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
Elise is holding a waitlist for new clients. If you would like to be added to the waitlist please email her at [email protected]
Languages: English
Elise is holding a waitlist for new clients. If you would like to be added to the waitlist please email her at [email protected]
Availability
Mondays 2:15-8:15 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 minute sessions: standard $140, sliding scale $110-140
75 minute sessions: standard $190, sliding scale $160-190
Relationship/Family Counselling
50 minute sessions: standard $190, sliding scale $160-190
75 minute sessions: 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.
You can reach Elise at [email protected]
photo credit www.roughclub.ca/