I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor and have a Masters degree in Counselling Psychology from UBC. I am an integrative counsellor drawing from embodied and experiential practices. I have post-graduate training in Focusing-oriented therapy, a comprehensive 2-year program with a specific focus on trauma healing.
Other areas of training:
- The Neurobiology of Parts Work: Using neuroscience to guide interventions with Jules Taylor Shore
- Attachment Healing Through Memory Reconsolidation Experiences with Jules Taylor Shore
- Internal Family Systems through Adler Professional School
- Systemic Trauma in Couples Therapy: Building Relational Privilege with Akilah Riley-Richardson
- Living with Loss I with Living with Loss Counselling Support BC
- Indigenous Cultural Humility training through PHSA
- Advanced Emotion-Focused Family Therapy with Mental Health Foundations
- SPACE program for caregivers supporting children with anxiety with Eli Lebowitz
- Neurobiology of Play Therapy with Bonnie Badenoch
Anti-oppressive Practice
I continue to learn and work towards anti-oppressive counselling practices. Anti-oppressive counselling includes:
- using an intersectional lens to recognize how systemic oppression and injustice impacts people’s mental health and well-being
- recognizing the power dynamic in the counsellor/client relationship
- working collaboratively with people, centering their lived experience and knowledge
- asking for consent about counselling modalities and practices I use
- critically reflecting on my assumptions and bias and how I occupy positions of power and privilege
- supporting and resourcing myself through counselling, embodied exercises and parts work
- engaging in social justice work and advocacy