relationship counselling (for individuals)

Living with a partner or within a family often brings up challenges. If you're experiencing conflict and/or distancing in a significant relationship exploring your situation in counselling can be helpful.   I often see individuals who are experiencing problems with a family member; it is sometimes surprising how much therapy can help even if the other person is not participating in the session. I am LGBTQ+/queer positive.

I help people with a variety if challenges:

  • Conflict and relationship difficulties

  • Stress management/work-life balance/feeling overwhelmed/burnout

  • Parenting/co-parenting

  • Life transitions: marriage/partnership/new baby/adoption/separation/divorce/retirement

  • Coping with family member's well-being and/or mental health challenges

  • Advanced parenting skills for caregivers supporting children/teens or adults with mental health challenges.

  • Relationships with parents or adult children.

  • Navigating polyamous and consentually nonmanogamous relationships.

Individual psychotherapy

 I help people understand and transform the root causes of their problems. I specialize in working with chronic shame.

  • Difficulties in relationships: family, romantic, friendships or professional

  • Relationship anxiety or difficulties with too much or too little emotional closeness

  • Anxiety symptoms

  • Worries and fears

  • Sadness and depression

  • Intense emotions, angry outbursts, and trouble coping with intense feelings

  • Understanding ADHD in the context of neuro-diversity and our different brains; supporting positive adjustment to an ADHD/LD diagnosis

  • School difficulties: academic, social and school avoidance (including procrastination, perfectionism and under-acheiving)

  • Stress management/work-life balance/feeling overwhelmed/burnout

  • Separation and divorce

  • Trauma recovery

  • Life transitions

  • Family conflict or communication problems

  • Low self-confidence, self-esteem or self-efficacy