What you can expect
When you come in for counselling support, I start by creating a relaxed atmosphere where you feel safe and are reassured that you've found someone who can help you truly face the issues you are experiencing. Sometimes, traumas from the past or the stress of current life can be overwhelming and your world becomes very narrow.
Working together, you can develop the skills and flexibility you need to not only improve how you function but to actually enjoy all that home, work, and the rest of life brings to you. As your counsellor, I am committed to providing you with the necessary tools and techniques to overcome life's obstacles and achieve a balanced fulfilling life.
Memberships, Registrations & Verifications
Registered Social Workers with the BC College of Social Workers
I am a Registered Social Worker (RSW) with the BCCSW. This regulatory body establishes, monitors, and supports standards of practice and a code of ethics. They superintend the practice of social work through entry to practice standards, exams, establishment and reinforcement of regulations, mandatory continuing professional development program and processing complaints against RSW(s).
Registered Master Therapeutic Counsellor with the Association of Cooperative Counselling Therapists
Master Theraputic Counsellors (MTC) meet the advanced skills criteria of development beyond entry-to-practice. The Task Group for Counsellor Regulation Competency Profile describes this as follows: “The therapist working at an advanced level has extensive experience and exhibits a nuanced understanding of clinical situations. Decision-making and treatment flow more effectively because the therapist readily perceives which aspects of a presenting situation are the important ones, and how they should be addressed. The therapist working at an advanced level deals effectively with most unusual, difficult to resolve and complex situations.”
Certified EMDR Therapists with the EMDR International Association
Certified EMDR Therapists with the EMDR International Association
An international membership organization of mental health professionals dedicated to the highest standards of excellence and integrity in EMDR.
An EMDR Certified Therapist has opted to meet standards of excellence in the field of EMDR therapy, measured by consultation, clinical practice, and continuing education. To maintain this certification, a therapist must continue to satisfy the EMDRIA requirement including completion of continuing education requirements and adherence to ethical standards.
EMDR Canada Certified Therapist
Certified EMDR Therapists with the EMDR International Association
EMDR Canada is dedicated to establishing, maintaining, and promoting the highest standards of excellence and integrity in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy practice, research and education.
Member of the BC Association of Social Workers
Membership in BCASW creates a synergy that strengthens the voice of social workers, supports their practice and builds a solid foundation for advocacy and social action. They provide information and support to social workers, leadership in professional and social advocacy and outstanding professional development opportunities.
Member of the Canadian Association of Social Workers
CASW exists so that the social work profession is respected as a unique, diverse, and credible profession, in Canada and Internationally.
Member of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science
This association supports Clinical Counsellors in the practice of Contextual Behavioral Therapy such as Acceptance and Committment Therapy (ACT). It is based on a pragmatic worldview known as functional contextualism. It grows from behavioural analysis in its methodology and assumptions . It Is committed to developing basic behavioural accounts of complex behaviours. It aims to apply these advances in the alleviation human suffering and the advancement of human well-being.
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