Counselling Services in Coquitlam & Online for Anxiety, Trauma, Couples Therapy

Counselling Services in Coquitlam, BC for Anxiety, Trauma, Couples & Stress

I provide caring and effective trauma-informed counselling services in Coquitlam, BC and online across British Columbia for anxiety, trauma, depression, stress, burnout, grief, relationships and emotional regulation.

My counselling approach integrates nervous system regulation, somatic therapy, EMDR, CBT, DBT, attachment-focused individual therapy and emotionally focused couples counselling to help you feel safer,
calmer and more connected with self and others.

EMDR Therapy in Coquitlam and Online

EMDR therapy is an effective and structured approach design to help process trauma, past painful experiences, memories or disturbances and help client find emotional freedom from the past. It is highly effective for trauma, anxiety, attachment wounds, car accidents, compulsions, PTSD and more.

EMDR helps release the emotional disturbances and the feelings of being "stuck" in the past events or memories - and instead gain clarity and emotioonal freedom from past pain. It is an empowering, evidence-based healing journey that supports your brain's and nervous system's natural ability to process difficult things in an effective way. It is an approach that brings not only hope but also noticeable positive shifts in how we might relate to self, partners, and the world.

Effective release from trauma, anxiety and emotional disturbance

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Anxiety Counselling in Coquitlam and online

Effective Clinical Counselling for Worry, Overthinking & Feeling Overwhelmed

Anxiety can affect your thoughts, body and daily life in ways that feel exhausting or confusing. Anxiety can be paralyzing and can prevents from making independent choices, trust ourselves and reach our goals. It can also interfere with our self-esteem, relationships, parenting and career. Anxiety does not define you - instead, it tells us that you might have been through events that have shaped how your nervous system and brain respond to stress.

If you have anxiety, you might notice constant worry, tension in your chest or stomach, difficulty sleeping, racing thoughts, panic, or a sense of “jumpiness” that doesn’t seem to go away. Whether anxiety feels like a lifelong pattern or something that appeared suddenly after a stressful event, you don’t have to face it alone.

Counselling can help relieve your anxiety symptoms and improve your quality of life. Therapy for anxiety often includes DBT, CBT, EMDR, nervous system regulation and attachment-based work. In combination, these approaches are effective in helping you find freedom from anxiety and feel more like yourself again.

Clinical Counselling Support for Trauma, PTSD and Complex Trauma

Trauma refers to the past events that have felt bigger than what we could cope with - including the events that we did not choose to happen. Anything that compromised our sense of safety, our ability to deal with something scary or painful, anything that made us feel alone, abandoned or lost could form a traumatic impact. In turn, trauma affects our ability to feel safe in relationships, in the world, in our own bodies. It affects our nervous system's ability to rest and recover, it affects how we see the world and our place in it. It affects deeply our self-esteem, our trust to self and to others.

In trauma therapy journey, I provide caring and effective trauma counselling and EMDR therapy in Coquitlam to help cope with PTSD, C-PTSD complex trauma symptoms, and attachment injuries. I focus on creating a compassionate, safe environment where you can process your experiences at your own pace and heal from within. Together, we’ll work on healing and building coping skills. Trauma counselling can help heal from the grip of past pain and regain emotional freedom and a sense of safety.

Couples Counselling in Coquitlam and online

Counselling support for couples and families in Coquitlam

Every human wants to feel loved, connected and seen. We are wired to connect. Sometimes we feel like we lost our ability to connect or feel happy in a relationship. This is where couples therapy can be helpful.

My approach to marriage counselling and couples therapy combines relationship science with compassion, emotional clarity and nervous system understanding. I offer EFT and Gottman-informed couples counselling in Coquitlam and online to help partners improve communication, resolve conflicts, and strengthen their connection. In our couples therapy sessions, I create a supportive space for both partners to feel heard and understood. We aim to understand attachment patterns and attachment wounds that might be informing our current reactions - and then work towards re-building nurturing, loving connection that we are wired to have. I am an optimistic, relational therapist that believes that your relationship can be fulfilling, healing and exciting. My goal is to help guide you toward accessible ways to feel connected and rebuild trust and nurture your relationship and your heart.

Support and Healing for Depression

If you’re feeling low, unmotivated, or stuck, help and hope are just a click away. Depression can be really tough to navigate alone. I offer effective and personalized depression support and counselling in Coquitlam and online to help you find hope, meaning and renewed energy again. I work with you to understand what’s behind these feelings and aim to build strategies that support your well-being and create a reliable path forward. You don’t have to navigate this alone—I’m here to help you through it.

Depression counselling helps reduce overwhelming symptoms of depression, motivation struggles and feelings of hopelessness - and fosters your innate ability to feel connected, happy and unburdened by the weight of depression. Depression treatment often involves a combination approach of CBT, DBT, nervous system regulation, somatic work, attachment-based healing and EMDR therapy.

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ICBC Counselling in Coquitlam and Online

Recovery From MVA Related Symptoms

Car accidents are very impactful - they affect not just our bodies but also our minds, emotions and psychological well-being. Many people feel anxious, restless, scared, confused, overwhelmed, stuck and out of control following a car accident. Symptoms of anxiety, depression, panic and PTSD sometimes stem from a car accident and unprocessed trauma around it.

Healing from a car accident is a holistic process that involves restoring a sense of safety for your body, nervous system and mind.

If you have been in a car accident recently, you might be eligible for immediate ICBC-approved counselling at no cost to you. I provide ICBC‑approved counselling and accept most insurance plans in BC, with direct billing. My sessions, available in Coquitlam and online in BC, are designed to make therapy easy to access. I’ll also help you understand coverage and support you every step of the way.

Counselling after a car accident often includes EMDR therapy which can quickly help process and heal the emotional and psychological impact of the traumatic events, including car accidents.It also involves nervous system regulation, CBT and DBT methods as well as compassionate, strength-focused personalized approach that focuses on your unique journey and healing.

Clinical Counselling Support and Resources for Stress

I provide burnout and stress counselling in Coquitlam and online to help you restore energy and find balance. I work with you to identify the sources of overwhelm and create strategies for sustainable wellness. My focus is on supporting you and your nervous system to feel more grounded, capable, and at ease in your daily life.

Counselling helps reduce the effects of stress and equips you with effective skills to manage and navigate any stressful experiences in a self-supportive, compassionate way.

Grief and Loss Counselling in Coquitlam and Online

Healing from Loss

Grief and loss affect us profoundly. Our mind, body, soul and emotions all carry the impact of loss and grief. I am here for you to process the pain, find solace and healing in this complex process. I offer grief counselling in Coquitlam and online to support you through loss and life’s transitions. Together, we explore your feelings, honor your experience, and find ways to move forward at your own pace.

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Let’s take the next step towards your well-being and emotional freedom.

Nervous System Regulation Therapy in Coquitlam and Online

Clinical Support for Healing and Releasing Stress Response

Nervous system dysregulation can show up as chronic anxiety, overthinking, emotional overwhelm, panic attacks, difficulty relaxing, people-pleasing, irritability, burnout, or shutting down during conflict.

I provide trauma-informed nervous system regulation based counselling support that is effective at reducing stress symptoms and trigger responses in our mind and body. Regulating our anxious responses that we have absorbed through trauma, neglect or adverse life events helps us regain control over how we react, feel and behave.

Sometimes talk therapy alone is not enough - and we work through nervous system regulation and body to help us regain sense of emotional freedom.

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Addictions and Compulsive Behaviours

Find Freedom, Heal the Root Cause and Reduce Symptoms

Addictions and many types of compulsive behaviours (such as substance use, sexual compulsions, social media addiction, porn addiction, alcohol use, compulsive shopping and more) very often develop as an adaptation to a lack of resources during a challenging time or trauma or attachment injuries. A combination approach of EMDR, CBT, DBT and MBCT therapies can be very effective in finding relief from the grip of compulsions.

Healing from these urges and behaviours also means healing from the guilt and shame that often accompany them. Finding emotional freedom and healing the inner "hungry ghosts" means being able to choose what feels right and to regain control over your thoughts, feelings and behaviours.