Areas of Expertise
Counselling
As your counsellor, I want to be in service to what you need. I want to listen to what it is you're trying to express, be attuned to what you're feeling, and hold space for that which arises. In doing so, I trust my own inner guides drawing from my teachings in Person-centered, Gestalt, Narrative, Internal Family Systems, Multicultural and Relational Life therapies. I also have training in working with shame, which has pervaded many of our childhoods and requires specific skills to undo in our adult selves
Working with men
As a counsellor, first, I'm a human and, as such, relate to my clients on a human-to-human level regardless of their orientation. That being said, as a mature man, father, husband who's been blessed to share in my healing as a man with a devoted group of brothers for years, I am called to sit in support of other men in their healing journey. I have been involved with men's groups for more than 15 years, learning a great deal about what commonly ails and heals men through these group experiences.
Working with couples
One of the most difficult things about being in intimate relationship with another is moving from a "me" first to a "we" first mentality. Couple that with the fact that your intimate other serves as a trigger for what is unresolved in you and you experience the discord that many couples at some point suffer from. We have to take that love we felt for our partner in the early stages of our relationship and cultivate it into a Love that seeks the best for both of us while celebrating each other's individuality. Sometimes easier said than done! Utilizing my training in the ground breaking couples therapy, Relational Life Therapy (TerryReal.com). I offer couples a way to make relationships work for them
