About Me
Hi, I'm Alex - welcome.If you are here you may be at a time in your life when you have questions that are difficult to answer, choices that seem impossible to make, relationships that are challenging to maintain, or feelings that are simply too overwhelming to manage. Or maybe you're just unsure about what it means to live the life you want to live.As a Registered Professional Counsellor with the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association, and as a Certified Career Development Practio I am prepared and equipped with evidence based therapeutic tools and resources to offer you the space and support to be able to navigate these experiences and work towards understanding, growth, and change.The simple truth is that I am a regular person who, at a certain time in my life, realized that what he really wanted to do is be there to help others. While pursuing a career in film and television, I found myself struggling - with myself. I was assaulted on a daily basis by limiting beliefs and self-judgments; I was paralyzed by fear and hurt, the effects of unprocessed pain stemming from a past relationship; I found myself coping through substance and work. After a time, I began to understand that without intention and effort, I would continue to repeat the cycles that I knew were preventing me from living the life I knew I wanted to live. What I did not know was that it was the space and structure of counselling that would give me what I needed to affect real change. I found what I needed through the therapeutic process, now I want to offer others the same support and opportunity that was afforded to me.
My Approach
One of the most important things I have learned in my therapeutic practice is that there are no mysteries to healing. There is no secret or predictable path to change. There is just The Work; the willingness to confront the experiences that have brought you pain, changed your perspective, or the behaviours that are no longer serving you.
When looking for a therapist you will often hear terms like CBT, DBT, and Somatics. You may come across therapists specializing in breathwork, meditation, or energy healing. All of this may make sense, it may not. To me, it does not matter..
Research consistently shows that one of the most significant impact factors in counselling or therapy is the therapeutic alliance. In other words the relationship that is created between client and counsellor is perhaps the most important tool in the therapeutic process.
My approach emphasizes and honours this relationship. I will do my best to provide you with a truly supportive environment driven by compassion, patience, honesty and integrity. And together, regardless of the issues that you are facing, we will find the approach that WORKS FOR YOU.
