Compassion and curiosity lead to awareness and understanding.

I specialize in counselling at the intersection of emotions and spirit, where psychology and soul meet. I have witnessed healing coming through the heart, the body, and the spirit—not as separate pathways, but as one integrated path.

A Deeper Approach to Healing

My work goes beyond talk therapy and traditional cognitive behavioral approaches. While CBT offers valuable tools for recognizing and shifting thought patterns, true healing often requires us to go deeper: into the body,  early relational patterns, and the emotional layers that words alone cannot reach.

Counselling with me is a process of gently revealing layers to be witnessed, understood, and released. These layers often formed in childhood, shaping our attachment patterns—how we learned to connect, protect ourselves, and make sense of our worth. Whether your wounds are recent or reach back to early life, many of us carry hurts that have developed into patterns hindering us now.

Part of my role is to help you sort out who you are now from what happened in the past. Drawing on attachment theory and childhood development, I help you understand how early relationships shaped your current ways of being with yourself and others. By understanding these patterns with kindness and openness, they naturally loosen, increasing your capacity for intimacy and trust—in yourself and in your relationships.

A Somatic, Integrative Process

I want to discover with you your own way of telling your story. Making it safe to look at what needs healing. This isn’t just intellectual work. We’ll include your body’s wisdom, the sensations and signals that keep a safe pace and help ground mental understanding into emotional intelligence.

During sessions, I will gently encourage you to stay true to yourself as you explore your issues—personal, familial, cultural. At times, I may suggest you pause to sense your body or your breath, deepening your connection with the moment and your true self.

Breath and sensing help us get in touch with our bodies. As you go deeper, I hold safe space for you to find your own truth, helping you clarify what matters most. And how you want to move forward.

More about My Offerings

My training and experience encompasses psychological, sexual, cultural, and spiritual dimensions of human growth and potential. I am culturally-sensitive, LGBTQ friendly/sex positive, and climate-aware. My practice is online, primarily in British Columbia and the Yukon.

I am also a Family Constellations Facilitator. And I can offer guided meditations and body scans as part of our work together.

General Areas of Focus:

• Enhancing self-esteem & healthy boundaries
• Moving through grief, anxiety or depression
• Creating healthy relationships and attachment healing
• Healing from trauma or abuse
• Including issues relating to difference (See Fostering Diversity and Inclusivity)

“Olivia offers compassionate and insightful counselling, leading me to new perspectives on difficult issues. She helps me find new ways of changing or coping with these situations, but also draws out and reinforces the positive things I’m already doing to cope. I walk away feeling good about how I’m doing, as well as feeling like I have more tools to help deal with ongoing issues. Thank you Olivia!” – P.D.

Counselling Rates & Insurance Coverage

$125.00/hour for individual counselling, coaching, and private one-to-one constellations.

Do you have extended medical insurance? Alberta Blue Cross, The Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan, Equitable Life of Canada, Greenshield Canada, Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc., Manitoba Blue Cross, Pacific Blue Cross, Sun Life, Victor Insurance and ClaimSecure all cover my services depending on your insurance. Manulife and Canada Life (Great West) review each situation on a case by case basis. Please check with your policy administrator to confirm if you would qualify or if you don’t see your insurance company listed here, as the insurance landscape keeps changing. I am a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC) #1072 with Association of Cooperative Counsellors of Canada (ACCT). last updated Feb, 2026