About the Therapy I Offer

My work has a foundation of solution-focused therapy, into which may be cobbled healing components that are trauma-informed, strengths-based, and transformational.

One transformational component I offer is IFS (internal family systems therapy), which helps individuals to know their own Self and the parts of themselves in a more compassionate and connected way.

This is a healing component of therapy designed to remove stigma and pathology from a person’s identity. It fosters a sense of clarity, compassion, calmness, curiosity, connectedness, courage, confidence, creativity, choice, contentment, and peace.

Just as family therapy considers all the individuals of a family as valid and important, so with IFS the internal parts of a person are valued, affirmed, and nurtured.

About Karen

I am a Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO #11202) who has spent years, prior to professional accreditation, doing lay counselling with individuals navigating some rough terrain in life. I have a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MACP). I am also a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC), certified by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association.

I have run a corporation for over 37 years, raised a family with my husband, and am now enjoying being a grandmother.

I have been part of the “sandwich” generation, navigating simultaneous assistance to aging parents and to adult children and grandchildren. In other words, I have observed, from first-hand experience, what many individuals work through as they traverse the various stages of life.

I adore being in Nature, where I really feel connected to my Maker. I deal with the same work-leisure challenges that many of you deal with, while muddling through this life.

I do not have all the answers for you and your life. In fact, I strongly believe that your own system knows what you best need, which I help facilitate by providing a safe, non-judgmental space filled with curiosity and potential.

Warmest regards, Karen

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