A Unique Counselling Experience
Beyond the theories & modalities, some of counselling values we bring to our sessions are:
Authenticity – The person my client’s meet in therapy is the same person that my friends and family know and love. If sharing myself or my story will benefit you I am not afraid to so. I will share both my strengths and my mistakes with my clients. And at some point we’ll probably laugh, cry, and swear together.
Experience – I have worked with vulnerable youth and adults for the last 20 years. I know trauma both personally and from helping other survivors. I have seen and experienced how society treats those who are vulnerable or slip through the cracks. I wrote my capstone thesis on the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences. The skills and therapies I bring my clients are not just supported by research but also by my own personal healing journey.
Accountability – As someone who prioritizes working through their own stuff. I bring a strong self-awareness of how I may impact others and I work hard to reduced the power imbalances that can show up in therapy when your counsellor is a person of privilege. Not only that but I welcome when my client’s can show me my own blindspots and where I need growth.
Allied – As clinical counsellor and as a person I inhabit almost every intersection of privilege but my life’s work has been to lift up the vulnerable, the marginalized, and the oppressed.
Depathologizing – To pathologize is to treat someone as the source of their problem. For example much of modern health science has located ours problems within the ourselves by labelling it a disease (a problem with your body), a disorder (a problem with your mind/personality), or problematic behaviour (a problem with your morality) but the latest research invites us to consider how our protective biological survival responses can have a devastating impact our lives when they are chronically activated particularly in our early years of development.
Location
Langley, BC, V2Y 0G9
Just off Hwy 1, near the 200th St exit in the Willoughby Neighbourhood of Langley Township
Office Gallery
Rates
15 min Consult – Free
50 min Session – $150*
75 min Session – $225*
First Nation Health Authority and ICBC Clients welcome
The cost of counselling can be a significant barrier making it inaccessible to those who need it. Please talk to me if you find yourself such a position.
*includes taxes