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Real Life Counselling was created to help individuals deal with the inevitable challenges of life and reduce the associated pain. Our team of trusted associate therapists understands that life doesn't always go as planned and that it's normal to feel stuck at times. Our goal is to guide and encourage you to try new ways of thinking and behaving, providing positive encouragement, accountability, and gentle feedback. Your therapist will help you talk through your life situations and offer supportive, neutral, and professional feedback to bring clarity and focus. Online booking is available at: https:reallifecounselling.janeapp.com

My work with clients is guided by cultural awareness. I recognize that a client’s cultural orientation shapes their lived experience and plays an important role in their mental health. I am committed to helping my clients conceptualize their experiences and identify all resources available to help them problem-solve I support adolescents and adults working through trauma, mood disorders, and other mental health challenges. I also help clients on disability leave navigate their recovery and successfully transition back into the workplace. I use an eclectic approach and collaborate with my clients to design treatment plans that fit their needs. I recognize how challenging it can be to reach out for emotional support. I match my client's pace of change and growth, focusing on setting short-term goals that help build self-efficacy.

If you're stuck in the same argument with a partner or family member, if you just can't seem to get on the same page or you're still dealing with a hurtful event from the past, I can help you gain clarity and a way out. Come alone or bring your partnerspouse or family member if they're willing and let's get started. I use emotion and solution-focused therapies, and integrate these approaches with cognitive and experiential approaches. I work with couples, families, and individuals to explore their feelings and examine how their beliefs affect their behavior. My goal is to help my clients achieve better self-awareness, resolve their conflicts, and build healthier, more satisfying relationships.

I have been a practicing therapist for over 35 years, and continue to feel engaged and passionate about my work. I make use of a wide variety of theories and professional strategies to assist my clients in reaching their goals. As well, I draw on the experience I have gained and the things that I have learned from those I have had the privilege of helping in the past, and from my own life experiences. I believe that the power of therapy to assist people to find their own wisdom and to find healing for themselves is very strongly influenced by the relationship between the therapist and the client. As a therapist, I can be nurturing and supportive, and I can also be direct and provocative, depending on what my client needs most. Regardless of which style works best for each person, I am always respectful and non-judgmental and willing to work as hard as you do to move through whatever you are struggling with.

With graduate, post-graduate degrees, and over 30 years of clinical experience, I welcome Children, Teens, Adults, Couples & Families into my practice who are facing anxiety, depression, anger, trauma, grief, addiction, chronic pain, or stress from relationship conflicts breakdown. I specialize in cognitive-behavioral, dialectical behavioral, deeper-heal ing, and relapse prevention therapies, personalized to each client's unique age & circumstances, a unique couple's program, and deep healing that addresses shifts pain and utilizes strengths to repair. Finally, I belong to a specialized multidisciplinary team helping families through divorce. Following the completion of a comprehensive assessment which offers a straightforward explanation of why you are suffering and what you would benefit from, you will receive a customized, personalized, 3 stage program for individuals, or a 2 stage program for couples that address self-care, stress management, and deeper healing. I balance providing a safe space for honest exploration with ensuring we identify key tools towards making real changes. Clients tell me they appreciate the straight honest compassionate talk that motivates them towards changes they knew they needed to make but just wasn't sure how to do it.

I offer virtual online psychotherapy services with a focus on helping clients understand themselves more deeply, navigate challenges with greater clarity, and move toward meaningful change. My approach is collaborative, grounded in curiosity and care, and tailored to each person’s unique experiences and needs. Whether you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or simply ready to explore something more fully, I provide a space where we can make sense of things together.

I appreciate the strengths that each and every client bring with them to the therapeutic process. Therapy is unique to your needs and I hope to connect on what you need to feel more fulfilled in life. Of course the beginning can be scary, and I want to acknowledge that I am here to provide a safe space to unpack emotions, trauma, troubling thoughts, intrusive thoughts, or concerning interpersonal situations. Life can be tough, therapy should be a comforting place to land in the midst of the busy lives we all lead. I find it best to discuss what you are looking for in a free 15-minute consultation and ensure we both feel it is a fit before moving forward. My working hours are Monday-Friday, 10am-7pm and I offer both in person and virtual therapy options. I look forward to connecting on what you need to feel like the best version of you.

At times, many of us face emotions and suffering that can feel overwhelmingly painful, disheartening, and difficult to bear, often due to unique stressors and events. I work with adults, adolescents, families, and step-families, providing support through a range of therapeutic approaches, including emotionally focused therapy (EFT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), interpersonal psychotherapy, dialectical behaviour therapy (dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and Internal Family Systems. These approaches, grounded in neuroscience and attachment theory, empower clients to access their inner strengths and unlock their potential for growth. Since cognitive therapy is often not enough to address intense emotions, I incorporate interventions that help regulate and organize emotional experience to support individuals and families as they thrive. By creating a safe, accepting, and confidential environment, I help clients, whether dealing with depression, anxiety, marital distress, or difficulties in peer relationships, use their innate ability to heal and grow.

You keep repeating the same painful patterns in your relationships, no matter who you're with. Maybe you're actively dating, and you find yourself reading into every shift in their tone, chasing reassurance, or losing yourself trying to be who you think they want. Maybe you keep going back to an ex even though it leaves you feeling worse each time. Or maybe you're in a committed relationship that's become a cycle of conflict and resentment, and you're tired of having the same fight on repeat. The exhausting part is that it keeps happening, and it's starting to shape how you see yourself. If any of this feels familiar, you're in the right place. I'm a Registered Social Worker who helps people in their 20s and 30s make real, lasting changes in how they relate. My style is warm and practical, and I'll challenge you rather than just nod along. Using attachment theory, we'll trace where these patterns began and build the security to break them. These patterns can change. As you build real security within yourself, those painful patterns stop running the show, and you get to choose how you show up instead. You can feel calm and confident, whether partnered or single. The first step is a free, no-pressure meet & greet call—just reach out to set one up. I'd love to hear from you!

The creative adjustments you have made through out your life have supported you. However, are you now finding what has worked for you in the past, is no longer effective, nor fulfilling? Through dialogue, sensory awareness, and embodied experimenting in the here and now (gestalt psychotherapycoaching), a deeper awareness of yourself, and how to break free from your old patterns may emerge- if you are up to doing the work. Our work together will ask you to look beyond what you know, and it will challenge you to your core, to look at yourself with new eyes. The authentic engagement, and risk taking that we both will share, will be demanding at times, and at other times quite sweet- we will be relating, finding meaning, getting creative, and going beyond our perceived limits. This honest, productive, and satisfying relational contact will support your need for something different personally andor professionally. My experiences as an educator for over 10 years has shown me that children are the best at this way of being. They are totally present with what is, they question without shame, and they take responsibility when given the freedom of choice. My personal work of getting out of my head and getting back to my senses, learning to accept that slow can be fast, and that my vulnerability is my new strength, has helped me to overcome childhood trauma, addictions, mental health issues and ADHD, failed relationships, and major life and career obstacles and changes. I can hold the space for you to do the same if that is what you desire. I am an existentialist, and I have faith that we can each find our path to an authentic existence in this absurd world together, we just need support for greater awareness and contact. Reluctant to take a risk, and work with people only in my presence has taught me how my beliefs, rules, interjects, whatever you might call them, of what a therapy session "should" look like have limited my experiences and impact. Going beyond my perceived limitations, I have learned that I can see, just as well with my ears, that at times I can be even more creative, and ask different questions of you when you are not physically in my sight. These powerful insights have helped me to be open to technology, and reaching you, where ever you may be. Personally feeling like an alien at times, and wondering where are "my people" hiding on this planet, has been tough. However, by staying with my own process, I have come to some new awareness' that even if "my people" aren't in my own backyard, I can make contact. Please reach out and contact me. I will not be able to fix you, however, I will be able to support and accept you.