I’ve worked in the counselling profession nearly all my adult life. I’ve had the privilege of working across a variety of settings and in both urban and rural locations. Most recently prior to private practice, I supported educators across Chinook’s Edge School Division providing counselling for teachers & educational assistants.
No matter where I’ve found myself, it has been clear to me that to be human is to experience struggle. To be human also means we are designed to persevere – and that through healthy connection with ourselves & one another we can not only survive, but experience joy, hopefulness & purpose.
More personally, I am also a wife, and a mom to one child in middle school and another in high school. I have experienced my own sorrows and challenges. Some which generated deep pain; some which caused me to question my capabilities, my choices, my assumptions; and all of which have ultimately deepened my empathy for others, my compassion for self, and my curiosity about what it means to be human.