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Areas of Expertise – Clinical Counselling in Nanaimo

As a clinical counsellor in Nanaimo, I specialize in helping individuals overcome a wide range of emotional and mental health challenges. With expertise in addiction recovery and codependency treatment, I offer tailored strategies for overcoming substance use disorders, managing relapse, and healing from codependent behaviors. I work closely with clients to develop healthier coping mechanisms and support them through addiction recovery with a focus on long-term success.

I also specialize in helping individuals manage anxiety, depression, grief, and stress, particularly when these challenges are linked to trauma. Using somatic trauma-based interventions, I help clients heal from trauma related to abuse, neglect, and other distressing life experiences, working through both the emotional and physical impacts of trauma.

In addition, I guide clients through complex relationship dynamics, focusing on communication skills, attachment styles (including anxious and avoidant attachment), and how these dynamics impact personal and professional relationships. I provide support in overcoming challenges related to intimate relationships, sexuality, and spiritual abuse to foster healthier, more fulfilling connections.

Whether you're looking to improve relationship communication, work through attachment issues, or embark on a journey of addiction recovery, my holistic, client-centered approach helps you build resilience, gain self-awareness, and create lasting change in all aspects of life.

Key Takeaways

Addiction Recovery & Codependency Treatment
- Specialized support for overcoming substance use disorders
- Focus on relapse prevention and healing from codependent behaviors
Mental Health & Emotional Well-Being
- Managing anxiety, depression, grief, and stress
- Healing from trauma, including abuse and neglect, with somatic trauma-based interventions
Relationship & Communication Skills
- Guidance on improving relationship dynamics
- Support with attachment issues (including anxious and avoidant attachment styles)
- Developing effective communication skills for healthier relationships
Healing from Spiritual Abuse & Sexuality Concerns
- Compassionate support for overcoming spiritual abuse and sexuality-related issues
Personal Growth & Career Goals
- Empowering clients to identify and achieve personal and career goals
- Fostering self-awareness, resilience, and lasting change

Counselling & Therapy

Individual & Couples Therapy in Nanaimo – Client-Centered & Collaborative Approach

I offer individual and couples therapy in Nanaimo, utilizing a client-centered, collaborative approach to help you make healthier choices, gain new perspectives, and navigate life’s challenges. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, addiction, or relationship issues, I work alongside you to explore and transform coping strategies, helping you develop healthier patterns that support lasting change.

Together, we’ll focus on recognizing and effectively communicating boundaries and personal limits, empowering you to set clear, respectful boundaries in your relationships and personal life. I also help clients identify early signs of mental health challenges, including anxiety, depression, and addiction, with an emphasis on awareness as the key to fostering meaningful, sustainable change.

Through a combination of clinical counselling and coaching, I provide compassionate support to help you grow in resilience, deepen your self-understanding, and create a balanced, fulfilling life, both individually and in your relationships.

Individual Therapy

In individual therapy, I offer a strength-based, solution-focused approach, drawing on narrative therapy, DBT, CBT, and integrated body-based psychotherapy to support emotional regulation, self-awareness, and lasting change. (For more information, see Good Therapy.)

Couples Therapy

Relationships can be one of life’s most challenging experiences. In couples counselling, I take a systemic approach, recognizing that each partner brings unique strengths and challenges. I help couples understand how individual coping strategies impact the relationship and guide them toward shared goals. Through honest, effective communication and self-awareness, couples can rebuild connection and trust. Successful relationships require willingness and collaboration—therapy provides a safe space to explore, heal, and grow together. (See Good Therapy.)

Family Therapy

My approach to family therapy is grounded in a systemic perspective, recognizing that individual behaviors—such as addiction, stress, anxiety, and depression—are often symptoms of larger family dynamics. These coping behaviors can keep individuals and families stuck in patterns that disrupt connection. Exploring each member’s perspective reveals the dynamics that sustain these challenges. This process gives everyone a voice, fosters empathy, and builds common ground toward shared goals and values. Healing begins when the whole family engages in understanding and change. (For more information, see Good Therapy.)

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