Assessment Services:

Assessment services are only provided for Veterans Affairs Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

For Veterans Affairs Canada assessments:

I conduct psychological assessments for the VAC disability benefit/award. RCMP members requiring a VAC assessment for the disability benefit/award are also welcome to contact my office (these assessments are funded by VAC, not the RCMP). Your VAC case manager may request a psychological assessment for treatment purposes.

The purpose of these assessments is to gain a better understanding of a member’s or veteran’s social and emotional functioning, provide a psychological diagnosis (if relevant), and provide treatment recommendations.

You do not need to be working with a psychologist to participate in this assessment. You can contact me directly to schedule it.

Please contact my office for more information regarding VAC assessments.

For regular and civilian members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police:

I provide psychological assessments for VAC disability benefit/award. You do not need to be working with a psychologist to participate in this assessment. You can contact me directly to schedule it. Please contact my office for more information.

Psychological counselling services:

I conduct individual therapy with adults. I do not provide individual therapy to children and adolescents nor do I provide couples counselling or family therapy.

I begin with a thorough assessment of your symptoms (which typically takes 1-3 sessions) to ensure that the problem(s) and issue(s) are correctly identified. Based on this initial assessment, I will propose a specific treatment plan for you. The treatment plan will be tailored to suit your specific needs. I welcome your questions, concerns, and feedback along the way. If the treatment plan needs to be changed, we will discuss this together.

My primary treatment areas include:

• Operational stress injuries
• Anxiety
• Panic attacks
• Phobias
• Trauma (including childhood/developmental trauma)
• Medical trauma
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Depression
• Chronic illness
• Life transitions
• Grief and loss
• Low self-esteem
• Low self-confidence
• Work-related stress

I use the following approaches in my practice:

• Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
• Solution Focused Therapy
• Exposure Response Prevention
• Mindfulness
• Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE)
• Clinical Hypnosis
• Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Brainspotting (BSP)

I also provide telephone counselling and videoconferencing sessions for those individuals who live remotely and/or are not able to come to the office.

When my clients finish counselling, they often feel calmer, more confident, and better able to cope with stress. They’re equipped with effective techniques they can use for the rest of their lives.