Digital Mental Health Therapy
I accept insurance from British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Labrador, The Yukon Territories, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories.
I graduated with my masters in clinical counseling from Yorkville University, and am licenced to practice as a C.C.C. with CCPA, and as a RP-Q with the CRPO. This means I accept insurance from British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Labrador, The Yukon Territories, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories. Don't hesitate to ask me how.
My therapeutic approach is mainly based in Existentialism. Existentialism is the use of philosophy to guide the progress of the counselling space. it explores the individuals relationship with self, world, and system, and further encourages the growth of the person through creating conceptual understandings in these realms. All understandings are built and made by the individual themselves, I am simply here to help you find your own understandings and beliefs. I use CBT, mindfulness techniques, psychoanalytical theories, humanistic theories, and positive psychology as needed. I believe my education helps me better serve those around me, and am constantly seeking new courses and credentials to add to my toolbelt so I can offer you more in our counseling space. If you have a preferred method, or one you're curious about, please don't hesitate to tell me.
Before I entered this field I proudly served in the Canadian Armed Forces as a Medical Assistant since 2015. I still serve as a reservist in the CAF and would gladly welcome any and all veterans who need counseling. While I was serving I worked as a behavioral Interventionist with special needs children, and as a Healthcare Officer in various hospitals across the lower mainland. I currently work as a Substance-Use Clinician under the Fraser Health Authority to solve addictions in the homeless population.
In my personal life, I am an avid reader, writer, weightlifter, and have been training others competitively for over 10 years. I tend to spend my free time exploring the wonderous mountains that BC offers, or exploring new biking trails.
My mission is to help others grow through their traumas while having the support they need to do so in a productive way.
Everyone faces trauma, each in their own way. As we develop, these traumas can manifest in various ways, and if they are nurtured in harmful ways, they can lead to depression, anxiety, stress disorders, and other mental health challenges. Trauma is an experience that can be interpreted through various lenses, not an event with a single meaning. It is my mission to create a safe and healthy environment where people can grow through life's challenges.
"Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness."
Dr. Peter A. Levine
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~ My mission is your mental wellbeing ~
I believe in healing through genuine connection. From Carl Jung's Person-Centered therapy, i believe in the practice of creating genuine, non-judgmental and honest connection - tenants I hold with high regard. Through a safe and non-judgmental relationship, healing from trauma can begin.
Inner work can be difficult, frightening, saddening, disheartening - I get it, I've been there too. I know what its like to be on the other end of the counsellors chair too, and it's important to me to help you process through these moments, and to let you know that you are not alone through these moments. At Impact Counseling Corp, I want to give you care that empathises with what you're going through every step of the way.
I offer phone-counseling or digital video counseling.
*All phone and virtual services are completely confidential and secure, and in accordance with the requirements set forth by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Insurance Companies Accepted:
Veterans Affairs
ICBC
Green Shield
Blue Cross
FHNA
CRPO
Sun Life
BMO
And many more...