Resolve Counselling

Children live in a state of constant curiosity. They live in the moment. This is also how they heal.

Often children have physical symptoms when they do not have a language developed to understand and explain the feelings going on inside of them.

Working with children involves creating safety and allowing them to work through issues in different ways. They may find clarity through play or expressive arts. They could also find resolution through education and talk.

Essential skills to healthy childhood development include:

• Coping Skills

• Feeling Identification and Expression

• Safety Skills

• Boundaries

I have worked with children for over nine years in well-respected community agencies across the province.

Issues I regularly support children with include:

• Anxiety

• Depression

• Transitions

• Sexual Abuse

• Trauma

Living in the world today as a teen is not an easy thing.

I have the most tremendous respect for this age group. It is a group often dismissed and/or labelled as something they are not based on struggles they are experiencing that may not be apparent to others.

This is one of my favourite groups of people to work with…and according to them, I’m not too bad to talk to either (as far as old ladies go).

All behaviour has meaning.

We act the way we do for a reason, even though we may not even understand it ourselves. At times this is a difficult phase of life – caught between two worlds, but not entirely within one or the other.

With the world rapidly changing, there are lots of unknowns. Working with teens involves helping them to find clarity and peace in this environment of change and unknowns.

Issues I often support teens with include:

• Suicidal Ideation

• Anxiety

• Depression

• Sexual Health

• Sexual Abuse

• Healthy Relationships

• Communication

• Family Issues

I have worked with teens for over nine years in well-respected community agencies across the province.

My philosophy in adult counselling is three-pronged:

• Collaborate

• Illuminate

• Liberate

Step 1: Collaborate

You are the expert of your life. This process is for you.

A fruitful and collaborative dialogue is born by combining your strengths, your expertise of self, and your knowledge of how you navigate the world, with my insights, training, and experience.

Step 2: Illuminate

Light brings the capacity to examine what we keep buried. Light brings honest reflection, and new perspectives. It allows for the exposure of what lies within ourselves. Knowledge and wisdom are born from this illumination.

By shedding light on emotions, you may be ready to see another layer of life that lies before you and/or within you.

Step 3: Liberate

To be free of an issue does not always mean that the outcome you hope for becomes reality. Freedom is to be fully human: to experience the highs and lows that life brings and to be open to the vast variety of experiences life creates.

To know yourself breeds understanding and an ability to be authentic in your journey.

Finding freedom does not take pain away; instead, it empowers you to remain whole and keep moving forward despite the pain, with more courage, wisdom, insight, and trust than before.

Issues I often support adults with include:

• Suicidal ideation

• Anxiety

• Depression

• Sexual abuse

• Sexual health

• Healthy relationships

• Communication

• Family issues

• Self-harm

I have worked with adults for over 20 years in well-respected community agencies across the province.

Often times we can find ourselves feeling distanced from our partner, whether it be due to emotional wounds caused by one another, unspoken resentments, hurt or frustration, or a shift in the relationship dynamic over time.

I approach each relationship with a neutral lens, working with both partners to achieve clarity and resolution that will ensure that each individual feels heard and understood.

Relationships are complicated, and in today’s world, perhaps more so than ever before.

Working with practical strategies and emotional cues, I help to guide but not direct a couple’s journey. My goal is to empower couples to express themselves in a productive way that will provide clarity in their relationship and carve new pathways for healing.

Issues I often support couples with include:

• Sexual health

• Healthy relationships

• Communication

• Infidelity and trust

• Family issues

I have worked with couples for over 20 years in well-respected community agencies across the province.