I’m a certified psychotherapist with more than 20 years of professional experience helping individuals, couples, and families navigate emotional, relational, and personal challenges. I work with clients from my private practice in West Vancouver, B.C., with the mission of providing the highest level of professional care to every client—regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, politics, ethnicity, or nationality. ​ In addition to psychotherapy, I’m a designated FAMILY ENTERPRISE ADVISOR™ (FEA). I work directly with business families and multidisciplinary teams to provide business families with guidance on family communications, governance structures, succession, inherited wealth, and continuity planning.
The Family Autopsy Workbook:
Unpacking Generational Patterns That Keep You Stuck
​Explore the hidden dynamics within your family system. This workbook helps you identify and break generational patterns that contribute to emotional pain, conflict, or disconnection. Through guided reflections and exercises, you’ll gain insight, clarity, and tools to create healthier relationships and lasting change.
About Me
I’m a certified psychotherapist with more than 15 years of professional experience helping individuals, couples, and families navigate emotional, relational, and personal challenges.
I began my private practice in Ottawa, Ontario, and since 2010 I’ve continued my work in West Vancouver, British Columbia. My mission is to provide the highest level of professional care to every client—regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, politics, ethnicity, or nationality.
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In addition to psychotherapy, I’m a designated FAMILY ENTERPRISE ADVISOR™ (FEA). I work directly with business families and multidisciplinary teams on issues such as:​​​​
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Family communication and relationships​​​
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Governance structures and succession
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Inherited wealth and continuity planning
I’m an active member of the Family Enterprise Xchange (FEX), Canada’s national organization for Family Enterprises and their advisors.
Areas of Specialization
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Depression
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Anxiety and Phobias
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Relationship Difficulties
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Life Transitions
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Difficulties with Self-Esteem
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Eating Issues
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Professional/Career Issues
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College/Graduate School Issues
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Medical and Health Concerns
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Pain Management
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Stress Management
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Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
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Sexual Abuse
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Spirituality
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Gender Identity Support
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LGBT Counseling
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Grief, Loss, or Bereavement
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Other Issues
Books
Overcome Your Fear of Conflict
This is a story about Willy, a small sparrow, who's afraid to fly.
Of course, there are very few birds who have the same fear as Willy, which makes him feel quite alone. However, given Willy's creative personality, he escapes one day from his first flying lesson, and sets off on an adventure where he hopes to meet the kind of friends who don't depend on flying to get around.
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He spends a very long, yet exciting, day in the forest but by nightfall Willy is faced with a serious dilemma. But before he can find his way back home to his family's nest, he needs to figure out how to solve the greatest challenge of his life.
Books
Shedding the Myths We Grew Up With
This book is for anyone who carries negative beliefs, or myths, about themselves. For the majority of us, our myths were absorbed during our early years, and many became so deeply rooted within us that, in adulthood, we usually aren't able to view ourselves in the absence of them. In a very profound way, they've held us back from living our lives with the kind of fullness and confidence that we might've experienced had we believed the myths were untrue.
The purpose of this book is to set you free from your myths so you can design a life that's based on the real you, and not on the one that's lived fearfully, and perhaps with shame, about who you thought you were all along. The program of action that's offered within this book is one that has worked for many of my clients over the years, and it is one that can be equally successful for you!
