Counselling

Anxiety is the most common mental health concern I see in children, and helping kids find freedom from it is a big part of my work.

I work from a strengths-based approach. With your child, and with you as their parent, I look for the feelings and “triggers” behind the anxiety, and we build what they need to get past it.

Childhood trauma and attachment are my specialty. I’m a foster mom myself, so I know the questions, and the love, that come with caring for a child who has been through a lot.

In our sessions I help children feel safe, and help the adults around them understand what the child is carrying and how to respond.

Every marriage hits rough spots. I help couples slow down, really hear each other, and find a way forward together.

We meet one-on-one, about whatever is weighing on you: stress, worry, grief or a season of change. Together we work out what will help, at your pace.

Farmers, ranchers and rural families carry their own pressures: weather and markets, family and finances, and the demands of the farm. Too often counsellors don’t understand that way of life, and people stop going.

My husband and I raise sheep in southwestern Ontario, and I co-founded the National Farmer Mental Health Alliance to train therapists in agricultural life. If it’s easier, we can meet on your farm.