Your first session will involve a psychosocial evaluation, which is a global, holistic assessment that helps determine the goals and needs for your follow-up with the social worker. This includes gathering general background information on whom you are included and any relevant medical and mental health history.

Individual counselling sessions typically last 50–60 minutes, with an option to book a 90-minute session if needed. Couples therapy sessions usually run 60–90 minutes, with initial sessions often being 90 minutes for a thorough assessment.

Your privacy is our top priority. As registered social workers in Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta, we strictly adhere to confidentiality guidelines and privacy laws. Your records are securely stored, and we always obtain your consent before sharing any information.

Opting for counselling with a registered social worker ensures you receive professional support, tailored treatment plans, and a safe, confidential space to navigate your thoughts and emotions.

You can access virtual individual counselling and couples counselling with Healing Narratives Counselling in Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta. Sessions are trauma-informed and attachment-based, so your support is tailored to the patterns, experiences, and goals you want to work through.

Our counselling sessions are priced at $145 for a 60-minute individual session, $170 for a 90-minute individual session, and $175 for a 90-minute couples session. Plus, your first 30-minute Zoom consultation is absolutely free!

Individual sessions are typically 50–60 minutes, and you can book a 90-minute session if you need more time. Couples sessions are usually 60–90 minutes, with first sessions often running 90 minutes for a fuller assessment.

In your first session, you and I will talk about what brought you in, your background, and the patterns you want to understand or change. We’ll also set goals together so you leave with a clearer sense of direction and what therapy can look like for you.

Choosing counselling with a registered social worker means you'll receive professional support, personalized treatment plans, and a safe, confidential space to explore your thoughts and emotions.

Your privacy is my top priority. As a registered social worker in Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta, I follow strict confidentiality guidelines and privacy laws. I keep your records secure, always get your consent before sharing any information, and ensure your safety and privacy are protected.

Yes. I provide virtual, trauma-informed counselling to adults in Ontario via secure telehealth. My practice specializes in relational trauma, attachment wounds, and early maladaptive schemas. All sessions are conducted online, so you can access support from anywhere in the province.

Schema therapy is a evidence-based approach that identifies deeply rooted patterns called early maladaptive schemas, formed in childhood through unmet emotional needs. These schemas drive repetitive patterns in relationships, emotional regulation, and self-perception. Yes, I offer schema therapy to clients in Quebec as part of a trauma-informed, attachment-based approach to healing.

PTSD typically follows a single, identifiable traumatic event. Relational trauma develops through repeated experiences within close relationships, chronic emotional unavailability, inconsistency, rejection, or neglect, often beginning in childhood. It shapes how the nervous system learns to expect danger in connection. At Healing Narratives Counselling, relational trauma is the core focus of my practice.

Yes. I provide attachment-based counselling to adults in Alberta via telehealth. Attachment-based therapy explores how early caregiving relationships shaped your nervous system's expectations about safety, connection, and intimacy, and works to update those patterns through a safe, consistent therapeutic relationship.

Healing Narratives Counselling offers specialized support for anxious attachment across Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta. My approach integrates attachment theory, schema therapy, and trauma-informed practice to help clients understand the relational wounds driving their attachment patterns - and build the internal safety needed to shift them.

You’ll get a trauma-informed, attachment-based approach that also draws from schema therapy and a root-cause lens. That means we look beyond surface symptoms and focus on the relational and developmental experiences shaping your current patterns, so you can build real, lasting change.

Yes. Early maladaptive schemas like emotional deprivation and abandonment are a core focus of my practice. These schemas form when childhood relational environments did not consistently meet emotional needs for warmth, attunement, or stability. Through schema therapy and attachment-based work, we identify how these patterns are showing up in your current relationships and begin the process of healing them at the root.

Yes — you can book a free 30-minute virtual consultation to ask questions, learn how I work, and see whether we’re a good fit. It’s a low-pressure way for you to decide if counselling feels right before moving into ongoing sessions. Services are available in Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta.

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Couples can gain a deeper understanding of their individual and shared traumas, learn healthy coping mechanisms, improve communication and emotional connection, and foster healing and growth in their relationship through trauma-informed therapy at Healing Narratives Counselling.