Hello, my name is Michelle.
I am a registered psychotherapist who draws from a variety of different approaches. I am a mother of 4 children. I love to read, go hiking, meet new people, and traveling. I appreciate the steps that you are taking towards change and growth. I personally understand what it is like to come from a place of needing and asking for help. This awareness helps me to empathize and create a place for you to share your unique experiences. I would love the opportunity to provide a safe space for you to do so. It would to be an honor for me to help you re-write new chapters in your story. I provide a 15 minute free consultation in which you can determine if I am the right fit for you.
As a Registered Psychotherapist in Private Practice for more than 25 years and the CEO & Founder of True Roots Counselling Services, my delight is coming alongside people blindsided and overwhelmed by life-altering circumstances and empowering them with support, strategies and keys to transform their trauma into triumph. Once stabilized and liberated from resistance to change, people are well equipped to define the person of dynamic influence they long to be and live the victorious, purpose-filled life of significance that feeds their soul.
I am passionate about helping people to expand the story they write for themselves. We all carry with us a narrative of who we are and who we can become. Living with anxiety and depression, whether long standing or circumstantial, constrains our narrative: “This is who I am, this is who I will always be.” I see the process of therapy to be about connecting with your thoughts and emotions in a way that gives you control over how you respond to, and engage with, your world. I find it remarkable how small adjustments to these areas can have a profound impact on how you see yourself and those close to you. This is the beginning of a richer narrative.
I work with individuals dealing with anxiety or emotional regulation during transitions. These might include peri-natal period, job transitions/retiring, estrangement from parent/child. I also work with adoptees and first and second generation immigrants in ethnic identity formation.
I am deeply committed in providing you with compassionate support in an environment were all issues can be safely addressed. My proven counselling techniques and practical life coaching tools provide quick results and will equip you with the know-how to self-manage your life more effectively.