IMPORTANT NOTE: AS OF FEBRUARY 2024 LAUREL IS NO LONGER TAKING NEW CLIENTS DUE TO MATERNITY LEAVE IN THE SPRING. THANK YOU.

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All new clients are offered a complimentary, 15-minute consultation to discuss working together. Aside from workshops, Laurel works solely by telehealth options (video or telephone).

*please note that of Spring 2024 Laurel will be on maternity leave and is not currently taking new clients.

Areas of focus

Workshops

In addition to working with 1:1 clientele, Laurel has extensive experience in content development and workshop facilitation to groups. Her passion is translating clinical literature and interventions from neuropsychology to empower clientele in modulating their nervous system and co-regulate with others. She has facilitated presentations for major organizations and school districts across British Columbia, to month-long intensive workshops to individuals from all over the world.

Click below to request Laurel’s presenter bio and current offerings.

Please note, if you are an FSEAP client of Laurel’s, please contact the Care Centre for bookings and inquiries at 1-800-667-0993.

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Stress and Anxiety: Your Nervous System and the Secret to Life (...ish)
Stress and Anxiety: Your Nervous System and the Secret to Life (...ish)

Tools used to manage the experience of stress and anxiety can also be used to help us engage more fully with life.

The Cycle of Anxiety: Rewiring the Brain for Relief
The Cycle of Anxiety: Rewiring the Brain for Relief

It turns out that our brains are unable to tell the difference between a real threat in our environment, and one that is imagined. In other words, simply thinking about something stressful can activate fight or flight responses in the body.

Nervous System Hacking: Shift Stress and Live Fully
Nervous System Hacking: Shift Stress and Live Fully

Oh the things we didn't learn in school....

Why learning to respond to stress is a long term investment for wellness and overall health. 

Run for your Life!!!!
Run for your Life!!!!

Just as a client sits down for a session of therapy, the act of tying up laces is a commitment to venture into new depths of experience that requires a great deal of courage and curiosity.

Difficult Conversations
Difficult Conversations

Although uncomfortable, interpersonal conflict can be a point of tremendous growth. In fact, it is a crucial ingredient for intimacy.

Fostering Positive Body Attitudes in Kids and Teens
Fostering Positive Body Attitudes in Kids and Teens

January is often accompanied by influx of diet and exercise-related commercials, targeting New Years resolutioners who want to lose weight or increase muscle definition. January is a great reminder that promoting healthy body images for kids and teens in our society is a difficult, but crucial task.

Will Your New Years Resolution Stick?
Will Your New Years Resolution Stick?

3 tips to maintaining a successful New Years resolution. Happy 2017! 

Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Counsellor? Who Does What?!
Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Counsellor? Who Does What?!

Counsellor VS. Psychologist VS. Psychiatrist. Who does what?! 

Your Powerful Narrative
Your Powerful Narrative

Words are powerful. Regardless of whether the circumstances around us change, being conscious of the language we use to describe our personal experience can lead to monumental shifts in wellness. 

Bye Bye, Bad Mood.
Bye Bye, Bad Mood.

Woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? We've got you covered with 5 simple suggestions to curbing a bad mood...