What brings you here today?

If you have a concern that's not listed, let me know!

I don't know where to start.

That's quite all right. Oftentimes, folks come to counseling when they're feeling overwhelmed with life's many demands. We can start the conversation and see which direction makes sense to prioritize at this time.

I am anxious a lot of the time. How can you help?

We can start by understanding the scope of anxiety's presence in your life. What is it that it wants you to do? What kind of things does anxiety prevent you from doing? Once we've looked at that, we can test out some approaches for anxiety: some mental, some body-based, and some practical.

I think I may be a different gender than assigned at birth. Can we talk?

Of course! I provide support for folks who want to explore their sexual orientation and gender identity.

One of the first things I will ask you: are you in a safe place right now in your life? Who supports you? Who are your most trusted people? How can you stand in your own power in order to explore this part of you?

I operate from a trans-affirming perspective. I hold space for you to explore your feelings, beliefs, and constructions of gender and to decide what medical gender-affirming treatments you might be interested in.

My work messed me up. I shudder at the thought of going back.

There are so many ways of getting hurt at work: accidents, bullying and harassment, compassion fatigue, burnout, and moral injury, a type of traumatic stress that results from violating one's ethical and moral code while in the course of employment.

Let's talk about how your work has been impacting you, about what you like your relationship with work to look like, and how you view your vocation in life.

If you need help managing symptoms of traumatic stress, there are many tools at our disposal to try out: working with thoughts, working with the body, and working with meaning.

I moved to Vancouver a few years ago, and it's not what I expected. I am so lonely.

You aren't alone in feeling lonely in Vancouver. Many people find it very difficult to make friends in Vancouver., and describe the city as cold, cliquey, or unfriendly. Most of this Vancouver's loneliness can be traced to some of the systemic problems Vancouver has been facing in the past 20 years or so.

Together, we can make sense of Vancouver's unique culture and help you develop a strategy for developing connections within your community.