Hello and Welcome

I am a Vancouver-based counsellor offering in-person Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) to individuals and couples. EFT looks at how the emotional "rules" we learn as children may no longer be serving us in our lives and relationships today. It uses emotion as a wise compass. It's a therapeutic approach that creates self-compassion for why things are as they are and then facilitates alternative experiences to help us live differently. Take a look around, and email me with any questions.

 
 
 
quote: Sue Johnson

quote: Sue Johnson

 
 
 

Is this for you?

I help couples and individuals who are seeking to learn, grow, and/or heal. They may be in crisis or trying to prevent one. Together we look at any of these issues and more:

  • relationship issues

  • motherhood/parenthood

  • anxiety

  • depression

  • stress and life balance

  • shame, guilt, and self-criticism

  • life transitions and indecision

  • isolation and loneliness

  • dissatisfaction and personal growth

  • grief and loss

 

How does EFT work?

EFT is relational.

It looks at how lessons from past relationships have influenced how we cope, behave, and feel today. It is deeply supported by the safety of counselling-client relationship.

EFT is experiential.

It leans into actually experiencing our emotions in our body (not just cognitively) to move through them in a safe and healing way. This also gives us access the deeper truths and needs we have.

EFT is emotionally transformative.

Through the process of meeting our emotions in the “now” in a different way than we did in the past, we can write a different end to the same story. We move from self-judgement to self-compassion, from stuckness to acceptance. And the more we accept, the more we can change.

 

What if I struggle expressing emotions?

Emotions are present in counselling whether you intend to express them or not. 

If you are not comfortable sharing emotions, this type of therapy can be equally, and perhaps especially, effective for you. The process may feel less instinctive at first, but as you find the courage to express emotions, you will notice that it is, in the end, healthier (and more freeing) than suppressing them.

 
 
 
 

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