REGISTERED CLINICAL COUNSELLOR & EMDR THERAPIST
You Need Therapy As Unique As You Are
And you’re done playing therapist roulette to find someone you vibe with.
My style goes deeper than coping skills and actually gets to the root of your anxiety, stress & relationship patterns.
You’re ready for someone who gets you:
•You’re insightful and self-aware, but still feel overwhelmed inside
•You carry the emotional weight in your relationships
•You’re tired of overthinking every decision and saying yes when you want to say no
You are worthy of time, attention, and healing. Not just surface level strategies.
credentials & training
Areas of special focus:
- Online anxiety counselling for stress & perfectionism
- People-pleasing and boundary setting
- Personal Growth
- Navigating long-term partnership dynamics
- Relationship conflicts and emotional disconnection
- Self-worth and identity
- Emotional burnout and overwhelm
Therapy styles that I use include:
- Adlerian Therapy (identity, beliefs, patterns)
- EMDR Therapy
- Lifespan Integration
- Mindfulness practices
- Cognitive Behavioural techniques
- Gottman Method for couples
- Clinical Hypnosis
counselling for stress and anxiety — is this you?
You "seem fine," on the outside, but stress and anxiety are secretly running the show.
You overthink and worry about letting people down…
You know your past shaped your patterns, but you’re not sure how to break them…
You feel responsible for keeping the peace and struggle to put your needs first…
You crave emotional security in your relationships, not guessing what others want…
You’ve tried podcasts, journaling, yoga, and “just pushing through it,” but nothing has created lasting change…
Through our work together, you’ll learn practical tools, unravel root causes, rewrite your unhelpful beliefs, and feel grounded & secure.
How We Can Work Together
Individual Counselling Online
I provide one-on-one online anxiety counselling for adults across Canada. If stress and anxiety are running the show, we’ll get to the root of it instead of just managing symptoms.
As an EMDR therapist, I also offer EMDR online to help you process the past experiences that keep your nervous system on high alert. Counselling for stress doesn’t have to mean more coping tips. It can mean real, lasting change.
Couples Therapy Online
Couples therapy online is for all stages of relationships, from dating to long-term partnership. Using the Gottman Method, we’ll work on relationship problems like communication breakdowns, recurring conflict, and emotional disconnection.
You’ll learn practical tools to resolve conflict, rebuild intimacy, and turn your relationship into the partnership you want. Relationship problems counselling works best when you start before things feel stuck, but it’s never too late to begin.
Wellness and Mental Health Workshops
I offer workplace wellness workshops on a variety topics, like work-stress balance, psychological safety, and social media & mental health. I‘m also a trained facilitator for the Gottman Seven Principles for Couples workshop. Online and in person.
Living with anxiety, stress, and the need to please everyone is exhausting. My approach goes deeper than surface-level coping skills to create lasting change.
Hello, I'm Ashley!
REGISTERED CLINICAL COUNSELLOR AND EMDR THERAPIST
My therapy approach can help you understand why these patterns developed and how to change them at the root.
Together, we will explore the connection between your past experiences, nervous system responses, and current relationship patterns. Our work will help you process unresolved emotional triggers, build internal security, and create the self-worth you need to set boundaries, reduce anxiety, and feel grounded in your life and relationships.
You don’t need more “quick tips.” You need real relief, insight, and a new way of being with yourself.
What to Expect in Therapy
01. Clarify Your Story
In the early stages of therapy, we’ll identify what causes stress, where problems show up, and these issues affect your life. If you’re unsure of your therapy goals, I can help you by exploring patterns, triggers, and identifying what you truly want for yourself.
02. Heal and Rewire
Using a personalized treatment plan with EMDR, Adlerian therapy, and insight-based techniques, we work on healing the root causes, not just your symptoms. You’ll learn nervous system regulation, boundary-setting, and mindset shifts that help you feel secure, calm, and more in control.
03. Integrate & Thrive
As progress builds, we focus on emotional resilience, maintaining progress, and strengthening your identity and relationships. You’ll leave therapy with long-term strategies, anchored self-worth, and the confidence to move forward without stress or anxiety running the show.
Therapy that creates real change.
Therapy can help you break the cycle of overthinking, people-pleasing, and emotional burnout. You can learn to create fulfilling, secure relationships with others and with yourself.
Ready to feel different, not just think differently?
Online couples course
Relationship Tune-Up
This course is designed for couples at all stages- dating, living together, premarital, married, and even “it’s complicated.”
Get essential tools to work through relationship problems, like building intimacy and resolving conflict so that you can feel connected.
The Wheel of Life
This quick and free self-assessment will help get a bird’s-eye view across different aspects of your life. It’s great for checking in with yourself, setting goals and preparing for your first session. Rate your satisfaction in each area from 0-10.
Move from surviving to thriving
Learn how to get freedom from anxiety. This guide pairs well with online anxiety counselling.
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Get in Touch with Me
Do you have any questions?
Use the form below to inquire about starting therapy, attending a workshop or hosting a lunch & learn. For your security, please do not include any sensitive personal information.
Many people find it works well, especially when we go beyond coping skills to the root of the anxiety. We’d look at your triggers, thought patterns, and nervous system responses, and you’d leave sessions with tools you can use right away. Online sessions also mean you can attend from a space where you feel comfortable. If you’re not sure it’s the right fit, a free consultation is a good place to start.
As an EMDR therapist, I guide you through a structured process that helps your brain reprocess stressful or distressing memories so they lose their emotional charge. We prepare carefully first, and you stay in control throughout. EMDR works well online, and you can read more about the process in my blog post on the eight phases of EMDR therapy.
Yes. I offer EMDR online to adults across Canada, as long as you have a private space and a secure internet connection.
Counselling for stress helps you understand what’s driving the overwhelm, whether that’s perfectionism, people-pleasing, workplace pressure, or burnout. Together we’ll build nervous system regulation.
Relationship problems counselling can help with ongoing conflict, poor communication, emotional distance, trust issues, and feeling stuck in the same arguments. You can come as a couple or on your own to work on your relationship patterns.
Couples therapy online works much like in-person sessions, but you and your partner join from wherever you’re comfortable, even from separate locations if needed. We’ll identify the patterns that keep showing up and build new ways of communicating and reconnecting. Online couples therapy suits all relationship stages, from dating to long-term partnership.
Yes, so long as both partners live in a province where counselling and psychotherapy are not regulated. This includes: British Columbia (changes coming in 2027), Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon Territories, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Newfoundland.
Yes! My counselling license and professional liability insurance allow me to work with people living unregulated provinces (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Newfoundland & Labrador, Yukon, Nunavut, Northwest Territories). If you live in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island or internationally, please contact me first.
Online therapy is not appropriate for everyone. You will want to consider factors such as if you have a private space where you can attend sessions, having a secure internet connection, and even the seriousness/intensity of the topic if you hope to fit online therapy sessions in among your daily appointments.
Therapy isn’t necessary for all people all the time. A consultation is a great opportunity to meet and chat briefly about what concerns you have to help determine if therapy is needed right now.
Newly starting clients are recommended to meet weekly. This helps build momentum toward your goals and will quickly give you a sense of if we are a good fit to work together. Frequent sessions are especially helpful for those who are new to therapy, or new to my practice.
Each person’s therapy process depends on a lot of factors. Generally, for one newly emerging issue you can expect to feel significantly better within 10 weeks of regular sessions. This isn’t the rule (or even the exception), but it can help to set some expectations.
