My area of practice includes the following:

Awareness building
Getting to know oneself
Uncovering blind spots
Explorations of common cognitive distortions
Personal growth
Work life balance, quality of life
Explorations of personal core values
Explorations of feelings of purpose and meaning of life

Perfectionism, high standards
Procrastination
Feeling like an outsider
Interaction preferences and challenges
Tendencies to withdraw in a bid to recover

Communication strengths and challenges
Listening and communication skills building
Analysis and explorations of approaches to communicative interactions
Navigating relationships
Discovering and strengthening self care and self support
Building awareness of codependency dynamics

Approaches to stress identification and stress management
Explorations of anxiety, worry
Social anxiety
Focus, attention and the management of distractions
Self worth, self esteem
Emotion regulation
Explorations of avoidance tactics

Feeling down, low mood
Feeling numb, flat
Sleep issues, circadian rhythm
Compromised productivity
Task avoidance
Difficulties getting started
Difficulties being able to stop
Overthinking, overworking, overdoing
Exhaustion, tendencies to burn out
Explorations into quality time vs. wasted time

Feeling stuck
Motivation issues
Jumping from hobby to hobby
Sense of overwhelm when faced with projects
Career and life transitions

Counselling and psychotherapy related to the above areas of practice provides opportunities to explore the following:

Personal development: exploring, clarifying and developing one’s sense of self and who one is

Exploration of healthy independence, confidence and self esteem

Identifying people pleasing, boundaries and learning how to say “no”

Taking a clear look at anxiety from fresh perspectives and becoming more aware of the structures, dynamics and expressions of anxiety

Interpersonal relationships and communication skills with significant others including one’s partner, parents, kids, teens, coworkers

Relationships: finding new ways to communicate functionally and effectively with one’s partner

Exploring life transitions and career interests

Exploring feelings of uncertainty, navigating changes, thinking about the future

Exploring inner resources of strength, staying-power and follow-through

Identifying choices and exploring difficult decision-making processes through collaboratively developing beneficial strategies

Exploring purpose, direction and meaning in life

Gaining perspective on obsessions and compulsions, and discovering effective ways to create balance and a sense of inner calm and freedom

Wellness including eating habits, diet, exercise, sleep: holistic exploration of day to day routines as one seeks to develop health and well-being

Work-life balance, stress management.

Finding peace and calm, and developing a sense of presence and focus.

Organization related to stuff, clutter, time management, scheduling, and prioritizing.

Exploration of core values and clarifying what really matters in one’s life

Identifying goals and dreams and creatively formulating steps to achieve them

If it seems the kind of counselling and psychotherapy sessions I provide might align with what you are looking for…

Please feel free to send an email with some windows of times when it would be possible to phone you, and we could proceed with a short intro chat to see if we might be a good fit.