Registered Clinical Counsellor in Coquitlam,B.C

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Specializations & Areas of Focus

  • Anxiety is a natural response to stress, uncertainty, or situations we perceive as threatening. It can involve feelings of worry, nervousness, or fear, along with physical symptoms such as a racing heart, muscle tension, or restlessness. When these feelings become overwhelming or start interfering with daily life, professional support can help.

  • Trauma is the emotional and psychological impact of experiencing or witnessing an event that overwhelms a person’s ability to cope. Its effects can be lasting, influencing thoughts, emotions, relationships, and the way the body responds to stress, but healing is possible with the right support.

  • Depression is more than feeling sad. It is a common mental health condition that can affect how you think, feel, and function in daily life. Depression may make you feel helpless or that being happy is impossible. Having the appropriate support and tools to help manage depression is incredibly important.

  • Having difficulty managing and responding to emotions in ways that feel balanced and effective is more common than you think; but this can lead to emotions that feel overwhelming or hard to control. Learning to better understand your emotions, regulate intense feelings, and respond to life's challenges with greater confidence and resilience is a skill worth learning.

  • Grief is a natural and universal response to loss, but it is experienced differently by everyone. It may arise after the death of a loved one, in anticipation of a future loss, or in response to the loss of a relationship, identity, health, or the life you hoped for. Getting close and personal with grief is often painful but always fruitful.

  • Relationships of all kinds can be complex and require patience, understanding, and care. Whether you're experiencing challenges with a partner, family member, friend, or colleague, having a supportive space to explore your experiences, gain clarity, and develop healthier ways of moving forward can feel like a huge relief.

  • Any form of mental illness can have long-lasting and serious effects on quality of life. Some of the more severe forms of mental illness likely require psychiatric intervention and medication. However, counselling can help focus on developing coping strategies, strengthening emotional regulation, and building skills to manage symptoms while working toward greater stability and well-being.

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In-Person Sessions in Coquitlam,B.C

Located at 3041 Anson Ave #208

(Sundays only)

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  • "What you resist, persists"

    - Carl Jung

  • "Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strengths."

    —Sigmund Freud

  • "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from"

    - Cormac McCarthy

  • "Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will rule your life and you will call it fate"

    - Carl Jung

  • "Every orientation presupposes a disorientation."

    —Hans Magnus

  • "Observe, don't absorb"

    —Ross Rosenberg

  • "He who has a 'why' to live for can bear almost any 'how'..."

    —Friedrich Nietzsche