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My Approach to Counselling

I provide deeply attentive, insightful, and personalized individual therapy for adults that goes beyond tools and techniques.

My practice is inclusive, trauma-informed, collaborative, mindfulness-based, and culturally sensitive. Our work together is guided by your goals, your strengths, your values, and what you need to make sense of what has been affecting you and begin feeling more like yourself again.

I take time to understand the full context of your life, including your emotional, intellectual, physical, spiritual, social, and cultural needs.

With a gentle and compassionate approach, we can uncover root causes and explore the beliefs you have formed about yourself that are no longer true or helpful.

Below are some of the ways this may come into our work together.

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Suppressed Emotions

I am especially interested in suppressed emotions.

Many of us are familiar with the sayings “don’t rock the boat”, and “sweeping it under the rug”. Suppressing emotions can be exhausting.

I believe that mindfully observing emotions and exploring them can provide insights that are important for emotional healing and self-discovery. I have seen that when my clients begin to express themselves genuinely, the people in their lives also transform in response to my clients’ transformation.

I welcome your emotions no matter how big or intense they are. As a trauma-informed counsellor, I am attuned to you to ensure that you are emotionally regulated during sessions.

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Understanding Generational Influence

Intergenerational trauma and childhood trauma, if untended, can create chronic distress. I incorporate genograms to help you understand the patterns of trauma passed down through generations, which can be powerful in healing from intergenerational trauma as well as exploring attachment wounds as part of healing from childhood trauma.

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Culturally-Sensitive Counselling

Our cultural ancestry is an important part of our being. Many cultures have experienced traumatic events spanning generations. Many of us are immigrants ourselves, or raised by immigrants who experienced trauma and had no means to heal from it. Therefore, I am interested in the influence of your culture on your mental health. It is an important part of seeing you in your wholeness.

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False Narratives

We tell stories to make meaning of our experiences. Exploring the stories we tell ourselves and identifying the false narratives can help us attain a balanced perspective that can set us free.

Through mindful observation and curious exploration, it is possible for you to transform your suffering to wisdom, freedom, and a purposeful life.

If you are looking for a mindfulness-based, trauma-informed, and culturally sensitive therapist for childhood trauma, grief, or emotional pain that has been difficult to work through on your own, I offer in-person counselling in Vancouver and online counselling across Canada.

I invite you to contact me to book a free consultation.