About Becca

I’ve been working in public and private practice, on and off, for the past 36 years. Each chapter of that journey has shaped the therapist I am today.

I began my career in mental health supporting displaced patients from Riverview Hospital. I later worked at the Portland Hotel Society in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside – work that grounded me in the realities of trauma, addiction, poverty, and resilience very early on.

During those early years in the ’90’s, I completed my Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Psychology and Women’s Studies at Simon Fraser University.

I then stepped away from professional practice to raise my children at home. That time profoundly shaped my understanding of attachment, partnership, identity shifts, and the emotional labour so many people quietly carry.

Eight years later, with a divorce and remarriage, I returned to counselling – bringing with me not only professional training, but lived experience of relationship rupture, repair, and rebuilding. I worked for a non-profit organization on Vancouver Island, supporting individuals and families through complex transitions.

Around that time, I received couples counselling myself from a therapist trained through The Gottman Institute. That experience was transformative. It inspired me to pursue my Master’s degree and deepen my clinical work with clients.

I completed my Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University and became a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC #13220) with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors.

Through The Gottman Institute, I completed Levels 1–3 of The Gottman Method Couples Training (2008–2015), as well as Bringing Baby Home Educator training (2009) and The Seven Principles Program Educator training (2010), along with numerous additional workshops over the years.

Clinical Training & Areas of Focus

Over the years, I have pursued extensive training to support individuals and couples at depth. My work integrates training in:

  • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
  • Somatic therapy
  • Couples and sex therapy
  • Psychedelic-assisted therapy (training through Atma and TheraPsil and ongoing peer supervision)
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
  • Solutions-Focused Therapy
  • Strength-Based Therapy
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Clinical supervision training

Whether I am working with trauma, anxiety, sexual concerns, relationship distress, postpartum depression, fertility challenges, or major life transitions, I tailor therapy to the person in front of me. No two clients are the same, and therapy should reflect that.

Experience Beyond the Textbooks

I have supported clients through postpartum depression, fertility struggles, and complex relational transitions. I have also had the deeply personal experience of serving as a surrogate, carrying twins for a friend – a chapter that expanded my appreciation for the emotional and physical complexity of family building.

These experiences allow me to sit with people in nuanced spaces – where grief and gratitude coexist, where love and resentment intertwine, and where bodies hold stories that words alone cannot access.

Inclusive and Respectful Practice

I welcome clients from diverse backgrounds and life experiences. Gender, sexual orientation, race, age, religion, ability, relationship structure, and family configuration are never barriers to working with me.

I work with clients in consensual non-monogamy (CNM), polyamorous and BDSM relationships, and with sex workers. You do not need to explain or defend your identity here.

My Practice on Hornby Island

I offer in-person counselling locally and online counselling throughout British Columbia and in unregulated provinces. Living and working in a small island community has deepened my appreciation for privacy, relational accountability, and community care.

Whether you are seeking counselling on Hornby Island or virtually, you will find a steady, experienced presence grounded in decades of clinical practice.

I am not here to pathologize you.
I am here to understand you.

And from there, we move forward – together.