Maybe you're a professional, a caregiver, a therapist, a student, or a first responder — someone who holds it together for everyone else while quietly carrying something heavy. Maybe trauma from your past is showing up in your present in ways you can't quite explain. Maybe you've even tried therapy before, but it never quite got to the root of it.

That's exactly where I work.

My approach is: "What has happened to you, and what strategies did you have to use that are now in the way of living your full life?“

I'm Merel, a Registered Clinical Counsellor and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, level 2 (CCTP-2). I believe that continuing my own inner work, including personal IFS therapy with a level-3-trained therapist, is essential for guiding the work I do with clients.

I am continually humbled and honoured to see clients build resilience and improve their lives and relationships.

I specialize in complex trauma, PTSD, and the nervous system patterns that keep people stuck long after difficult experiences have passed. Using Internal Family Systems therapy  (IFS/parts work) and TRIP (Trauma Regulation & Integration Process) — alongside somatic strategies, eye-brain techniques, and attachment-based approaches — I help you understand your inner world, reduce triggers, and build a life that actually feels like yours.

I offer in-person and online sessions. I accept ICBC (direct billing for MVA claims), TELUS Health, and Crime Victims Assistance Program (CVAP, direct billing).

A free 15-minute consultation is available to all new clients.