Anxiety Counselling in Squamish, BC + Online

Anxiety Therapy Squamish, BC + Online

Anxiety doesn’t always show up as panic. More often it’s something quieter — and harder to pin down.

A mind that keeps going. A body that doesn’t fully settle. A sense of being pulled out of yourself in certain moments.

You might notice it after the fact: Why did I react like that? Why couldn’t I just stay present?

Or while it’s happening: I can feel this starting again…

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The kind of anxiety we work with

This isn’t just about occasional stress. It’s the kind of anxiety that:

➜ loops even when you understand it

➜ shows up in relationships, not just when you’re alone

➜ feels connected to something deeper, even if you can’t name it

➜ leaves you feeling a bit off, reactive, or not quite like yourself

If any of that sounds familiar, you probably already have some sense of what’s going on. What tends to be missing isn’t more insight — it’s a way to actually shift what keeps happening.

What this work actually looks like

We get curious about anxiety rather than just talking about it — what triggers it, what it feels like in your body, and what it might actually be about.

That might mean slowing down a moment from your week and really unpacking it — noticing what shifts in your body as you speak, or tracking the exact point where anxiety takes over.

We move at a pace that feels manageable — forward without being overwhelming.

Not trying to get rid of it

Most people come in wanting relief — and that makes sense. What tends to get us there isn’t fighting the anxiety or pushing it away. It’s understanding it well enough so it can quiet down.

We start by getting curious about it:

➜ what it’s doing in your life right now

➜ what it might be protecting you from

➜ where it came from and why it made sense once

When anxiety starts to make sense, it often starts to shift.

What tends to change

Over time, people often notice:

➜ less getting pulled into anxious loops automatically

➜ more awareness in the moment, not just after

➜ catching yourself sooner — before things spiral

➜ more steadiness in how they respond to themselves and others

Not because anxiety disappears — but because it no longer runs things in the same way.

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How I work

Anxiety usually has a reason to be there. Rather than pushing it aside or just learning to cope with it better, we get curious about what it’s actually about — and that clarity tends to be what creates real change.

To do that I draw on a range of approaches — focusing-oriented therapy, EMDR, somatic and body-based work — depending on what’s most useful for that particular person. Sometimes anxiety is connected to earlier experiences, patterns in relationships, or ways of being that made sense once but aren’t working for you anymore. When that’s the case the work naturally goes there.

If you’d like to explore some of these approaches before booking, the free Name It to Tame It anxiety course is a good self-paced starting point — covering foundational skills for working with anxious thoughts, emotions, and body sensations. The Focusing Practice Series is also available as a set of free guided practices you can work through at your own pace.

You might be in the right place if:

➜ You’ve done some self-reflection — but things still repeat

➜ Anxiety shows up in subtle, hard-to-explain ways — in your body, your relationships, or your sense of self

➜ You’ve been told you’re too sensitive or too much — or you’ve told yourself that

➜ You want something deeper than tools or strategies

Working Together

If any of this resonates, you’re welcome to reach out. You don’t need to have it all figured out — we can start from wherever you are.

I offer in-person counselling in Squamish, with clients coming from Whistler, Pemberton, and throughout the Sea to Sky corridor — and online counselling across British Columbia

For fees and session information, visit this page.

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If you’re looking to learn a little more about anxiety, check out these resources: