Individual Counselling

I offer individual counselling Burnaby, Vancouver, and online anywhere in BC.

I use evidence-based treatments that tailored to your unique life and circumstances.

I believe that effective therapy is balanced. If I only threw generic advice at you, then I'd be no better than a book giving broad suggestions. In contrast, if I only listen and validate without intervention, then you wouldn't benefit from therapy.

Instead, I blend both approaches. We will explore your life and identify root factors behind your struggles and then apply practical evidence-based tools to bring relief to your life. Whether you navigate burnout, an inner critic, or overwhelming anxiety, I will help you build clarity, unburden yourself, and foster self-compassion so you can function best.

Areas I Support With

  • Burnout and High-Achiever Stress

  • Perfectionism

  • Overthinking

  • Anxiety and Depression

  • Trauma

  • LGBTQ+

  • ADHD

  • Grief, Guilt and Shame

  • Feeling Worthless, Helpless or Disliked

  • Sleep Issues or Chronic Stress

My Core Approaches

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
This approach is structured, directed, and aimed towards actionable strategies to help identify unhelpful thought loops, challenge distorted thinking, and regulate mood. It delivers present-focused tools to manage day to day.

Internal Family Systems (IFS)
This gentle and non-pathologizing framework helps learn about the "parts" of your personality that make up you. As we get to know the parts of you like the people-pleaser, the anxious part, or the inner critic, we can safely unburden the painful experiences that drive these parts to exist.

How We Work Together

Therapy starts with mapping your world. This means learning about who you are, how you navigate the world, and how you ended up where you are now. Effective treatment needs to understand all of you. This means exploring immediate challenges, past experience, your family history, previous therapy experience, relationships and cultural dynamics.

As I learn about your world, I guide sessions deeper into your inner experience. I ask reflective questions to open doors to parts of yourself you didn't know were there. You will then gain clarity on why you are the way you are. From that place of self-understanding, the skills needed to shift unhelpful patterns become clear, and meaningful change can occur naturally.

What to expect in session

Sessions aim to meet you where you are. I offer both in-person and virtual therapy options. I conduct in-person sessions at one clinic in Burnaby and one in Vancouver.

The first few sessions focus on understanding your world, your history and your goals. Once we set clear goals, we will work through them in a grounded supportive environment.

Book an Appointment

Your first step is a free, no obligation 20 minute introduction call. This gives us a chance to talk through your goals, answer any questions you have, and see if our dynamic feels right for you.

You can coordinate your first session in any of the following ways: