Counselling means working with a trained professional through private challenges — career, relationships, grief, parenting, emotions, behaviour patterns — with the aim of improving your relationship with yourself and others. Little Owl works with adult clients, age 16 and up.
You might be here if you’re…
- Struggling with anxiety, depression, or grief
- Feeling stuck in your career or relationships
- Wanting to live more intentionally, in line with your values
- Ready to make small, meaningful changes
Areas I work with
People come to Little Owl for all kinds of reasons. Some of the things I often work with include:
- Anxiety, low mood, and depression
- Grief and loss
- Life transitions and feeling stuck
- Career direction and work stress
- Relationships and family
- Self-esteem and self-trust
- Parenting
- Living as a neurodivergent adult, including ADHD and autism
- Making sense of identity, values, and meaning
This isn’t a complete list — if what you’re carrying isn’t here, you’re still welcome to reach out.
My approach
My approach is collaborative meaning exploration and solution-oriented action, within your actual realm of control. It’s existentialist at its core: accepting circumstances as they are, and taking intentional action on what can change. That can be uncomfortable — but you direct the pace, and you direct the change.
I draw on a range of approaches — including acceptance and commitment therapy, existential and humanistic therapy, narrative work, and solution-focused practice — and adapt them to you, rather than fitting you to a single method.
What to expect
Your first session is an intake: we review consent, talk through your goals, and you can ask anything about the process. From there, we’ll work through your challenges, relationships, beliefs, and patterns together — I’ll help you understand them first, then gently challenge them, to find where change is actually possible for you.
Your privacy and confidentiality
What you share in our sessions is private. Before we begin, we’ll review a consent form together that explains how your information is stored and protected, and the specific, limited situations where I’m legally and ethically required to act — for example, a risk of serious harm to you or someone else, the need to protect a child or vulnerable person, a release you’ve signed, or where the law requires it. If there’s ever a safety emergency, keeping you and others safe is the priority. You’re always welcome to ask questions about your privacy, at any stage.
Common questions
How long will I need counselling?
Honestly, it varies — and that’s okay. Some people come for a few focused sessions to work through something specific; others value a longer, steadier space to think out loud. There’s no set package and no pressure to commit to a number. We’ll talk about what you’re hoping for early on, and keep checking in, so the pace stays yours.
What if I’ve never done therapy before?
That’s more common than you’d think, and there’s nothing to prepare. You don’t need the right words or a tidy summary of what’s wrong. Our first session is really just us getting to know each other — talking through what brought you here and making sure this feels like a fit. We start wherever you are.
How will we know it’s working?
We’ll put what you’re hoping for into your own words, and come back to it together as we go. Change in counselling isn’t usually a straight line — but you might notice you’re making choices that actually fit your values, feeling less stuck, or meeting a hard moment differently than you used to. And if something isn’t working, I’d rather you tell me — we can name it and adjust.
Can I do both counselling and hypnotherapy?
You can. Some people stick with one; others find they work well together — counselling to explore and make sense of things, hypnotherapy to shift a pattern that’s dug in. There’s no need to decide up front, and no pressure to do both. We can figure out what actually suits you.
Do you work with couples?
Right now I work with individual adults (16+), not couples. But if a relationship is what’s weighing on you, that’s very welcome ground — we’d focus on your side of it: your needs, your limits, and the choices that are actually yours to make.
Fees
Sessions are $150 CAD for 50 minutes. Your initial consultation is free.
I’m unable to direct-bill insurance. If you have extended health benefits, it’s worth checking with your provider about whether counselling is covered.
Where I practise
Counselling is offered virtually to clients located in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.