I offer EMDR therapy and somatic, parts work-informed counselling to help you heal trauma symptoms, ease anxiety and depression and find more connection with what brings you meaning and joy.
With compassion and curiousity, we’ll work together to help you:
- Heal from trauma, PTSD, and distressing experiences
- Ease anxiety, depression, and emotional overwhelm
- Strengthen your relationships and shift attachment patterns
- Rebuild self-trust, boundaries, and connection
- Ease anger, shame, and self-criticism
- Find meaning, balance, and calm in your daily life
Midlife can bring challenges and opportunities for change for women/non-binary people – it can be a time to heal from difficult experiences, shift negative beliefs about yourself and reconnect to what matters to you.
Good to meet you!
Hi, I’m Stephanie (she/her/hers). I offer a safe and non-judgemental place for you to work through challenges, settle your nervous system and connect with yourself with more understanding and compassion. My approach is collaborative, inclusive, 2SLGBTQ+ affirming and anti-oppressive .
My practice is integrative and includes:
- EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing): to help people find relief from emotional pain and trauma symptoms by processing traumatic and distressing events.
- Awareness of social and systemic context: to reduce shame and self-blame by understanding how oppression, identity, and belonging affect mental health.
- Embodied parts work: to help people listen to their body and develop compassion and understanding for all parts of themselves, reducing inner conflict and nervous system activation.
- Attachment-focused approach: to help people understand relationship patterns that may be rooted in the past and move towards more self-trust, confidence, clarity and discernment in communicating, setting boundaries and connecting with others.
Find more counselling information on my Counselling Services page and FAQ.
Not sure about therapy? It’s normal to have a part of you that is ready for change and other parts that feel worried or uncertain about reaching out for help. Together, we can listen with compassion to your feelings and experiences and collaborate on reaching your therapy goals.
Clients’ experiences
‘Stephanie is a genuinely kind, welcoming, open minded and grounded counsellor. She was invaluable to me getting through a rough period in my life. She is so easy to connect with and always has meaningful insights and suggestions, as well as creating a safe space for clients. Highly recommended, especially for queer and/or trans folks who can have a hard time finding safe spaces in counselling.’
‘Stephanie was the light I needed to help me reach out of a dark and difficult time dealing with post traumatic stress and chronic illness. Every appointment was like chatting with a friend; easy to let my walls down and open to gentle guidance. I truly would not have been able to overcome my difficulties without Stephanie’s advocacy for my well being and the faith she has in me as a person. Stephanie has certainly found her calling in helping others to be the best version of themselves, and I will be forever grateful for her help.’
‘Stephanie coached me through some tough, complex parenting challenges so that I could be a better support to myself, and to and for my teenagers. She’s a very skilled therapist: kind, compassionate and perceptive. She listens with a kind of rare intelligence and then offers useful and specific feedback. I felt like I could trust Stephanie with whatever came up which was everything to me.’
Find me on Psychology Today and BC Association for Clinical Counsellors‘ directory.