How I work
I work with neurodivergent adults — primarily people with adhd and autism — who are looking for something different than the standard CBT or talk-therapy approaches. Many of the people I work with have been mis-diagnosed, mis-medicated, or simply not heard. My approach starts with phenomenology, which in plain English means taking your experience seriously as the starting point of our work, rather than fitting it into a pre-existing framework.
That means we begin with what you are actually living — what it is like to be you, in your situation, at this time — rather than with a protocol designed for a category of symptoms. The work is philosophical in orientation, conversational in form, and goes where the questions lead.
The welcoming practice
The practice is open to whoever comes through the door. I do not work from a model of pre-assessed fit that filters for the right kind of problem or the right readiness to change. If you are uncertain whether what brings you is appropriate for this kind of work, that uncertainty is itself part of what we can begin with.
This is a principled stance, not a logistical one. The felt sense of being turned away — redirected, screened out, told that what you are carrying belongs elsewhere — is itself part of what the work needs to address. There is enough filtering in the world.
Working with medication
Many of the people I work with are navigating psychiatric medication — stimulants for adhd, SSRIs for anxiety or depression, or both. An important part of the work is helping clients interpret what they are experiencing on a given dose: what may be missing, what might be over-corrected, what is worth naming to a prescriber.
This is not prescribing — it is an interpretive practice called hermeneutics: helping you understand and articulate your own experience well enough to get the care you need from those who hold the prescribing relationship.
What to expect
Sessions are 50 minutes, booked for an hour. Most people come weekly, though the right rhythm varies. The first session is a conversation about what brings you and what you are hoping for — no intake questionnaire, no checklist, no formal assessment.
I am direct. I follow what seems true and interesting in a session wherever it leads. I do not use manualized treatment protocols. The work is not bounded in advance by a fixed number of sessions or a defined treatment goal, though we can discuss pacing and endings openly at any point.
Practical details
Fee: $210 per session. I provide receipts for every session; the vast majority of extended health plans cover Registered Clinical Counsellor sessions.
Location: There Counselling, 2233 Burrard Street, Suite 212, Vancouver, BC V6J 3H9
Hours: Sunday–Tuesday, 10am–8pm.
Online sessions are available for clients anywhere in British Columbia and Canada.
How to book
Book online at there-apy.janeapp.com, or write to [email protected] if you have a question before booking.