• Burnout, workplace stress, and high-responsibility roles
• ADHD traits and neurodivergent adults
• Anger, emotional reactivity, and conflict patterns
• Recovery from emotionally harmful or controlling relationships
• Chronic health conditions or persistent pain
• Men navigating emotional or relational challenges
• Couples experiencing ongoing or high-conflict patterns
• Veterans and federal government workers
• Indigenous clients
• Individuals recovering from motor vehicle accidents (MVA)
• Clients interested in experiential and mind–body–informed approaches

Professionals Experiencing Burnout or Workplace Stress

I frequently work with professionals experiencing burnout, chronic stress, or strain related to work environments and role expectations. This may include over-responsibility, boundary erosion, moral distress, or identity strain linked to career demands. Therapy focuses on stress regulation, boundaries, values clarification, and restoring sustainability and balance.

Adults with ADHD Traits & Neurodivergent Adults

I work with adults who identify as having ADHD traits or other neurodivergent ways of thinking and processing. Clients often seek support with organization, emotional regulation, self-understanding, relationship stress, or chronic overwhelm. My work focuses on practical strategies, insight, and adaptation rather than diagnosis or assessment, and can complement other supports clients may be using.

Anger, Emotional Reactivity & Conflict Patterns

I work with individuals who struggle with anger, emotional reactivity, or recurring conflict in relationships or work settings. Therapy focuses on understanding emotional triggers, underlying stress responses, and developing healthier ways of responding to frustration, conflict, and strong emotions—without pathologizing or shaming these experiences.

Individuals Recovering from Emotionally Harmful or Controlling Relationships

I support individuals recovering from relationships that involved emotional harm, manipulation, or loss of personal agency. These experiences can affect self-trust, boundaries, and confidence. Therapy focuses on rebuilding clarity, strengthening boundaries, processing relational experiences, and supporting a renewed sense of autonomy.

Individuals Living with Chronic Health Conditions or Persistent Pain

I work with clients managing chronic health conditions, ongoing pain, or long-term medical stressors. These challenges can affect mood, identity, relationships, and quality of life. Therapy focuses on emotional support, coping strategies, and adapting to ongoing uncertainty, while remaining within the scope of psychotherapy rather than medical treatment.

Men Navigating Emotional or Relational Challenges

I work with many men who have had limited opportunities to explore emotional experiences, vulnerability, or relational stress. Therapy provides a grounded and respectful space to explore emotions, relationship concerns, anger, or life transitions in a practical and collaborative way.

Couples Experiencing Ongoing or High-Conflict Patterns

In addition to general couples counselling, I work with couples experiencing entrenched conflict patterns, emotional withdrawal, or recurring escalation. Using Gottman-informed approaches, therapy focuses on communication, de-escalation, repair, and rebuilding emotional safety rather than assigning blame or determining fault.

Veterans & Federal Government Workers

I bring personal and professional familiarity with military and federal workplace culture. I served in the Canadian Armed Forces from 1985–1993 as a naval officer and later trained with the Veterans Transition Network. These experiences inform my understanding of the values, stressors, identity shifts, and transition challenges that veterans and federal public servants may encounter. Therapy focuses on adjustment, stress regulation, identity change, and relational impacts rather than operational or clinical treatment.

Indigenous Clients

I reserve part of my caseload for Indigenous clients due to a personal connection to Indigenous heritage within my family. Growing up, this heritage was a source of reflection and complexity, and working with Indigenous clients supports both my personal growth and my development as a therapist. I also served for over 1.5 years as a mental health therapist in a fly-in Indigenous community in northern Labrador, where I worked with clients of all ages, facilitated group discussions, and supported the local health-care team. That experience deepened my understanding of intergenerational trauma, community challenges, and the broader social context shaping the lives of Indigenous peoples in Canada.

Individuals Recovering from Motor Vehicle Accidents (MVA)

I support individuals coping with the psychological and emotional impacts of motor vehicle accidents. These experiences can involve stress reactions, disruption to daily life, pain-related distress, and challenges navigating recovery systems. My role is to provide psychological support, coping strategies, and emotional processing as part of recovery, working collaboratively and within appropriate therapeutic scope.

Clients Interested in Experiential & Mind–Body–Informed Approaches

Some clients are interested in working experientially, including approaches informed by focusing, somatic awareness, visualization, or emotionally focused principles. These methods are integrated thoughtfully and ethically within psychotherapy and are used to support emotional awareness and regulation, not as standalone or alternative treatments.

Scope Clarification

If you’re unsure whether your concerns fall within my scope of practice, I encourage you to reach out for a brief consultation so we can determine whether this work is a good fit or whether another form of support may be more appropriate.