Counselling
Workshops
Counselling
I work with individuals and families.
I will hold a safe and non-judgmental space for you to bring your questions, your worries, your fears, your hopes and your dreams. There, we will work together to move toward growth and awareness. We will do this by remaining curious and open, and asking dynamic and thoughtful questions.
I have worked with:
- Families experiencing challenges and struggles
- Children who have experienced abuse
- Children with problem sexual behaviour
- Grief and Loss
- Friendship issues
- Stress
- Suicide Ideation
- Assertiveness
Approaches that I have studied and use in my work:
- Focusing-Oriented Therapy
- Trauma-Informed
- Attachment based
- Narrative Therapy
- Mindfulness
A large part of my work involves working with children, adults and families to increase social and emotional skills.
These are the skills that we all need to be able to get along with others.
In addition to building these skills with children and adults in session, I support parents in helping their children develop social and emotional skills at home. In my workshops and in counselling sessions, I share practices that you take home to do with your family to encourage these social and emotional skills.
Social and Emotional Skills include:
- Empathy
- Perspective taking
- Self-awareness
- Emotional literacy
- Social Awareness
For more information on social and emotional skills, please go to casel.org
Counselling & Workshop Fees
Counselling and Supervision
Individual $145/50 mins
Families $165/50 mins
Supervision $145/50 mins
Workshop Fees
Fees are set separately for each workshop and depend on factors such as length, location and mode of delivery (online or in person).
Workshops
I offer three regular workshops: Parent Well-Being, Compassionate Kids and Family Focus. I also facilitate additional workshops on different topics. In all of them, we explore theory and science and you will leave with a list of excellent resources and tools you can put to use right away.
What People are Saying:
Workshop One
Parent Well-Being
- What does it mean to parent with compassion?
- What does it mean to be compassionate towards ourselves?
- Why is it important?
- How do you stay calm in times of stress?
In the Parent Well-Being workshop, we will explore aspects of compassion – what it is and why it is important for ourselves and our children. We will look at the role of stress – how it impacts our ability to parent with compassion and ways to stay calm in the middle of stress.
No Parent Well-Being workshop is currently scheduled.
Workshop Two
Compassionate Kids: Teaching Social and Emotional Skills at Home
- What are social and emotional skills?
- Can we increase our children’s (and our own) positive mental health?
- How does stress impact our ability to connect with our family?
This workshop digs into these questions and gives you activities you can do with your family to build caring and compassion at home.
Next Compassionate Kids workshop will be November 25th from 7-8pm. It is a free, online workshop.
Workshop Three
Family Focus
- What values does your family hold?
- How do you communicate those values to your children?
- What is the culture of your family?
- How can you create a Family Charter?
In the Family Focus workshop, we will explore the story of your family – what it is, what you would like it to be, and how to change it. You will leave with practical ideas for connecting with your family and bringing your children into the conversation.
No Family Focus workshop is currently scheduled.
In addition to my regular workshops that I offer in North Vancouver, I enjoy being invited to facilitate workshops for groups, organizations or schools.
Here are some of the workshops I have presented previously:
2021
McCreary Centre Society, Vancouver – Checking in on the mental health of BC youth (co-presented with McCreary Centre Society – Watch it Here)
Sunflower Preschool, North Vancouver – Covid-19 and Children (co-presented with Kelly-Anne Breen)
North Vancouver Community Resources, North Vancouver – Compassionate Kids
New Westminster School District – Nurturing Emotional Resilience and Well-Being for Ourselves and Our Children (co-facilitated with Miriam Miller)
2020
Aspire Naturopathic Health Center, North Vancouver – Raising Resilient Kids
Aspire Naturopathic Health Centre, North Vancouver – Taking Care of Ourselves in Times of Change and Uncertainty
École Laura Secord Elementary, Vancouver – Growth Mindset
2019
Local parent group, Vancouver – How to Support Your Child Starting Kindergarten
BCACC Wired Together; Self, Science, Society Conference – Heartmapping for Well-Being Lightening Talk
2018
Seymour Heights Play-Based Programs, North Vancouver – Compassionate Parents, Compassionate Kids
PacificCARE Family Enrichment Society, Qualicum Beach – Supporting Social and Emotional Needs in Children: It Starts with Self
Heart-Mind 2018, The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education, Langley – Compassionate Parents, Compassionate Kids
BCACC Skills for Mindful Living Series, West Vancouver – Supporting Social and Emotional Needs in Children: It Starts with Self
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