10/04/2025
Does Counselling/therapy feel intimidating? I’m hoping the following info helps!
What can you expect from counselling/therapy with me?
- Authenticity - I approach my work with realness, speaking from my expertise as well as my own human experiences. I don’t make the session about me, but make sure that you know you’re not alone in your experience of being a human in this challenging and beautiful world.
- Humour - I’ve had numerous clients tell me how much they appreciate that I make space for humour in our sessions - a session might include moments of tears and moments of laughter, both serve their purpose in our work together.
- A different perspective - part of what you pay me for is to give you my professional and trained perspective - I might reframe a situation, ask probing questions that help you look at something differently, point out patterns that I notice in what you bring, to name a few… plus, since I’m not a family member or friend, I don’t have bias around what you do with your life.
- Strategies - I know for myself I need therapy to be more than just talking about an issue - I offer to my clients suggestions of possible strategies and tools that they can apply between sessions and to help them learn to approach situations differently, to grow skills sets, and/or to understand themselves better.
- Safety and non-judgment - I have also been told by many clients that I create a space for them that feels safe, and a ‘soft place to land’. I am intentional in providing an open and non-judgmental energy, providing the compassion to my clients that I encourage them to show to themselves. As a trauma-informed therapist I also make sure to provide intentional safety in everything I do with clients.
- Confidentiality and professionalism - this hopefully should go without saying, but as a registered clinical counsellor I take my clients’ confidentiality, the ethics in my work and my own continuing education and work very seriously.
If you are curious to learn more, check out the link in my bio to connect to my website or reach out in DMs. I’m happy to answer any further questions!
