Relational Somatic Counselling in Vancouver, BC, in-person and online across British Columbia. Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC) specializing in CPTSD, trauma, neurodivergence, parts work, and IFS-informed therapy.
Relational Somatic
Counselling
What we do together
We are all shaped by what we've lived through. Every one of us has a unique inner system, a mix of memories, body responses, beliefs, and ways we learned to cope. These experiences leave imprints in the body, and over time they can start to influence how safe we feel, how we see ourselves, how we make choices, and how we show up in relationships.
When those early or overwhelming experiences don't get processed, they can pull us toward anxiety, shutdown, confusion, or a sense that we're constantly bracing for something. This is a nervous system in survival mode.
But the good news is that our bodies are designed to heal. We just don't heal well in isolation.
Relational Somatic Counselling blends talking with slowing down enough to notice what's happening through the lens of the body, sensation, breath, emotion, impulses, images. These are often the things that get missed when we're trying to understand ourselves only from the mind.
Alongside tools that you probably already know like analyzing and intellectualizing, we gently get curious about what's happening in the moment. This is where survival patterns start to loosen, and where you begin to feel the difference between the parts of you that protect and the parts of you that want connection, clarity, or change.
This work can be really supportive for folks with complex systems, people who grew up with misattunement, are neurodivergent, have CPTSD, or have lived through relational trauma. It's also helpful for people integrating psychedelic or spiritual experiences that felt too big or too fast for the system.
My approach
I help deeply self-aware people put down the lifelong work of surviving by creating a place where they can practise being true to themselves, even when it feels like terror, until they become the painters of lives that finally feel like their own.
Clients who are often described as "too much," "too complicated," who "process too much" or "too self-aware" frequently find themselves feeling deeply understood in my practice. I genuinely enjoy meeting the complexity of people's inner worlds. I do not see conflicting parts, survival strategies, or emotional reactivity as problems to eliminate. I see them as meaningful attempts to protect something precious, intelligent adaptations that deserve curiosity and respect. Combined with my training in relational somatic therapy, attachment, trauma, and IFS-informed practice, this creates a therapeutic experience that helps clients move from managing themselves toward trusting themselves.
A note on this work
"What was wounded in relationship
heals in relationship."
Ready to begin?
A free 20-minute discovery call, no pressure, just connection
Sessions are covered by most extended health insurance plans. In-person in Vancouver and online across BC.