Individual counselling for relationships, self-worth, family patterns, life transitions, anxiety, and the challenges that come with navigating life and change.
You do not need to have everything figured out before coming to counselling. You may be struggling in a relationship, questioning your direction in life, feeling overwhelmed by everything you are carrying, or simply realizing that something needs to change.
My approach to individual counselling considers the relationships, family experiences, attachment patterns, beliefs, and life transitions that may be influencing how you feel and function today.
Relationships can bring up some of our deepest questions about ourselves. Counselling can help you explore dating and relationship concerns, attachment styles, relationship anxiety, fear of rejection, difficulty trusting after being hurt, and patterns that seem to repeat from one relationship to another. You may also be navigating dating after divorce or heartbreak, learning to communicate your needs, or trying to better understand what you want from a relationship.
The families we grow up in can continue to influence our adult relationships in ways we may not always recognize. You may be dealing with an emotionally immature, overinvolved, critical, or difficult parent, struggling to set boundaries without guilt, or feeling responsible for keeping everyone else happy. Sometimes these family dynamics begin affecting your relationship with your partner as well. Counselling can help you better understand these patterns and explore healthier ways of relating to family while maintaining your own needs and boundaries.
You may find yourself questioning your worth, being highly self-critical, comparing yourself to others, or feeling as though you are never quite good enough. Perhaps you have spent so much time caring for others or adapting within relationships that you are no longer sure what you need or want. Counselling can provide space to explore self-esteem, confidence, people-pleasing, perfectionism, anxiety, depression, emotional regulation, loneliness, overthinking, and reconnecting with your own identity.
Life does not always unfold according to plan. Starting a new job, considering a career change, leaving a workplace, returning to work, relocating, or realizing that your current career no longer feels right can bring both possibility and uncertainty.
Sometimes the goal is to explore a new direction or rediscover what gives you a sense of meaning and purpose. Other times, leaving your job may not be realistic right now. Counselling can also help you explore boundaries, workplace relationships, stress and burnout, and ways of making your current situation more manageable while you consider what you may want next.
Midlife can bring significant changes in relationships, family roles, work, caregiving, health, and identity. You may be balancing children who need you differently, aging parents who need more support, changing friendships or relationships, career demands, and the mental load of keeping everything going.
For women, this stage of life may also coincide with perimenopause and changes in sleep, mood, anxiety, energy, or how you experience yourself. Counselling can provide space to explore the emotional and relational impact of these changes, reconnect with your own needs, and consider what you want this next stage of life to look like.
Anxiety can show up as constant worry, overthinking, social anxiety, panic symptoms, difficulty relaxing, or feeling as though your mind and body are always “on.” Stress and poor sleep can make these experiences even harder to manage.
For individuals experiencing persistent insomnia, I am certified in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) and can incorporate CBT-I strategies into counselling when appropriate.
Do you find yourself repeating the same patterns in dating or relationships? Counselling can help you explore your attachment style, relationship history, fear of rejection, trust, boundaries, self-worth, and the patterns that may be influencing who you choose and how you connect.
As a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist (RMFT), my approach goes deeper than dating advice or coaching. It is an opportunity to better understand yourself, your relationship patterns, and what you want and need in a future relationship.
Singles Counselling offers a safe, supportive space to:
Understand your relationship patterns and attachment style
Explore past relationship wounds, including betrayal and loss of trust
Clarify what you want and need in a partner and future relationship
Explore self-confidence, self-worth, and the emotions that can come with dating
Recognize unhealthy relationship dynamics and explore different ways of connecting
Grief can follow many kinds of loss, including the death of a loved one, separation or divorce, betrayal, job loss, or significant life changes. As a Certified Grief Support Counsellor, with continuing education in complex grief, I provide support for exploring painful emotions, making sense of your loss, and adjusting to the changes it may bring to your life.
Having experienced different forms of loss in my own life, including the death of loved ones, the loss of a beloved pet, and the end of significant relationships, I understand that grief can take many forms and that each person’s experience is unique.
My hope is to provide a compassionate and supportive space where you can:
Understand how grief is affecting your life and relationships
Explore and process difficult emotions related to your loss
Explore meaning, identity, and the changes that can follow loss
Consider ways of adjusting to life after loss and what moving forward may look like for you
Whether you’re struggling to get out of bed, feeling overwhelmed by everyday life, or finding it difficult to quiet anxious thoughts, counselling can provide space to explore what you’re experiencing and develop practical coping strategies and tools tailored to your needs.
Does the thought of meetings, small talk, dating, or social events leave you feeling anxious or wanting to avoid them altogether? Counselling can help you understand your triggers, explore the thoughts and fears behind social anxiety, and develop strategies for navigating social situations with greater confidence.
If the thought of meetings, small talk, dating, or social events leave you feeling anxious or wanting to avoid them altogether? Counselling can provide space to understand your triggers, explore the thoughts and fears behind social anxiety, and develop practical strategies for navigating social situations.
Taking the first step can feel difficult. Reach out when you’re ready to learn more about social anxiety counselling.
Counselling for the grief, loss, changes in self-esteem and identity, and relationship challenges that can follow a breakup, separation, or divorce ; including support with the emotional aspects of co-parenting after separation.
Men can experience significant pressure around relationships, work, fatherhood, finances, and expectations to manage everything on their own. Counselling can provide a space to talk openly about stress, anxiety, anger, loneliness, relationship difficulties, confidence, life transitions, and feeling stuck; while finding healthier ways to cope, communicate, and connect with the people who matter to you.
Emotional regulation • Boundaries • Self-esteem & self-worth • Overthinking & negative thought patterns • Catastrophizing • People-pleasing • Perfectionism • Career challenges • Workplace stress • Procrastination • Motivation • Stress & burnout • Sleep difficulties • Life transitions
