Areas of Interest
Hello! I am Katharine. Are long term difficulties due to complex and traumatic experiences (often going back to childhood) continuing to make life challenging for you? Do you have an unspoken or unexplored grief that accompanies these experiences? Is your current relationship struggling? To add to this complexity are you neurodiverse (eg., ADHD, autism, gifted) or suspect you are? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions you are like many of my clients. I offer therapy for adults and couples and formal adult psychoeducational, neurodiversity and trauma assessments.
Approach to therapy
My approach to therapy is collaborative, person-centered, neurodiversity-affirming, trauma-informed and strengths-based. I seek to view each person and couple holistically (considering your biological-psychological-social-spiritual self) and work with you to discover your goals.
I typically works with clients using a parts approach (e.g. internal family systems), narrative therapy, mindfulness and meditation, dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), cognitive behavioral therapy and Gottman’s Couples Therapy. So I am integrate a variety of approaches to find what works best for you! Additionally, with training in spirituality, I understands the supportive or traumatic role that spirituality and / or religion may play in your healing. As such I can incorporate this understanding into therapy if desired.
Couples
Couples that I work with bring their individual challenges plus communication challenges and sometimes a history of infidelity. When working with couples I primarily uses the Gottman Couples Therapy approach as I have completed Level 2 training in this approach.
A Life Time of Experience
With 30 years of marriage, adult children, and aging parents, I also appreciates the influence that past and present families have on our wellbeing.
I considers it an honour and privilege to accompany clients through the therapy journey.
