Welcome to Coastline Counselling
A coastline can be defined as a boundary where the land meets the sea.
This speaks to how I practice—I will meet you where you are at in your process,
and we will navigate the waves together.
My Approach
I use a relational, attachment-based, somatic approach to counselling.
I am trained in Somatic Attachment Psychotherapy (SAP) and work relationally with folks from all walks of life. SAP combines psychology, neurophysiology and the body's own wisdom to help process and heal trauma, stress, and early attachment injuries. As the effects of trauma are often held in the body, this type of psychotherapy can be an effective alternative to traditional talk therapy. Psychotherapy can help you develop a stronger sense of self, increase your capacity to tolerate emotions, learn how to regulate your nervous system.
When the wound happens relationally, the healing needs to take place within relationship.
The therapeutic relationship can provide a safe enough space for things to emerge, which can then be processed, understood and resolved. I can help you learn how to be more present, grounded and embodied, so that you are able to process trauma—not just re-experience it.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Abuse & Interpersonal Violence | Trauma, PTSD, C-PTSD | Anxiety & Depression | Attachment Wounding
I acknowledge that the land on which I live is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Lekwungen peoples, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ Nations, whose relationships with this land continue to this day.
© 2023 Coastline Counselling
Accepting New Clients
I work with adult individuals, in-person and online.