About me professionally

My approach is informed by my training in Gestalt and Person-Centred counselling; I have a Masters degree in counselling from Antioch University, and I am an experienced teacher and supervisor, as well as a practitioner, of counselling and psychotherapy.

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor, which means I am a member of the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors, an association concerned with the professional standards and growth of its members. I have been a member of BCACC’s Ethics committee.

I have

• counselled in mental health agencies
• worked in residential addictions treatment
• facilitated support groups for people with anxiety disorders
• counselled individuals and groups in private practice
• taught counselling for Vancouver Community College, the Counsellor Training Institute, and the Addictions Counselling Program of Medicine Hat College
• supervised student and lay counsellors
• taught Gestalt theory for the Gestalt Experiential Training Institute in Vancouver, and written about it for The British Gestalt Journal and for publications in the US and France

Some things about me as a person

• I practice and study T’ai Chi
• I sing with the Gettin’ Higher Choir in Victoria
• I’m interested in the environment and especially in eco-psychology
• I’m an avid reader of mysteries
• I ski
• I grew up in a small northern Manitoba community
• before becoming a counsellor and therapist, I had careers as a radio reporter and announcer and studied and taught Canadian Literature at the University of Calgary

To read my resume, click here.

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