Counselling
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
— C.G. JUNG
An integrated approach to lasting change
As a Registered Clinical Counsellor in Nelson BC, I offer more than traditional talk therapy. My approach weaves together philosophical inquiry, somatic awareness, and practical tools to help you transform patterns at their source.
Whether you're navigating anxiety, relationship challenges, or sensing that life could hold more meaning, we'll work together to create genuine, embodied change.
Insurance Coverage: Most extended health plans cover RCC services.
A different kind of conversation
The therapeutic space offers something unique – a quality of attention and presence you won't find elsewhere. Unlike conversations with friends, which naturally flow both ways, here the focus remains entirely on you and your experience. This creates room for discoveries that rarely emerge in everyday life.
My philosophy background taught me that the questions we ask shape the answers we find. Rather than rushing to solutions, we'll explore the deeper questions beneath your struggles. What if your anxiety is a messenger about what matters to you? What if depression contains information about needed life changes?
In our sessions, you'll find deep listening that helps you hear yourself more clearly, somatic awareness that reconnects you with your body's knowing, and philosophical exploration of what truly matters. This isn't therapy that stays in your head – it's an embodied journey toward wholeness.
My Integrated Approach
My counselling practice draws from multiple streams of understanding, creating an approach uniquely suited to each client's needs:
The Wisdom of Philosophy Philosophy teaches us to examine not just our thoughts, but the frameworks that create them. We'll engage with your experiences as teachers, not just symptoms. This perspective helps you understand the deeper patterns at play and find meaning within struggle. Your challenges become doorways to self-understanding rather than problems to eliminate.
The Intelligence of the Body While traditional therapy focuses on thoughts and insights, lasting change happens when we include the body. Trauma, patterns, and emotions live in our nervous systems, not just our minds. Through gentle somatic awareness, breathing practices, and attention to sensation, you'll learn to trust your body's wisdom. This isn't an add-on – it's woven throughout our work at a pace that feels right for you.
The Power of Presence My meditation practice since 2012 brings mindful presence to our sessions. This creates space to slow down and actually feel your experience, notice the gap between stimulus and response, and make choices from awareness rather than habit. Mindfulness isn't about emptying your mind – it's about being intimate with your actual experience, discovering freedom within it.
The Context of Connection We don't heal in isolation. Your challenges likely arose in relationship, and they transform through relationship too. Understanding your attachment patterns illuminates why you might push others away when you need connection, or lose yourself in relationships. Our therapeutic relationship becomes a laboratory for practicing new ways of being, building toward earned secure attachment.
Who this approach serves best
My counselling practice particularly resonates with those who have done traditional therapy but sense something is missing. You might feel disconnected from your body or emotions, wanting to understand the 'why' beneath your patterns.
This approach works well if you're ready to engage with your whole self – mind, body, and spirit. You appreciate depth and nuance over quick fixes. You're seeking lasting transformation, not just symptom relief.
I won't tell you how to live your life or offer quick advice, but I will share insights when they might help you see things differently. Our work extends beyond the session hour – I often suggest open-ended practices or reflections to deepen your discoveries between meetings. If you're curious about your inner world and ready to be an active participant in your healing – if you want a therapist who can both hold space for your experience and help you synthesize new understanding – then we may work well together.
Beyond problem-solving
While I certainly help with specific challenges – anxiety, depression, relationships, trauma – my deeper intention is to support you in living a more awake, authentic life.
This might mean moving from managing symptoms to addressing root causes. Shifting from surviving to thriving. Discovering what you're here to contribute. Living aligned with your deepest values.
Counselling becomes not just healing from the past, but growing into who you're becoming. It's about fully inhabiting your life – saying 'yes' to both joy and sorrow as part of the wholeness of being human.
Ready to begin?
Choosing a therapist is deeply personal. While my words here might give you a sense of my approach, many people need to have a real-time conversation to feel into whether this is a match.
I offer a complimentary 20-minute consultation where you can share what brings you to therapy and get a feel for how we might work together. I sincerely invite you to reach out.