I'm a registered counsellor, but I'm also a person who's lived a life that hasn't always followed the conventional script.

I've changed direction. I've had plans fall apart. I've made choices that made sense to me even when they weren't necessarily the expected ones. And I've had times when I've needed to stop and work out who I was, what mattered, and what came next.

My understanding of counselling isn't only professional, either. I've had my own experiences with mental health challenges and with being on the other side of the counselling relationship. I know what it's like to be the person in the chair, trying to explain something difficult to someone you've only just met.

That doesn't mean I'll assume I know what your experience is like. But it does shape the kind of counsellor I try to be — practical, human, non-judgmental, and aware that asking for help can feel very different from the inside than it looks from the outside.

Over the years, both personally and professionally, I've met people living all kinds of lives. That's reinforced something important:

There isn't one right way to build a meaningful life.

I'm not interested in judging your choices or trying to squeeze you into somebody else's idea of what your life should look like. I'm interested in understanding you — what matters to you, what isn't working, and what might fit better.