Counselling & Psychotherapy
Ontario & Manitoba-Wide Virtual Care · In-Person in Southwestern Ontario
Focused support for the life you’re living.
Putting off therapy usually isn’t about not needing it. It’s about wondering whether anyone will understand the life you’re living. For people in rural and northern settings, physically demanding careers, frontline professions, and Indigenous communities, good therapy begins with curiosity, respect, and thoughtful questions—not assumptions.
How I Work
Intentional by Design
I’ve intentionally built a focused practice around the work I’ve chosen to do. Rather than trying to be everything to everyone, I’ve chosen to go deeper where experience, relationships, and long-term commitment can be most meaningful.
Collaborative Care
Every person’s story is different, so every plan is too. We’ll build on your strengths, adjust as things change, and work at a pace that feels right for you. Your goals, values, and priorities guide the work as it evolves.
Evidence-Informed Practice
My work draws on well-established, evidence-informed therapeutic approaches while recognizing that no single method fits every person. I tailor the approach to the individual, not just the problem.
Learn more about my background, training, and approach.
Areas of Focus
The challenges below are named plainly, without judgment. You don’t need a diagnosis — or even the right words — to know something isn’t working. How each of these is carried depends on the work you do, the community you’re from, and what your family has lived through. Understanding what’s happening is often the first step toward meaningful change.
Anxiety & Racing Thoughts
When worry won’t switch off—racing thoughts before a shift, panic that arrives without warning, or a body that stays switched on long after the busiest stretch of the season has passed—it can feel impossible to slow down. For many, the challenge isn’t simply the thinking, but a nervous system that never got the signal to stand down. We’ll focus on practical ways to help your mind and body settle so sleep, focus, and everyday decisions stop taking so much out of you.
Depression & Low Mood
When flatness, hopelessness, or a loss of interest in what once mattered takes hold—and you’re still getting up, still showing up, still doing what has to be done—life can start to feel mechanical. Sometimes the effort of functioning costs more than the low mood itself. The goal is to reconnect with what still matters and help life begin to feel meaningful again.
Anger, Frustration & Coping
Anger is often the most visible sign that something deeper needs attention—and for many people, it surfaces before sadness or worry. When the short fuse is showing up at home more than at work, it’s usually worth asking what’s underneath. Our work will focus on understanding those patterns and building healthier ways of responding without sacrificing the relationships that matter most.
Burnout & Complete Depletion
Burnout isn’t simply being tired—it’s often a nervous system that has carried too much for too long, after a demanding season, repeated shift work, or a workload that never seems to let up. By the time many people reach out, rest alone has stopped working. The focus is restoring energy, rebuilding capacity, and creating a more sustainable way forward.
Career, Leadership & Responsibility
Carrying responsibility changes you. Whether it’s the cumulative impact of difficult calls, exposure to traumatic events, leadership pressures, or the weight of decisions others depend on, therapy provides space to process those experiences, strengthen resilience, and move forward. Where one incident continues to stay with you, that work can be focused and contained—structured around staying at work rather than stepping away from it.
Relationships & Family Communication
Whether you’re working through conflict, rebuilding trust, navigating separation, or managing succession within a family business or farm, relationships become more complicated when life and work are closely connected. When the people you disagree with are also the people you work beside, there’s rarely space to simply walk away. Together, we’ll strengthen communication, work through what’s gone unsaid, and find healthier ways to move forward together.
Grief, Loss & Life Transitions
Grief isn’t limited to death, and it isn’t always recent. It can accompany retirement, succession, illness, relationship changes, or losses carried by a family or community across generations. We’ll make space for what’s been lost—without rushing it or treating it as something to get over—while finding a path forward that honours both your past and what’s still ahead.
Living with Chronic Illness
Living with chronic illness often involves much more than managing symptoms. Receiving a diagnosis, living with uncertainty, navigating the healthcare system, and adapting to changing abilities can each be deeply distressing and, for some, traumatic. Whether it’s waiting for appointments, preparing for another scan, or living with the uncertainty of results, our work recognizes both the practical and emotional realities of chronic illness and medical trauma.
“The people who carry the most are usually the last to ask for support.”
Continuum of Care
Every person’s needs are different. Support may be brief and focused or continue over a longer period, depending on your goals, circumstances, and how the work unfolds.
Focused Short-Term Support
Typically a handful of sessions. Ideal when you’re facing a specific challenge, transition, or decision and want practical strategies and a clear plan for moving forward.
Structured Counselling
Goal-oriented counselling over roughly twelve sessions, tailored to your needs, with regular opportunities to review progress and adjust the approach as life changes.
Deeper Therapeutic Work
For more complex, longstanding, or recurring concerns that benefit from ongoing therapy, with the goal of building lasting change and gradually needing support less over time.
Care Coordination
Working collaboratively with physicians, specialists, employers, insurers, and other professionals so your care remains connected and your goals stay at the centre.
System Navigation & Referrals
Helping you understand your options, navigate health and community services, and connect with trusted resources when additional support is needed.
Wellbeing Promotion
Supporting wellbeing beyond the therapy room through the Wellness Farm and other seasonal opportunities that encourage learning, connection, and prevention.
How We Work Together
Beginning therapy doesn’t have to feel overwhelming. Here’s what you can expect as we get started.
1
Book a Free Consultation
We’ll talk about what’s bringing you in, answer your questions, and explore whether we’re the right fit.
2
Meet for Your First Session
We’ll take time to understand your experiences, strengths, and goals — not just the challenges that brought you here.
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Develop a Personalized Plan
Together, we’ll identify priorities and decide what type of support will be most helpful for you.
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Begin the Work
From your very first session, we’ll focus on practical strategies and meaningful progress you can use right away.
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Review & Adjust
As your needs change, we’ll review your progress and adapt the plan so it continues to support your goals.
Getting Started
We know starting counselling can feel like a big step, and we’re here to make it easier. Book a free 15-minute consultation to ask questions and see if this feels like the right fit, or explore our New Client Welcome Package — a free guide with an overview of our process, policies, and what to expect.
Not sure what kind of support is right for you?
Finding the right fit matters. If you’re unsure whether counselling, wellness services, or collaborative support is the best place to start, we’re here to help guide next steps.
Ways to Connect
Choose the format that works best for you, your schedule, and your comfort level.
In Person
Private appointments at the Wellness Farm office in Southwestern Ontario.
Virtual
Secure online counselling available throughout Ontario and Manitoba.
Phone
Telephone appointments when internet access, travel, or privacy make video difficult.
Flexible Scheduling
Flexible scheduling to help fit therapy into the realities of work, family, and everyday life.
Practical Information
The answers below cover what most people want to know before booking.
Standard sessions are $175. For clients paying privately, payment is made by credit card at the start of each appointment, and you’ll receive a receipt that can be submitted to your extended health benefits provider.
Many extended health plans include coverage for Registered Social Workers (RSWs), although coverage varies. Before your first appointment, it’s worth confirming that your plan specifically includes Registered Social Worker services.
A limited number of sliding-scale appointments are available based on financial need and availability. If cost is a barrier, you’re welcome to raise it during your free consultation.
Yes. I’m an approved provider under the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) program. For eligible First Nations and Inuit clients, counselling is billed directly to NIHB — there’s no cost to you and nothing to submit afterward. Coverage is arranged before we begin, and I’ll walk you through what’s needed.
NIHB eligibility doesn’t extend to Métis citizens. If you’re Métis, counselling may still be funded through your community, your employer, or another program, and I’m glad to help you find out what’s available.
I also work with sessions funded through band health centres, tribal councils, and other organizations. If someone else is arranging or paying for your care, that can be set up before your first appointment.
No. My private counselling practice is not a crisis or emergency mental health service and isn’t able to provide immediate or on-call support.
If you’re in immediate danger or believe someone else is, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency department.
If you need to speak with someone right away but are not in immediate danger, call or text 9-8-8, Canada’s Suicide Crisis Helpline, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you choose the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis option at the beginning of the call, you’ll be connected with Hope for Wellness.
Additional crisis and support resources are available on the Resources page.
Yes. I’m a Master’s-level Registered Social Worker, registered with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (#834770) and the Manitoba College of Social Workers (#6665). Professional liability and commercial general liability coverage are in place, and certificates are available on request.
What you share in therapy is confidential. I don’t share information with your employer, family, or anyone else without your knowledge and consent, except in the limited situations required by law.
As a Registered Social Worker, I’m legally and ethically required to act when there is a risk of serious harm, concerns about the safety of a child, or when records are ordered by a court. We’ll review these limits together before therapy begins so you understand them clearly.
Clinical records are maintained in a secure, privacy-compliant electronic medical record, following professional standards and the requirements of PHIPA (Ontario) and PHIA (Manitoba).
If you live in a small community and value additional privacy, virtual and telephone appointments allow you to access care without travelling or being seen entering an office.
In-person counselling for individuals takes place at the Wellness Farm office in Southwestern Ontario. Community-based and on-site service delivery across Ontario and Manitoba, including rotational fly-in work, is arranged through organizations and communities. If that’s what you’re looking for, see Organizational Services & Community Wellness.
The Right Fit
Not every therapist is the right fit—and that’s worth taking seriously.
The relationship between therapist and client is one of the strongest predictors of meaningful change. If you’re unsure whether this is the right place to start, a free consultation gives us an opportunity to get to know one another, answer your questions, and explore whether we’re a good fit.
I work with a deliberately limited number of clients at a time. It’s a choice that protects the depth, responsiveness, and quality of the work.
My Promise
I believe good therapy begins with trust, curiosity, and respect. My commitment is to provide care that is thoughtful, collaborative, and grounded in the realities of your life. If I believe another clinician would better meet your needs, I’ll tell you honestly and help you find the right support.