hi, i’m hunter!
i am a deeply curious, highly sensitive human, who has always felt a little out of place.
i come to this work from my own journey healing from complex PTSD. this means that i know what it’s like to be misdiagnosed over and over and again. i know what it’s like to not feel safe in your own body. i know what it’s like to have no idea who the heck you are. and i know what it’s like to seek out treatment after treatment and feel like nobody understands, and nothing helps. i know what it’s like to lose hope that a better life is even possible.
it wasn’t until i came across bottom-up healing modalities like somatic experiencing, neurofeedback, breathwork, and psychedelic-assisted therapy that i started to see there was a light at the end of the tunnel.
as i healed and began to come home to myself, it became crystal clear to me that my purpose was to do whatever i needed to do in order to be able to go back into the darkness and help others find their way out too.
“we are all just walking each other home” — ram dass
my approach
i believe that within every single one of us lies a wise inner healer, and i want to help you find its voice.
my approach to counselling is a holistic one - integrating mind, body, and spirit. when we experience something that overwhelms our nervous system's ability to cope, a common protective response is to live in our head and become disconnected from our body and our soul. i support you in reconnecting to the parts of yourself that you may have abandoned or left behind somewhere along the way, so that you are able to experience ALL of who you are.
my goal as a therapist is to create a safe and supportive space for you to be able to connect with your body and your intuition on a deeper level.
i aim to help you to identify where your mind, body, and soul are not in alignment so that we may work to integrate your different parts and bring more coherence to your system.
i would describe my therapeutic style as relational, somatic, holistic, anti-oppressive, capacity-based, humanistic, spiritual and integrative.
my credentials
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Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) #21792
BC Association of Clinical CounsellorsCanadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) #11244203
Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy AssociationRegistered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) (RP-Q) #15121 under the supervision of Marlise Meilan
College of Registered Psychotherapists of OntarioSomatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP™)
Somatic Experiencing International -
Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology with Honours (Yorkville University, 2023)
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Applied Psychology
Concentration: Pre-Counselling (Douglas College, 2020)Bachelor of Technology in Graphic Communications Management Minor: Organizational Leadership.
(Toronto Metropolitan University, 2017) -
Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist - Individual (CCTS-I)
(Arizona Trauma Institute)Somatic Experiencing®, Beginner I, II & III
(Somatic Experiencing® International)Somatic Experiencing®, Intermediate I, II & III
(Somatic Experiencing® International)Somatic Experiencing®, Advanced I & II
(Somatic Experiencing® International)Certified Trauma-Informed Breathwork Facilitator
(Pause Breathwork)Fundamentals of Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
(Numinus)Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration (PHRI) (Numinus)
Certified Trauma and Resilience Life Coach (TRLC)
(Arizona Trauma Institute)
