Life can certainly be overwhelming. Whether it’s major changes, losses, misunderstandings, uncertainty about the future or grappling with your identity and place in the world, counselling with Kate can provide you time and space space to process and understand your life experiences.

Kate works with both adults and youth as they sort through big emotions, communication skills and learning about themselves.

Kate May Be A Good Fit For

Kate is a good fit for clients experiencing:

• Difficulty naming and expressing emotions
• Struggles with regulating in the midst of big feelings and/or anxiety
• Communication obstacles in relationships
• Questions around religion and spirituality: especially the complexities of transitioning to and/or from spiritual communities
• Neurodiversity, especially navigating new diagnoses and self-advocacy
• Those who identify as 2SLBTQIA+: celebrating identity and coping with challenges

What Counselling Is Like With Kate

Kate is relational, warm and understands that trust is a key component to therapeutic relationships. Counselling with Kate moves at your pace, exploring themes and topics as you feel ready to do so.

Kate approaches your story with curiosity and acceptance knowing that each person’s world is uniquely theirs. She seeks to understand what is important to you and how that impacts the way you think about and move in your life. Kate enjoys helping clients understand how their internal beliefs and values impact their external behaviour and communication styles in relationships.

Kate’s Approach to Counselling

Kate’s approach is person-centered, grounded in a belief that counselling helps us access tools and knowledge that we already carry within ourselves. She hopes all her clients feel seen and included in a collaborative and relational counselling experience. Kate works with a trauma-informed lens, understanding that life experiences can deeply impact the way we move in the world, interact with others, and view ourselves.

Kate draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Poly-vagal Theory and somatic therapies amongst other therapeutic approaches. She believes each person is the expert on their own self, and hopes to support you in understanding and empowering yourself to tackle challenges, foster healthy relationships and enjoy more well-being in life.

Kate cares deeply about advocacy and safety for vulnerable and marginalized groups, and is particularly proficient working with those identifying as neurodiverse and/or 2SLGBTQIA+. She prioritizes Indigenizing and de-colonializing her counselling approach, embracing that this is a lifelong learning process.

Personal

Outside of counselling, Kate spends a lot of time in the mountains biking, skiing, climbing, running and hiking. She loves connecting with the local arts community through music and writing. She is fascinated by socio-political issues and loves both fantasy and sci-fi that dig into these topics (Think: Dune, Star Wars, LoTR).

Education & Credentials

• Masters of Education in School Counselling

Training

For the past 13 years, Kate has worked in and out of the education system, sometimes taking breaks to work in the non-profit and service sectors. She has coordinated programming for children in families fleeing domestic violence, facilitated workshops on sexual consent education and taught music programs that focus on emotional regulation through the arts. Before entering her master’s program, Kate worked as an Employment Counsellor with folks who were under and unemployed to help them access upskilling opportunities, navigate career changes and all the other pieces related to employment challenges. Kate’s time as an Employment Counsellor solidified her desire to become a registered clinical counsellor. She worked as both a school counsellor with youth and a community counsellor with adults while studying in her Masters program.