Marnie will modify her counselling approach to meet your unique needs.

Marnie places a high priority on the relationship between my clients and myself. She believes that her relationship with my clients needs to feel safe and trusting enough to talk about what is upsetting to you. 

Marnie recognizes that you have the courage to find solutions to your concerns. She will provide you with non-judgmental support and skills to assist you to get there.  When your goals have been met you will feel confident as to what you want, empowered to take the strides you want to take, and more in control of how you handle your life.

 Marnie is trained in evidence-based approaches

Marnie is trained in a variety of counselling approaches that are evidence based and demonstrated to be effective. She customizes her therapy approaches to your particular needs and individuality, always ensuring that she maintains a positive and supportive relationship with you.

Marnie is trained in:

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

Dialectical behaviour therapy offers clients skills to manage difficult emotions and supports the clients to learn how to decrease conflict in relationships. In particularly, DBT puts a emphasis on delivering therapeutic skills in four main areas.

·      Mindfulness practice: focuses on improving an individual's ability to accept and be present in the current moment.

·      Distress tolerance: provides the client an opportunity to learn effective skills to tolerate and work through negative emotions, rather than trying to hide them.

·      Emotion regulation: focuses on approaches to recognize and modify powerful emotions that are causing life-interrupting concerns in a person’s life.

·      Interpersonal effectiveness: consists of methods that teach a person to communicate with others in a way that is assertive, maintains self-respect, with boundaries  and strengthens relationship.

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

When our most important relationships are not blossoming, or our general happiness and security is affected, and we might begin to cope ineffectively and make our stress higher rather than having the ability to reduce stress. Emotionally Focused Therapy provides you with skills to support you to better connect with your emotions and needs so that you can change your relationship patterns and feel more secure in the world.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Our values and beliefs as well as the way we think about and view others, the world, and ourselves overall, impacts how we behave and feel. Through the use of cognitive behavorial therapy I will work with you to help you become aware of the negative or distorted thinking patterns that generate and create additional stress. I will support you to begin to challenge these thoughts and create shifts that will help you feel more confident about yourself and your life.

Family Therapy/ Family of  Origin Counselling

If you would like to explore how your family history affects your current life, I am able to support you consider the patterns you have established as a result. As you become more aware and recognize how you may have transferred these dysfunctional patterns into your present life, I will support you to make the changes in your life that will provide internal peace and hope to be the best version of you.

Trauma Therapy

If you have a history of trauma or abuse (e.g. emotional, physical, or sexual abuse) or live with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), I provide counselling services that can help you process your traumas and decrease your suffering.