Support on your journey

In person, virtual, and phone sessions available 

How I Work

My practice is grounded in decolonial, social justice, and queer perspectives along with neuro-diverse and gender affirming care. 

I take a relational approach and prioritize building a strong connection where you can feel supported in getting the most out of our work together.

I aim to create and provide a space where you feel seen, heard, and empowered to make connections and continue to grow and heal.

Individual Counselling

You are the expert in your life and I am a guide supporting you in a strengths based, collaborative way toward your desired outcomes.

50 minutes - $155

80 minutes - $180

Relationship Counselling

The relationship is the participant (client) and we collaboratively work on ways to strengthen the relationship in the areas identified by the participants attending. (Relationship can be parent/child; friends; colleagues; couple(s) - mono/poly)

50 minutes - $180

80 minutes - $210

Parental Support

For parents or guardians who are navigating their child's gender identity, gender expression, sexuality, and/or neurodiveristy. A confidential and non-judgmental space is created where you can process through the various emotions and thought that arise. Through a collaborative, person-centered, and strengths-based approach you can gain the skills and tools that will support and empower you to show up as the person you are wanting to be with your child.

1 person: 50 minutes - $155

2+ people: 50 minutes - $180

Hormone & Surgical Readiness Recommendations

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health Standards of Care requires an assessment before hormone therapy is started.

Care in B.C. is guided by Version 8 of the Standards (WPATH SOC-8), which were published in 2022. 

​​The process may take longer if someone has complex physical health, mental health or substance use concerns. These concerns are not barriers but need to be considered when making a plan. 

If you are a youth receiving support through the Gender Clinic at BC  Children's' Hospital, they require an assessment through a psychologist or a registered clinical social worker 

Surgical readiness is for top surgery and orchiectomy only. Other genital surgery assessments are conducted by a medical provider (physicians, nurse practitioners or registered nurses).

Standard HRR/SRR  Includes:

  • 2, 50 minute sessions ($165 each)
  • Informed Consent paperwork
  • Letter of Recommendation
  • Fees: $330 (*please note: I do hold some accessible fee sessions [see home page]. If this applies, inquire to see if any openings)

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Personalized and Authentic Care

As a queer trans man with identified/realized neurodivergent wiring and an adoptive parent to a neurodivergent child, I prioritize the importance of seeing people as complex, nuanced, and unique individuals. I strive to keep my practice flexible, authentic, holistic, and avoid 'one size fits all' approaches that attempt to fit folx into little boxes. Life has probably done this enough already, so you deserve a space that will see you for who you are and your ways of being in the world.

 

 Approaches

My work is primarily informed by the following. For accessibility, I have provided brief write ups on a few ways each approach can be engaged in:

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy: Managing difficult thoughts and feelings so their impact and influence over you is reduced. Clarifying your values so they can motivate and empower you to make the changes you want in your life. 

Mindfulness Self-Compassion: Continuing to build emotional resilience and shifting that self-critical voice to one of compassion and self-kindness 

Neurodiverse Affirming Care: views neurodiversity as natural variations and not problems to fix. Supported to show up as your authentic self in sessions. Strengths are centered, challenges explored without judgement and discuss how environments and neurotypical expectations contribute to distress.

Narrative Therapy: Separating yourself from problems and concerning behaviors that have become internalized based on the stories you tell yourself. Stories can be rooted in messaging you received and experiences you have encountered. Reminding you, you are not the stories you tell yourself 

Somatic approaches: Connecting the important relationship between the mind and body, through various exercises such as breathwork, meditation, grounding, sensation awareness, body awareness, and movement

Internal Family Systems: Understanding different parts, instead of fighting them, and learn how to let your calmer, wiser Self take the lead.