Relational Counselling & Psychotherapy for Positive Change and Authentic Connection
Therapy that supports growth, healing, and deeper connection—with yourself and others.
In-person in Nanaimo, British Columbia • Online across Canada
You are invited to a space to slow down and allow curiosity to thrive. This is a space for those seeking clarity, meaning, and harmony to compassionately explore what it means to be themselves in an often overwhelming world.
Welcome, I am Simon.
I’m a Registered Psychotherapist (Ontario) and Canadian Certified Counsellor who works relationally and collaboratively with adults and couples seeking authentic connection, compassion, and meaning. I offer in-person counselling and psychotherapy in Nanaimo, British Columbia, and online sessions for folks living across Canada.
I come to psychotherapy as both a practitioner and a person shaped by profound questions; questions about purpose, resilience, pain, and what it means to be in authentic relationship with ourselves and others.
You can expect me to guide our work together with this same curiosity, understanding that the sanctity of our relationship will inform the pace and depth of the work. I draw on Internal Family Systems (IFS), humanistic, emotion-focused, and somatic-based approaches to support your process of reconnection and healing. Along the journey, I bring my strengths of compassion, honesty, and a quality of stubbornness that I hope will be seen as an unfaltering commitment to your growth and wellbeing.
How I Can Help
As a trained Internal Family Systems, trauma-informed, and somatic-oriented therapist, I offer meaningful support to
individuals and couples, supporting both personal healing and the relational dynamics that shape our closest connections.
Many of the people I work with are navigating life transitions, relational challenges, or the lingering effects of childhood and relational trauma. While they may feel stuck, overwhelmed, or uncertain about what’s next, they also carry a quiet but profound hope for something different.
My approach is relational, caring, and collaborative. It’s grounded in the belief that healing happens through connection with our authentic selves and with others. We move with gentleness, curiosity, and at the pace that trust allows.
I’d be honoured to walk alongside you.
My work is grounded in approaches that honour the complexity of human experience, and that support healing through connection, curiosity, and embodiment.
IFS is a gentle, structured way of exploring your inner world. It helps us understand the different parts of ourselves—especially the ones that feel conflicted, reactive, or burdened. By approaching these parts with curiosity and care, we create space for deeper healing and self-leadership to emerge.
I draw on a humanistic foundation rooted in presence, authenticity, and meaning-making. Whether we’re exploring purpose, navigating uncertainty, or staying with difficult emotions, this approach invites depth, honesty, and agency.
Somatic therapy supports emotional healing through connection with the body. Together, we’ll tune into physical sensations, breath, and movement to access wisdom that isn’t always available through words alone.
These approaches are not applied rigidly. They inform a collaborative process that unfolds in response to your needs, pace, and lived experience.
Ready To Begin?
If you’re curious about working together, I offer a complimentary 20-minute discovery call. It’s a chance to connect, ask questions, and get a sense of whether this work—and this relationship—feels right for you.
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