I offer counselling & coaching in Nelson, BC and online.
I offer coaching and counselling and a unique blend of both that creates a synergistic effect beyond the benefits of just one approach. This methodology is flexible and adaptable to your specific circumstances. It can provide the tools for forward-looking goal achievement and the emotional insight needed for healing and lasting change. It empowers you to cultivate deep self-awareness, uncover the underlying causes of behavioural patterns and habits that hinder your life, and institute new ways of thinking, behaving and relating that unlock your full potential.
I utilize a biopsychosocial approach to mental health and personal growth, helping you understand how the biological, psychological, and social components of life intersect and interact. Our mental and physical health is shaped by this complex web of influences—our body, our mind, our relationships, and the societal structures we live within. By exploring these interconnections, I help you develop a holistic understanding of your well-being and how these factors can impact your emotional and physical health.
My Approach to Counselling
I utilize a biopsychosocial approach to mental health and personal growth to help you understand how the biological, psychological, and social components of your life intersect and interact. Our mental and physical health is shaped by this complex web of influences—our body, mind, relationships, and societal structures we live within. By exploring these interconnections, I help you develop a holistic understanding of your well-being and how these factors can impact your emotional and physical health.
My work focuses on helping people identify and transform patterns, habits, and unconscious thoughts that may have once been adaptive responses to stressors and traumas in life but have become maladaptive over time. These learned behaviours, while once necessary for survival, can start to undermine your health, relationships, and self-understanding. Together, we can work to unearth these deep-rooted patterns and replace them with healthier ways of thinking and being that serve your overall mental and physical health.
As a counsellor, I focus on helping you heal, gain emotional insight, and work through past or present challenges you may be facing. You might come to me during a time of psychological distress when you’re dealing with emotional difficulties or navigating mental health issues like anxiety, depression, or trauma. The therapeutic counselling process is designed to resolve emotional pain, heal past wounds, and help you develop coping strategies to manage life’s difficulties.
I practice an integrative approach to counselling, drawing inspiration from Coherence Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Positive Psychology, Rogerian Humanistic Person-Centered Psychology, Mindfulness, Multiple-Selves theory, Gestalt, and Adlerian Pattern-Focused therapy. If you’d like to learn more about these frameworks, please check out my BLOG, where I explain them in more detail. I aim to help you achieve tangible, measurable, and lasting change by combining these therapeutic frameworks. This holistic approach allows us to address the full complexity of your experiences, offering deep emotional healing and fostering personal growth.
Given the right conditions, I believe you have the inherent capacity for self-healing and personal growth. My primary focus is to create a supportive and non-judgmental environment where you feel safe and empowered to explore your thoughts, emotions, and experiences. No matter how difficult, dark, or disorienting your inner world feels right now, I can meet you where you are and provide a comfortable, confidential space to work through whatever is real for you.
My Approach to Coaching
As a coach, I focus on goal setting, personal development, and progress, oriented toward the future. My clients typically function well and seek to optimize their performance, achieve personal or professional goals, or unlock their full potential. Together, we take an action-oriented path, creating strategies to improve your skills and move you toward your desired outcomes, whether in your career, wellness, relationships, or other areas of life.
To make the coaching process even more impactful, I incorporate proven techniques, creative exercises, and out-of-the-box approaches to stimulate your thinking and help you move beyond your comfort zone. By pushing the boundaries of your perspective, we open new possibilities and insights that lead to more profound personal growth and achievement.
Coaching with me is primarily future-focused. We’ll look ahead, set a vision, and create a plan for positive changes in your life. While we acknowledge the past, our sessions will emphasize where you want to go and the steps needed to get there.
I use techniques such as visioning, motivational questioning, strategic planning, and creating accountability to help you clarify your goals and take concrete, actionable steps toward achieving them. My coaching style is solution-focused, meaning we’ll work together on practical strategies that lead to specific, measurable outcomes. In this partnership, I’ll guide you, helping you tap into your strengths and resources to overcome any challenges.
Whether you’re interested in executive, life, career, or wellness coaching, I aim to help you bring out the best in you. I have helped numerous people and organizations craft crystal-clear visions of who they want to be and what they want to achieve, and together, we’ll create actionable, detailed strategic plans to get there. This process engages both our creative and systematic selves, allowing us to design a roadmap that helps you live the life you envision. I believe in your autonomy and ability to set and achieve your goals, and I’m here to support you in your journey toward self-directed growth and lasting success.
Let's meet for free
Let’s spend 20 minutes talking about what’s going on for you and what you hope to get out of counselling or coaching. We will quickly learn if we are a good fit for each other. If I feel I am not the best person to help you, I will happily refer you to someone who might be a better match.