I'm a Registered Social Worker with over 35 years of dedicated experience in mental health and addiction services. I specialize in helping individuals navigate complex challenges, including severe mental illness, depression, anxiety, personality disorders, and substance use.

My extensive career includes 25 years as a Mental Health and Substance Use Clinician, Team Leader, and Practice Lead within Interior Health. In recent years I have focused my practice on addiction recovery within the Revelstoke community.

I hold bachelor's and master's degrees in social work. I also have training and clinical supervision in Multigenerational Family System Therapy. Across all of this work, one belief has stayed with me: my role is to offer structure, clinical expertise, and steady support — while the insight and the changes that matter most remain yours.

My practice integrates evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioural Treatment (DBT) skills, specifically targeting emotional regulation and distress tolerance through a trauma-informed lens. Grounded in Motivational Interviewing and harm reduction principles, my approach respects your autonomy at every stage of change — you're the one who decides what that change looks like and how fast it unfolds.

By identifying the triggers, thoughts, and situations driving unwanted behaviours, we work together to replace unproductive habits with practical coping mechanisms, structured problem-solving skills, and process-oriented goal setting. I see my role as walking alongside you as you build confidence in your own judgment. Through self-monitoring and dedicated session work, you will gain tools you can carry forward long after our work together ends.