While I follow an integrated approach to counselling, I do believe that a humanistic, person-centered model builds the foundation for additional therapeutic work.  What this means is that I want to understand your world as you have made sense of it.  While I may provide you with guidance, offer observation, and ask questions to elicit a particular thought process, my position is never to tell you how to live your life or begin to suggest that I could know you better than you know yourself.  I’m going to meet you with a compassionate stance; one in which you know you are supported, listened to, cared for, and not alone.  Together, we will work collaboratively to assess your goals for counselling and to unpack your concerns in a way that will help you move along your healing path. 

I have a tendency to integrate self-compassion, mindfulness, and body-based strategies to most of my practice, should you agree it be relevant to your therapeutic goals.  This may include exercises such as deep breathing, body-awareness, physical and visualized movement, role-play, and other strategies that may help you to feel present and emotionally regulated. These are valuable skills that you will be able to develop and apply both in and out of session, enhancing your capacity to cope when facing difficult circumstances.