Counselling Issues

 
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CLINICAL INTEREST & FOCUS:

  • Developmental & Relational Trauma/Abuse/CPTSD

  • Grief & Loss

  • Anxiety & Depression

  • Chronic Illness & Pain

  • Sexuality

  • Religious Trauma, Deconstruction, Faith Transitions

  • Relationship Issues (Family of Origin, Romantic, Friendship)

These are some of the types of concerns that clients have when they walk in my office. Working together, the aim is to alleviate suffering where possible, to grow with the changes, and to learn to live an engaged and authentic life aligned with your values.  

  • Mood: depression, dysthymia, seasonal-affective

  • Anxiety: generalized, panic, social, relationship, performance

  • Emotions: shame, guilt, self-blame, anger, sadness, worthlessness, compassion fatigue

  • Existential: identity, meaning, purpose, transitions, self-esteem

  • Trauma: adjustment, post-traumatic stress, developmental, relational, complex, emotional, spiritual, moral injury

  • Physical/Somatic: chronic pain, illness, sexuality, women’s health issues

  • Grief & Loss: bereavement, complicated grief, disenfranchised grief, pet loss

  • Spirituality: deconstruction, religious trauma, spiritual abuse, transitions, development

I primarily work with ages 17-50, and I am welcoming and inclusive of all identities and bodies including LGBTQ+, BIPOC, religious beliefs, and people with functional differences in ability. I especially enjoy helping clients with becoming their own person and identity development, living authentically, and experiencing their emotions. Much of this work happens in the context of working through and with relational and developmental trauma & abuse, family relationships, chronic pain & illness, religious trauma & faith transitions, sexuality, women’s health, grief, and anxiety & depression.