Explore the services that may be right for you
At the beginning of our time working together we can develop a care plan of the different modalities you would be interested in exploring. This might look like sticking with one modality for a while, or incorporating different modalities throughout our work together when they would be most supportive to you.
Modalities
Depth Psychotherapy
Based on the writing and teachings of psychotherapists such as Carl Jung, James Hillman and Marion Woodman, depth psychotherapy, or Jungian psychotherapy, addresses the whole person, and honours the importance of the body, psyche and soul in a person’s healing and individuating process.
Sandplay
In sandplay sessions you or your child will have access to hundreds of little figurines and a small sandbox to create scenes and sand pictures. Sandplay therapy is a non-verbal form of play and art therapy, allowing children, youth and adults alike to work through situations in their lives with symbolic images. Through the sandplay session, individuals are able to process emotions somatically through the creation and play of their own metaphors, storytelling, artistic expression and images.
EMDR
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy is an effective treatment for trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as anxiety, depression, grief and a variety of different symptoms and ailments. EMDR uses eye movement to help the brain process trauma without having to fully relive it through telling its story over and over again.
What to expect—
I am trained in depth psychological psychotherapy, dream work and sandplay as well as EMDR. I’ve found that the more holistic modalities I trained in in my graduate work are well complemented by more directly brain-based approaches such as EMDR . We can discuss incorporating any of these modalities into your care plan. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
Play therapy with children
Alongside of working with adults in counselling, another one of my great passions is working with children and teens facing hardship or needing extra support in their lives. Book an appointment if your child is processing past or more recent trauma, has self-confidence issues, anxiety or if you are wanting more opportunities for them to develop their identity and confidence. Sandplay is the modality I’ve found to be the most supportive and transformative with children and youth (and often adults too!). EMDR can also often be supportive to the sandplay work with children and teens. Please reach out if you would like to see if your family and I could be a good match in working together. As a team, we can support your children and their emotional growth, development and overall well-being so that they can shine again in the world as the brilliant souls you know that they are.