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Elise is centered in the photo, her body facing to the left. She has a large smile with glasses on and her dark-ish hair flows over her shoulder. Behind her is a blurred coniferous tree. She is wearing a blue, flowing t-shirt and an upside down triangle pendant.
Elise (she, her, hers) - Registered Social Worker (RSW)
Languages: English

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Availability
Mondays 2:15 pm - 8:15 pm (In-Person Main and Broadway and Virtual)

​About
In my counselling practice, I seek to create a warm, grounding and generative space. I work from a humanistic perspective, centred in a belief that each of us is insightful, resourceful and capable. In a counselling session with me, you will find calm patience and encouragement. There will be attentive reflections, curiosity and likely some laughter.

Through more than a decade of experience in community practice, focused on education and capacity-building, I have learned that belonging is a core human need, and a motivator for many behaviours. Informed by attachment theory, I believe that an understanding of ourselves within our relationships can be a powerful foundation for healing and growth. I am interested in supporting clients to deepen their emotional literacy, self-compassion and relational skills to achieve their goals for change. I bring many years of facilitation and leadership experience in community, where I create and hold space for folks to learn, share, grow and relate to one another.

My work is guided by a commitment to social justice values. As a white, non-disabled, cisgender queer femme, I continue to deepen my anti-oppression practices, and I bring an intersectional feminist lens to my work with clients.


Counselling Focus
Elise specializes in working with adults navigating:
  • Anxiety
  • Chronic stress & burnout
  • Relationship issues 
  • Strained family relations
  • Communicating through conflict
  • Building self compassion
  • Social injustice
  • Identity exploration 

Approaches in Therapy
  • Person-Centred
  • Attachment Theory
  • Mindfulness
  • Intersectional Feminist
  • Queer Theory
  • Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT)
  • Somatics
  • Parts work (IFS)

Selected Professional Training
  • Deep Democracy - Conflict Resolution Foundations and Intermediate Courses
  • Heart of Facilitation, Partners for Youth Empowerment
  • Trauma Informed Practice Level 1 - Trauma Informed Practice Institute​
  • Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) Core and Advanced trainings

Elise's Rates
15 min Phone Consultation: No Cost

Individual Counselling
50 min
Standard: $140
Sliding scale: $110-140

75 min
Standard: $190
Sliding scale: $160-190


Relationship/Family Counselling
50 min
Standard: $190
Sliding scale: $160-190

75 min
Standard: $240
Sliding scale: $210-240


​Hormone Readiness Assessment
Two 40-minute sessions: $300 per assessment

Elise can work with folks utilizing First Nations Health Authority funding, Crime Victims Assistance Program, and Autism Funding Unit.

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You can reach Elise at [email protected]

​​photo credit ​www.roughclub.ca/

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