I have over 20 years post-graduate experience in the counselling field. As my personal center in my work, I specialize in emotional regulation training. The single-most requested type of support clients seek in therapy in my experience is understanding one’s own feelings and having a relationship with them where they can feel like they have some control over what is happening inside their bodies. I am a compassionate, intuitive and empathic therapist who acknowledges that life and relationships are complex, and understands that healing is a non-linear process. Using my values as my compass, the most sacred held space in our relationship is your personal right to consent and autonomy. I believe that you are the expert of your own life.
Specialties:
I have worked for over 20 years in various counselling spaces, with specialties in abuse, complex trauma, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), women’s+ & SOGI specific matters, substance misuse, emotional regulation and learning about feelings management. I am ethically centered in and use the lens of an intersectional-feminist theoretical perspective of oppression in society.
Theoretic Approach:
I use a client-centered holistic and eclectic approach that is tailored to clients of all genders, largely trauma-informed narrative practice. It is a trauma-informed integrative lens tailored to the individual guided by the values of collaboration, inclusivity, anti-oppression. I focus on attunement to centering the nervous system and our inner world, and use of somatic body-based tools in real-time. I draw upon tools from CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, Narrative, EFT, MI, LI, somatic and experiential methodologies.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
As a counsellor of European settler ancestry, I am committed to the ongoing work of decolonizing in my personal and professional practice. I use feminist intersectional informed approaches. I work with women across the gender spectrum and SOGI population. My services are anti-oppression (anti-racism, sexism, ableism, ageism, elitism, other-isms), sex-positive and rainbow-friendly. I aim for the counselling experience to feel culturally responsive to be able to gently navigate cultural and systemic trauma.
Background Qualifications:
I have over 20 years counselling experience. With degrees in sociology, psychology, gender studies, and counselling, I aim for understanding our humanness from a variety of angles. I have maintained a variety of professional development trainings and kept in good standing with CCPA for my certification as CCC, and more recently RCC certification. I am an approved Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP) counsellor.
My Counselling Environment:
I am an ‘outside-the-box’ type. I’m quirky, with a lot of wisdom and a relaxed and casual environment. I want people to feel like they are coming into a homey space where they feel they can be themselves, sit and have a tea and kick their feet up. Like a visit to an old friend, share some laughs, stories, and maybe a few tears.
Aimee is a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology student currently completing her practicum. She brings over 20 years of experience in the helping field, including extensive experience supporting families to navigate many hurdles such as separation and divorce, mental health, substance use, neurodiversity, blended family dynamics, family conflict and more. Her approach is warm, collaborative and client centered, with a focus on creating a safe-nonjudgemental space where clients will feel heard and supported.
I believe counselling is a collaborative process, where we work together to ensure therapy reflects your unique needs, goals, and values. My approach to therapy is client-centred and emotion-focused and I integrate a range of evidence-based approaches, including Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, EMDR, and mindfulness-based practices. I have many years of experience supporting women who have experienced abuse and trauma, as well as working with individuals wanting to focus on anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, life transitions, and personal development.
I am an approved Crime Victim Assistance Program (CVAP) counsellor.
