Therapeutic Approach

The nature of life’s experiences and living can be exceptionally fulfilling and at the same time provoke incredible challenges that can evoke internal chaos. You may not be able to control what happens to you, but we can work together to gain control over how we address, engage with, and continue to move forward given these challenges.

I believe that therapy is a place of healing, learning, and growth. My approaches are based on supporting your needs and goals and respecting the courage it took to reach out for support. I aim to create a safe, trusting space in therapy facilitated through non-judgmental and non-pathologizing approaches. As such, my approaches are client-centered and individualized to respond to who you uniquely are.  I provide avenues to explore these difficulties and empower you through strengthening your resources and resiliency, so you are better equipped to work through adversities in life and ultimately experience greater life fulfillment. I am an advocate of exploring and applying holistic approaches and integrating mindfulness throughout the therapeutic process by offering a diverse set of techniques and interventions to best fit the needs of clients. I believe the roots of mindfulness help us to connect and understand ourselves and others; providing a base from which to ground ourselves in the adversities that life challenges us with.

My Work with Couples

Relationships are one of the most rewarding aspects of our lived experience. They can bring with them a deep sense of fulfillment, security, and connection. It takes effort to maintain and recover these healthy qualities in a relationship when we get off track. Jodie aspires to bring couples back to the root of what brought them together. She helps couples identify the negative patterns that trap them and throw the dynamic of the relationship into disarray. They come to discover the root of common, debilitating, and perpetuating patterns that prevent them from connecting, understanding one another, feeling heard, and communicating in effective ways. Some of these challenges include trust, communication, prior relationship/family trauma, and attachment; as well as shifts in sexuality or identity which necessitate change within the relationship.

I have trained in Terry Real’s Relational Life Therapy which creates permanent, positive change in relationships. I am practical, empathetic, and use direct therapeutic approaches and interventions, to recover, reconnect, and work in partnership toward each individual having your needs met in the relationship.

I provides couples counselling for those in non-monogamous, monogamous, polyamorous, and kink.