As a writer, scholar and narrative therapist, I work in a field of love to bring you home to yourself – the self who is sovereign, wise and inviting you to grow in wonder. And I am a student of my own life for nothing can be achieved outwardly until it is first achieved within an individual.
My spiritual modality of therapy is to acknowledge the “wholeness” of who you are and serve to facilitate the emergence of wisdom from within you so you can live empowered and free. You may consider our time together as soul therapy. And I rely on the language of your own life story to guide us rather than expert knowledge or professional language of the clinician.
With an academic background in creative writing, women’s studies and psychology, and a MA in Applied Communication, I’m a Registered Professional Counsellor with the Canadian Professional Counselling Association. I’m also a Certified Executive Coach with the International Coach Federation and a Creativity Coach under the tutelage of Eric Maisel.
In years past, I have interned students for Sofia University’s coaching program as well as Royal Roads University’s executive coaching program and I was an Associate Coach at the University of British Columbia. I’m certified in transpersonal psychology and through the Vancouver School for Narrative Therapy, I’ve enjoyed and continue to benefit from advanced narrative practice training. In my private practice, I’ve designed and taught three programs: Therapeutic Writes, LOVE 101 and The Art of Rising. I work in long traditions of spiritual psychology and align with wise mentors whose work continues to foster my own: Carl Jung, Esther Harding, Barbara Hannah, Marie-Louise von Franz, Helen M. Luke, Marion Woodman and Thomas Moore. Put simply, I’m inspired to engage and investigate the mystery of life while learning to express my deep intuition of order and my desire to help with living.
All sessions require only one thing — that you be open and willing to allow new knowledge into your cognitive awareness. This new knowledge will inspire your intention to become a master student of life which means you will, in short order, be willing to take full responsibility for your perception of life knowing that it is determining your experience.
What I know for sure is this: in every conversation I’m privileged to have with the people who entrust me with their story, there is always a moment that feels miraculous. An insight is received. A direction is revealed. Imagination is sparked. And something is healed.
“There is, in truth, no such thing as a collective progress that does not spring from individual growth.” – Helen M. Luke
