My name is Clara, my pronouns are she/her, and I am a Registered Social Worker and Registered Clinical Counsellor.  I love my work and I am honoured to have helped many people meet their needs, such as managing better in their lives and experiencing relief from emotional pain.  I always collaborate with my clients to address the unique, individual goals that are most important to each one. 

I provide therapy online and in-person in Burnaby, BC. I work with adults and couples and helps people facing a range of challenges including difficulty coping, life transitions, many types of anxiety, depression, gender identity questions, and trauma of all kinds and intensities, including traumatic loss. I also help couples through conflict and those wanting to improve specific qualities of their relationships. For couples, I am trained Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and Imago Relationship Therapy which are two highly respected and effective approaches.

Having been in the field for 15 years and being a life-long learner, I rely on a number of well-researched therapeutic approaches and techniques to aid people, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems Theory.   You may not know what these mean, but if I feel a method could be a fit for you I will explain it in detail.  I also have so many smaller tools in my toolbox that I can use at just the right time.  This means, quite simply, that I can meet you where you’re at and help you heal and thrive. 

I am empathic, calm, creative, and non-judgmental, so please come just as you are.  I am LGBTQIA+ affirming and I enjoy counselling those from different cultural backgrounds, genders, abilities, lifestyles, beliefs, and more.  I also offer counselling in French, however I am not a Francophone.

I believe you don’t have to know exactly what is wrong in order to come see me, and if you are wondering if therapy might help you, please know that all problems are worthy of receiving tender care in a quiet moment in order to be addressed.  I will hold space for you.

Education

Bachelor of Social Work, University of British Columbia

Masters of Social Work, University of the Fraser Valley

Certified in EMDR Therapy

Registration

Registered Social Worker, BC Collage of Social Workers, #09760

Registered Clinical Counsellor, BC Association of Clinical Counsellors, #19919