I started by studying Behavioural Neuroscience for 3 years at Laurentian University and volunteered in adolescent psychiatry before moving back to BC.. Then I began to work with Indigenous youth and inter-generational trauma. Eventually my partner and I settled in Revelstoke, where I also discovered this profound passion for everything related to fertility, birth, postpartum and nurturing the developing mind. Here is where I became a mother myself.
After becoming a mother, I completed my diploma of Applied Psychology and counselling through the Kelowna College of Professional Counselling. Currently I am registered through ACCT as a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC)
My focus in counselling is working with couples, neurodiverse (ADHD, ASD) individuals, marginalized communities (2SLGBTQ+, BIPOC, people with accessibility struggles), and perinatal mental health (postpartum, prenatal, fertility, birth & reproductive trauma), and helping people, couples, and families work through trauma.
My Indigenous background is still deeply routed in the way I live my life: with a holistic balance. I believe in balancing the emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual (whatever that means to you) sides of oneself.
Life has taught me to never underestimate people, and that everyone has unique needs when it comes to healing, because we all have unique identities and ways of functioning.
It is one of the reasons I can truly listen without judgment. Everyone has a journey, reasons behind their actions, and their own perspective that is uniquely theirs.
Outside of work, you’ll find me with my head in the books, preferably outside, and taking my little one on adventures. I also volunteer on the Board of Directors for the Indigenous Friendship Society.
