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About

About Me

Thank you for taking a moment to learn how I can help you make some significant and meaningful changes in your life. It is my privilege to help my clients move from a place of dissatisfaction or unhappiness in their relationships, careers, or self-esteem and arrive at a place of joy and success.

“I am licensed as a Registered Professional Counsellor and Practicing Psychotherapist in private practice. I specialize in counselling with individuals, couples, and families in Kelowna, British Columbia and surrounding areas and provide telephone counselling for individuals in remote locations.

I am trained in a broad spectrum of therapeutic approaches to best meet the needs of a variety of clients. When people ask me what I specialize in, I tell them that I specialize in Bereavement Counselling and Grief Recovery. Yet I specialize in meeting the needs of my clients. I believe that if a therapist locks on to one modality of therapy he/she won’t meet the needs of a client who might respond better to another style or combination of styles. I tailor my work to the unique and individual needs of each client I work with.

I have come to understand how we sometimes feel trapped in unhealthy cycles of thoughts, feelings and actions. These conditions are manifested in problems in our relationships, problems at work and problems in our social environments. We yearn for solutions but often do not know which way to turn. If you are reading my words you have just taken the first step in the right direction.

Therapy is as much art as it is science. I believe what makes a truly great therapist is a big heart, keen insight, and establishing a great rapport with one’s clients.

Credentials

I am a Practicing Psychotherapist, a Registered Professional Counsellor (RPC) and a member of the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association (CPCA). I am also trained as a Grief Recovery Specialist and have specialized training in Hypnotherapy.

Education

I received my Grief Recovery Specialist training in Edmonton, Alberta with the Grief Recovery Institute.

About The Practice

Working with me as your Therapist will be much like choosing a trusted and competent partner with whom to climb the highest mountain: it can be a long and arduous climb and, at times, you must put your life in another person’s hands.

While research suggests that the relationship itself is as important as the type of therapy used, certain types of therapy remain more effective with particular issues. I use an integrative approach to therapy which is based on the individual’s needs.

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending“

-Maria Robinson

Because you will be my partner in your healing process. You can ask or challenge the direction in which your therapy is headed. Partners should have excellent communication with one another. I wrap up the end of each session by asking if the session proved valuable, what it was like for you.

A successful working relationship is most important and determined by the following criteria

Satisfaction in the working relationship between me and you.

Working collaboratively toward mutually agreed-upon goals.

Re-evaluating the problems that first brought in your request for treatment.

Asking yourself if you’ve made a commitment to eliminating whatever the presenting problem is and talking honestly about the personal roadblocks that may stop you from staying committed to your successful outcome.

Therapy can be an invigorating and rejuvenating experience but it is important to note that sometimes it can become harder before it becomes easier.

The relationship with you as my client is most important and you too, have a very important role to play in what it takes to best work with you.

Some people prefer a more “straightforward” approach to accountability, while others prefer an approach that has a softer touch. Never be afraid to ask for what you need.