My Services

Therapy for Trauma

I understand that trauma impacts many aspects of our lives and relationships. I work with folks who have experienced trauma by co-creating a container where we can gently and safely begin to explore difficult emotions and reconnect to sensations in the body. We’ll work to listen to important messages coming from the nervous system, learn new skills to increase capacity to be with what arises, and reconnect to who you are and what’s important to you.

I also recognize that we cannot talk about trauma without talking about the collective trauma experienced as a result of living under systems of injustice. The ongoing impacts of such discriminatory systems must be named, addressed, and attended to in working with trauma in our therapeutic relationship.

Queer, Trans and Non-Binary Focused Therapy

As a queer and non-binary counsellor, I understand the importance of accessing knowledgable gender and sexuality affirming counselling. I also understand that our community is diverse, and that each of our experiences vary in important ways. I take an intersectional stance that honours that multiple stressors impact our lives, and that race, class, age, ethnic or cultural identity, and disability all interact with our genders and sexualities and inform our experiences.

Therapy for Anxiety

The factors that influence anxiety are varied and complex: trauma, experiencing or witnessing injustice, stress from work or school, social isolation, relationship challenges, social and societal pressures, and many more. Anxiety is a normal and adaptive response to perceived danger. I approach anxiety by working with you to understand the ways in which it shows up and how it may be taking you away from the things that are important to you.

In-Person or Online

I offer limited in-person sessions at my Fernwood location in Victoria, BC.

My office is located on the ground floor of a shared building and is accessed through a gate that is not automated, an outdoor paved path, and then through a non-automated front door. I am happy to assist with opening the gate and door if needed. There is a 2 feet wide, single stall, gender neutral washroom. It is unfortunately not large enough to accommodate most wheelchairs. If the office is not accessible, we can plan to do our session virtually.

For people preferring or requiring virtual sessions, I can provide counselling via secure video chat or phone call.