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Certain individuals seeking therapy struggle to find the right counsellor because they cannot find a professional with expertise that meets their needs. Pamela, as an educator, has a wide expanse of research knowledge combined with lived personal experience. She is adept at making individualized programs no matter who you are or what challenges you face.
As the parent of a 30-year old autistic adult, Pamela has extensive real-world experience with the multi-faceted issues autistic persons face. She will never see you or your autism as a "problem that needs to be fixed.” Instead, she will help you with what you feel is important, such as sensory issues, self-regulation, social relationships and more.
Pamela is well-versed in the modern politics of autism and will respect your choice of person-first or identity-first language.
“Autism is really more of a difference to be worked with rather than a monolithic enemy that needs to be slain or destroyed.”
– Stephen Shore, PhD
Family Members
of Disabled Individuals
For families navigating difference and diagnoses, Pamela creates an environment of safety and education to strengthen compassion and improve relationships.
She can help families with understanding how to navigate the funding system, school system and the transition from childhood to adulthood.
“To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members."
– Ban Ki Moon, former United Nations Secretary-General
Our mental health system is based on assessment and diagnosis.
It asks, what is wrong? Rather than asking, What happened to this person?
How did it affect them? and How are they coping?
Pamela has extensive training and skills working with trauma. She understands that each person’s experience is different and everyone has different needs. She will help you clarify how your present symptoms and behaviours are connected to the trauma. She will provide you with the knowledge, skills and understanding needed for you to gain a feeling of wholeness, satisfaction in life and work, and genuine love and trust in relationships.
“"The world breaks everyone, and afterward some are strong at the broken places."
I cannot think of a better way to capture what our aim is, than to say that through our work, we try to help our patients –and ourselves– become stronger at the broken places.”
– Dr. Diana Fosha
Hikikomori / Agoraphobia
Social anxiety / Gaming disorder
These linked conditions fall under many names and diagnoses. Pamela has experience with individuals who feel extreme social anxiety, agoraphobia or introversion that may prevent them from seeking out counselling. She understands these issues and can assist with navigating the shame and anxiety of seeking help.
“As happens in any addiction, the behaviours we use to keep us from pain only fuel our suffering. Not only do our escape strategies amplify the feeling that something is wrong with us, they stop us from attending to the very parts of ourselves that most need our attention to heal.”
–Radical Acceptance-Tara Brach
