I provide compassionate, trauma-informed online counseling for adults, older adults, individuals, and families experiencing grief, caregiver stress, dementia-related challenges, chronic illness or chronic pain, anxiety, major life transitions, and end-of-life concerns.
Grief isn't limited to the death of someone we love.
We can experience grief after a relationship ends, a diagnosis changes our life, a role changes, a dream is lost, or life simply doesn't look the way we thought it would.
I provide compassionate support as you navigate your own unique experience of loss.
Grief isn't something we simply get over. We can learn to make room for grief.
There is no right way to grieve and no timeline you have to follow.
Grief can begin long before a death occurs.
When someone we love is living with a life-limiting illness, we may grieve the changes that are already happening while also trying to make the most of the time we have together.
Anticipatory grief can bring sadness, fear, anger, guilt, uncertainty, and even moments of peace.
There is space for all of those emotions.
Caring for someone you love can be incredibly meaningful — and incredibly exhausting.
If you're feeling overwhelmed, emotionally drained, guilty, resentful, isolated, or simply tired of being the strong one, counseling can provide a space that is just for you.
You deserve support too.
Taking care of yourself isn't selfish. It's part of caring for the people you love.
Dementia affects more than the person receiving the diagnosis.
Families and caregivers experience their own grief, uncertainty, and constant adjustment as roles and relationships change.
I offer support for individuals and families navigating the emotional challenges that can come with dementia, caregiving, and the many losses that can happen along the way.
There is space for the grief, the frustration, the love, and everything in between.
Living with chronic illness or pain can change how you see yourself, your relationships, your independence, and your future.
It can bring frustration, grief, uncertainty, and a sense of losing the life you once knew.
Counseling can provide a space to process those changes, develop coping strategies, and reconnect with the parts of yourself that may have become lost along the way.
You don't have to minimize what you're experiencing just because others can't see it.
Sometimes life can feel heavy in ways that are difficult to explain.
Anxiety, depression, overwhelm, or feeling disconnected from yourself can make everyday life feel harder than it used to.
Counseling can offer a place to slow things down, understand what's happening, develop coping strategies, and begin finding your way forward.
You don't have to figure it all out at once.
Change can be difficult, even when it's something we chose.
Retirement, aging, relationship changes, relocation, changes in health, loss of independence, or other major life transitions can leave us wondering who we are and what comes next.
Counseling can provide space to process the changes, explore what matters to you now, and find your footing again.
We can't always change what is happening. But we can change how we show up for it.
Sometimes difficult experiences bring deeper questions about life, meaning, purpose, spirituality, or what comes next.
If spirituality is meaningful to you, it can be part of our counseling conversation.
We don't have to have the same beliefs to offer someone dignity.
There is no expectation that you need to have all the answers.
We can simply make space for the questions.
No two people experience life, grief, illness, caregiving, or change in the same way.
My approach is compassionate and person-centred. I draw from a variety of therapeutic approaches to meet you where you are and support what you need.
We don't have to understand or explain every experience. Sometimes we can simply listen, remain present, and allow the person to have their experience.
You don't need to know exactly what you need before reaching out.
We can start there.