waiting on the other side. It is a place to slow things down rather than rush toward solutions.
Many people arrive at moments when the old story no longer fits, but the new one is not yet clear. You may feel caught between identities, beliefs, or ways of living. Counselling offers a space to speak honestly without performing, to sit with uncertainty without rushing to resolution, and to let understanding deepen over time.
Making Sense of
the Story You’re Living
We live within stories formed over time, shaped by relationships, responsibilities, losses, beliefs, and the ways we learned to survive. Some chapters were written under pressure. Others were shaped by expectations we didn’t choose. Counselling is a place to make sense of those chapters and to notice the themes that have carried forward, for better or worse.
The aim is not to rewrite the past, but to relate to it more truthfully, so the future is not confined by it. New chapters are rarely written from scratch. They emerge from understanding what has come before and discerning what no longer needs to be carried forward.
How I Work
As a Registered Clinical Counsellor, I draw on emotionally focused and experiential approaches, narrative work, and ways of working with the different parts of ourselves. This work is grounded in the belief that healing happens not by running from pain, anger, or fear, but by engaging them with curiosity and care.
Parts of ourselves that once learned to protect us often carry both burden and wisdom. When they are met rather than avoided, new possibilities begin to emerge. In my counselling practice in Vancouver, it is not about being told what to do, being judged, or being reduced to a diagnosis. It moves at a human pace, which is sometimes active and focused and sometimes quieter and reflective. Both are part of the work.
A Collaborative and
Holistic Process
This work is collaborative. You are not a passive recipient of expertise, and I am not an authority telling you who you are or what to do. We work together to attend to what is present in your life now, the patterns that repeat under stress, and the emotional responses that feel overwhelming, muted, or difficult to name. Insight matters, but only insofar as it helps you live with greater freedom, clarity, and integrity.
Understanding patterns without judgement
I hold a strong respect for personal agency and responsibility. Counselling honours your capacity to reflect and choose, without leaving you isolated with the weight of that responsibility. Patterns are approached with curiosity rather than judgement, understood as adaptive responses that once made sense, even if they no longer serve you.
The gradual process of change
Holistic change requires a holistic perspective. We are shaped by our bodies, histories, relationships, and our capacity to engage beyond ourselves. Change often unfolds through small, coordinated steps across several areas of life, rather than a single dramatic shift.
If this approach resonates, you do not need the right words or complete certainty. You only need enough willingness to begin a conversation.