Hi, I’m Gabriela. I’m happy you found us!

By searching for a counsellor, you are already taking an important step in improving your mental health, and I would be honoured to support you in continuing that journey.

Through my own experience, I have learned that pressure and judgement are constantly placed on mothers (sometimes even before being pregnant!). This can be exhausting and isolating. I have also noticed that most of the support offered to moms comes in the form of advice from family, friends, or professionals telling you what to do and how to do it. However, the most needed and least prioritized area of support for moms is mental health.

As someone who works in the field, I feel lucky to have had information and resources on this topic as I transitioned into motherhood. However, I too struggled with anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and feeling overwhelmed. I have noticed that expectations, constant comparison, guilt, and mental health struggles are all too normal in motherhood. I would like to offer my support by taking the time to explore your unique experience and, together, finding ways to make the challenges more manageable. I will provide a space where you can express yourself freely, and also learn concrete strategies to address your concerns.

Motherhood comes with a lot of struggles, but it also comes with many sweet moments that make it all worthwhile. In our work, I will focus on supporting you through the challenges, while also celebrating the positives.

Welcome! So glad you’re here.

My name is Kate – I’m a Registered Clinical Counsellor in British Columbia, and I support clients in counselling in Western Canada. I started this counselling practice after going through my own challenges becoming a mom and realizing there aren’t enough supports for new moms.  Here’s what I know for sure: motherhood is hard, quite possibly the hardest transition you’ll go through. So if you’re suffering, just know that you are far from alone. You’re told that becoming a mom is supposed to be natural, easy, intuitive, and blissful, but often this just isn’t the case.

I also know that we all need support.

Our cultural push to be-all-the-things and manage everything seamlessly is so unrealistic and causes a lot of pain. As a mom, you are under incredible pressure to meet society’s standards, and you own values and ideals can get lost. I’m here to help you figure out what matters most.

And lastly, I know that you don’t have to just accept the struggle. Yes, there are many hard parts about being a mom, but there’s also a lot that you can do to completely transform how this experience feels. I know because I’ve done it. 

I’m a mom of two daughters, just 16 months apart. Having experienced postpartum anxiety myself, I have a glimpse of how painful and disorienting those years can be. The hardest part for me was that I didn’t ask for help. I didn’t reach out, I didn’t allow myself to be supported. And this is why I do this work today, and I am honoured to be by your side and help you find a little more ease, compassion, and the ability to truly care for yourself.

I look forward to supporting you!

Hi, I’m Melissa. I am so glad you’re here.

It is my honour to walk alongside people through big life transitions. Fertility, pregnancy, birth or parenthood impacts every member of a family and changes us indefinitely. We navigate new terrain at every stage—from pre-pregnancy to prenatal; postpartum to early parenthood, which can be an emotional journey that is both intensely joyful and immensely overwhelming (and lonely!). Venturing down this unchartered, emotional road requires a village to march along with you. In fact, isolation and lack of support is a leading cause of perinatal mood disorders, which is why I believe that receiving support is essential. It certainly was for me! Through my own experience of struggling with miscarriages, becoming a mother and realizing how intense those early years can be, I can attest to the ups and downs as well as the transformative power of seeking professional support.

I believe in the power of connection and relationships. My goal is to help you feel empowered, informed, seen and heard. I will provide a safe space for you to explore your thoughts and feelings so that you may come to discover what is really going on and develop a deeper understanding about how to manage life with more ease and compassion. It takes a lot of courage and vulnerability to seek help and to be open to change and growth. My clients are my heroes. You are the expert of your own experience; I will meet you wherever you are at and consider your voice every step of the way. Depending on your needs, this might include learning practical tools to manage issues such as anxiety, depression, grief and loss, identity and relationships.

I am grateful to live and work as an uninvited settler on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh
(Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.