Currently accepting select clients.
Personal Statement:
I am a Jungian Psychoanalyst offering Jungian Analysis to individuals who want a deeper understanding of themselves. For many reasons, these persons feel emotionally in pain, conflicted or unbalanced in their inner and/or outer life. They benefit from exploring the deep-rooted causes of relationship problems and unproductive emotional patterns that were created from wounding and trauma. The direction of therapy is to look to the past and to the unconscious determinants of behavior but also to open to the creative and positive movements of the psyche that offer healing wisdom or a way forward even in the face of the greatest difficulties or trauma.
As a Jungian Psychoanalyst, I provide a listening and compassionate place for conversation. I offer a client a way to learn about and dialogue with their deepest self, whether through discussing dreams, writing, drawing or using miniatures in a sand tray. All these methods can be helpful depending on an individual’s desires and situation. Jungian analysis is gentle but requires commitment and regular, sometimes intense work.
I have over 30 years of experience working in schools, hospitals, counselling agencies and private practice. I have worked with individuals of all ages who have experienced abuse, depression and loss or who were faced with the challenges of relationships or of adjusting to a new stage of life or health. I supervised Masters level students. I now specialize in counselling for psychotherapists and psychotherapists-in-training, individuals with physical health difficulties and people experiencing the changes of mid-life or elderhood.
It is very difficult to deal with the darker elements of our lives and minds, but I offer an understanding way through the chaos and gloom into the light of self-discovery and lasting change.
Certifications, Memberships, Accreditations:
- Accredited Jungian Analyst at the CG Jung Institute of Zurich
- Accredited Jungian Analyst at the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP)
- Registered Social Worker Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (RSW)
- Certified Child &Play Therapist/Supervisor (retired) of the Canadian Association for Play Therapy (CAPT-S)
Areas of Special Interest:
- Jungian Sandplay Therapy
- Illness and the Mind/Body interconnection
- Dream Groups
Education
- C.G. Jung Institute of Zurich, Diploma Psychoanalyst (PhD-equivalent post-Masters training in Jungian Analytical Psychology (accredited by UNESCO))
- Wilfrid Laurier University, Master of Social Work