What I help with

Life has brought you here – perhaps through struggle, perhaps through a quiet knowing that something needs to shift. As a somatic therapist and counsellor in Nelson BC, I support those ready to move beyond managing symptoms into genuine transformation.

You're seeking more than symptom relief. You want to understand the deeper patterns at play and transform them at their source. My integrated approach supports you in navigating whatever territory needs exploring.

Overwhelm & nervous system patterns

When your system feels constantly activated, everyday life becomes exhausting. Together we'll explore how to cultivate resilience and expand your capacity for both intensity and ease.

You might notice:

• Your body holds tension like armor you can't remove

• Small stressors create waves of panic or shut-down

• You feel like you're either “too much” or “not enough” but rarely just right

• Sleep feels elusive when your system won't settle

• Past experiences echo through your body in unexpected moments

How we work together: Through gentle somatic practices, you'll discover how to befriend the intelligence of your nervous system rather than battle it. You'll develop resilience that honours your sensitivity rather than stoicism that overrides it.

Embodiment & coming home to yourself

That feeling of existing as a head that happens to have a body attached – one you occasionally remember to feed and walk? We'll gently bridge the gap between your brilliant mind and your feeling self, creating integration and aliveness.

This disconnection might feel like:

• Analyzing everything but never feeling settled

• Knowing what you “should” do but being unable to feel your way forward

• Missing your body's signals until they become symptoms

• Feeling separate from your own life, watching rather than living

Our approach: Through somatic awareness practices, you'll learn to trust your body's intelligence again. We'll explore how to inhabit yourself fully, discovering the wisdom that lives below the neck.

Relationships & patterns

Whether navigating partnerships, family dynamics, or patterns from the past, we'll uncover what shapes your connections. You'll develop skills for deeper intimacy while understanding how early experiences created the templates you're living from.

Relationship patterns might include:

• Choosing partners who confirm your deepest fears about yourself

• Repeating family dynamics despite your best efforts

• Giving until empty, then resenting those you've given to

• Pushing away connection right when you need it most

• Inner criticism so familiar it feels like truth

How we transform together: We'll work somatically with how you hold yourself in relationship – not just understanding your attachment style but feeling into new ways of being. You'll help those younger parts of you feel safe enough to release their protective strategies.

Disconnection & loss

Sometimes life feels muted, as if you're watching from behind glass. This disconnection might have crept in slowly or arrived with a specific loss. Either way, you know something essential feels missing.

This might look like:

• Moving through days on autopilot, functionally fine but not alive

• Grief that has no name or seems “too old” to still hurt

• Lost connection to joy, creativity, or what used to light you up

• A persistent sense that “this can't be all there is”

Our exploration: We'll create space for what hasn't been grieved or acknowledged. Through body-centered awareness, you'll reconnect with the vitality that still pulses beneath the numbness, discovering that sometimes disconnection is protecting something precious that's ready to emerge.

Life transitions & meaning-making

Sometimes the path forward feels unclear, or you sense you're outgrowing old ways of being. We'll explore what's emerging and support you in stepping into your next becoming.

This calling might feel like:

• Standing at a threshold, knowing you can't go back but unsure how to move forward

• Questioning everything you thought you wanted

• Sensing gifts within you that have no outlet

• Yearning to live larger while fearing what that means

Our journey together: We'll listen to what's emerging with curiosity rather than judgment. Through embodied exploration, you'll learn to trust the intelligence of your unfolding, finding courage to step into who you're becoming even when the path isn't clear.

What makes this different

This isn't therapy that starts and ends with running circles in your head or pushes for premature solutions. We work with your whole self – the wisdom of your body, the depth of your emotions, the clarity of your mind, and the longing of your soul.

Each session becomes a practice ground for new ways of being, where profound shifts can emerge from the simplest moments of awareness.

Beginning your journey

These categories are simply doorways. Your unique path may weave through several themes or reveal entirely different territory to explore. What matters is that you're ready to engage with your life more fully.

I offer a free consultation to explore whether my somatic, philosophical approach aligns with what you're seeking.