About Michelle

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (#2412) with over 20 years experience providing individual therapy to children, adolescents, and adults.  I am dedicated to using evidence-based approaches for a variety of mental health concerns including anxiety, ocd, depression, ADHD, stress, people-pleasing, managing life transitions, and relationship challenges.  I have extensive training and certification in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapies, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT).  I obtained my Masters in Counselling Psychology from the University of Victoria in 2004 and have worked in both Child and Adult mental health authority and provincial programs for over 15 years, along with being a lead therapist in EAP programming helping clients across Canada with stress, anxiety, parenting, and postpartum concerns.  

I place paramount importance on building strong, trusting, and collaborative therapeutic relationships with clients to meet them where they are and create goals that are tailored to their unique individual needs.  My approach is warm and client centered to help people feel comfortable enough in therapy to process feelings and develop greater awareness and understanding of the emotions, thoughts, and beliefs that are causing their struggles.  I see therapy as a holistic and supportive space for clients to develop new insights and strategies to create meaningful and lasting change outside of therapy.  I am a proud mother of a teen, who has been my greatest inspiration and teacher.