OFFERINGS
Individual Counselling
Life is a journey, a continuous process of learning, growth, and discovery. Through all of life's many challenges, your greatest life project is You. During your individual counselling process, you will be guided to address unresolved trauma, fulfil unmet childhood needs, reconnect with your authentic Self, and find ways to express and share your individual uniqueness with the world. I help you establish a secure Sense of Self; a Self-identity that is confident and strong. I help you establish an internal locus of control, sourcing your sense of Self worth and validation from within. I help you set healthy boundaries, clearly defining who you are. I help you grow in awareness, self-understanding, self-compassion, and love. I help you set achievable goals; to find meaning, purpose, and fulfilment in life. I help you find ways to THRIVE, not simply survive; to Individuate and Self Actualize. The deeper your self-knowledge is ~ the more powerful you are in the world.
Couples Counselling
We all need to love, and be loved. Your greatest challenges and greatest growth will be experienced in intimate relationship with others. During the couples counselling process, you and your partner will practice powerful techniques for improving communication skills. Together, you will embark upon a healing journey to deepen intimacy by sharing your authentic Selves. You will be guided to heal childhood attachment wounds; to appreciate individual love-languages; to understand and accommodate differences; to transcend co-dependency; to Individuate from family enmeshment; to resolve conflict; to emotionally co-regulate; to nurture realistic expectations; to confront betrayal and infidelity; to strengthen commitment and rebuild trust. During the couples counselling process, you will learn how be fully present for one another; how to validate and truly listen; how to embody compassion and unconditional love.
Trauma Counselling
Trauma occurs in many forms. It may be due to a single event or due to multiple events experienced accumulatively over time. Trauma forms an unavoidable part of human life in our struggle to survive. Your capacity to heal from trauma determines your capacity to thrive. I provide comprehensive resources and draw upon integrated modalities to help individuals and couples recover from trauma wounding. Support is provided for: developmental trauma; trauma induced by adverse childhood experiences; family enmeshment & estrangement trauma; trauma induced by death, grief, & loss; trauma caused by physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, financial & religious abuse; trauma caused by poverty, deprivation, neglect; trauma inducing addictive behaviours & induced by addictive behaviours; betrayal trauma; all forms of discrimination trauma (race, class, gender, faith-based): trauma due to gaslighting, intimidation,, manipulation, bullying; medical-treatment trauma; first-responder trauma; secondary trauma; work-related trauma; trauma caused by injury, accidents, theft, hijacking; trauma induced by chronic & terminal illness; trauma from natural disasters, life crises, major life changes and events.