Practice Information
Lisa’s style of counselling is both grounded and practically based, stemming from a large base of knowledge acquired through 23 years of practice in the human services sector, academic training and ongoing professional development. Lisa acknowledges and focuses on both the context of the person’s life and the interplay of their individual characteristics within that context. A strong, connected, respectful relationship is viewed as a key factor in counselling success.
The Counselling ExperienceClient safety, confidentiality, and professional ethics are of primary importance to Lisa in the counselling relationship. She strives to ensure that her clients’ experiences of counselling are positive, beneficial, useful and safe. While counselling can bring forth emotions that are painful and difficult to work through, Lisa also respectfully incorporates lightness and humor into her work, engaging in the use of laughter’s healing powers which can be sometimes overlooked in the field of counselling.
Approaches UsedLisa uses a client-centered humanistic approach in her counselling, drawing from the theories of the schools of cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused, narrative and existential therapies. When required, Lisa also incorporates coaching and teaching of skill based techniques such as relaxation and hypnosis to enhance her clients’ personal knowledge of healthy living.
Areas of Practice*Pre and Post Separation and Divorce
*Career & Workplace Issues
*Addictions/Substance abuse
*Codependence
*Anxiety and/or Panic
*Depression
*Family Violence
*Grief and Loss
*Life Transitions
*Stress Management
*Trauma
*Hypnosis
*Personal Growth
*Adolescent issues
*Left field experiences
*Adult giftedness issues
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
Registered Clinical Counsellor
