About Charlotte
Charlotte is a Registered Social Worker (ACSW) with a Master of Social Work and experience supporting children, youth, adults, and families through mental health challenges, life transitions, stress, grief, and crisis.
Charlotte became a therapist because she personally witnessed the impact that a supportive, understanding professional can have on someone’s life. She wanted to be that person for others—offering guidance, understanding, and tools for healing while helping people navigate challenges and build stronger, healthier lives.
Experience & Background
Charlotte has worked with clients experiencing anxiety, depression, developmental challenges, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, trauma, emotional regulation difficulties, relationship challenges, immigration difficulties, and low confidence and self-esteem. Her background includes providing emotional support, crisis intervention, risk and safety planning, and helping clients navigate social and healthcare systems.
She has thorough experience working with individuals in abusive relationships, clients experiencing self-harm and suicidal thoughts, and newcomers navigating immigration and settlement in Canada.
Therapeutic Approach
Charlotte takes a collaborative and compassionate approach to therapy, tailoring strategies to fit each client’s unique life and needs. She draws on evidence-based methods like CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing, and emotion-focused work, working together with clients to understand what’s happening, develop practical coping tools, and explore goals for meaningful change.
Her person-centered, trauma-informed approach tailors strategies to each client’s values, goals, and experiences. She focuses on creating a safe, non-judgmental space where clients feel heard, validated, and empowered, working at a pace that feels comfortable while building confidence and practical strategies.
Charlotte personalizes therapy by going at each client’s pace, building safety and trust, and taking time to understand their identity, values, beliefs, and experiences. She asks what clients want from therapy and reflects on what feels helpful, ensuring the approach aligns with their style and preferences. Together, they focus on strategies that feel meaningful and work toward goals clients have chosen for themselves.
Philosophy & Values
Charlotte believes counselling is most meaningful when clients feel truly listened to, respected, and valued. Therapy should follow their wishes—whether that’s having space to vent, process what’s happening, or explore challenges only when ready. Her role is to offer unconditional support so clients can be honest, feel safe, and know they’re supported without judgment.
To Charlotte, healing means creating space for growth, understanding, and self-compassion. It’s about helping clients process their experiences, feel seen and heard, and regain a sense of safety and control. Healing doesn’t always mean fixing everything—it means supporting people to build resilience, connect with their strengths, and make meaningful changes in a way that feels authentic and aligned with their values.
Charlotte enjoys the beauty of human connection—being present through moments of laughter, tears, and everything in between. She feels a deep responsibility and honour when clients open up their world to her, allowing her to join them on their journey of reflection, growth, and healing.
She’s passionate about taking a holistic approach to wellness, recognizing that everyone’s needs, values, and experiences are unique. Connecting on a human level, creating space to open up, and collaborating around clients’ wishes and goals makes her work meaningful and rewarding.
Areas of focus
Anxiety & Stress
Anxiety · OCD · Depression · Chronic Stress · Workplace Issues · Burnout
Relationships & Family
Family Conflict · Parenting Support · Relationship Challenges · Boundaries · Attachment Concerns · Reproductive Support · Support for Parents of Neurodivergent Children
Trauma & Healing
Trauma · Childhood Trauma · PTSD · Chronic Pain · Health Issues
Self-Worth & Identity
Self-Harm · Suicidal Ideation · Immigration Challenges · Low Self-Esteem · Emotional Regulation · Life Transitions · Addiction
"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending."
Beyond therapy
Outside of therapy, Charlotte finds joy in balancing movement and mindfulness. Being outdoors—walking, running, hiking, or paddleboarding—recharges her, and she values quiet time at home for self-care and rest. Spending time with friends, family, and her cats brings connection and happiness, helping her feel refreshed and grounded.
What to expect
In the first session, clients can expect a safe, welcoming space to share what’s on their mind. Charlotte discusses what brought them to therapy, explores their goals and what they hope to get from counselling, and begins building trust and safety. She explains how she works, answers questions, and gives clients space to explore what approach feels most helpful.
Charlotte’s style is collaborative, warm, and flexible, guided by each client’s needs and goals. She creates a safe, supportive space where clients feel heard and valued while providing structure and practical strategies when helpful. She adapts her approach to each person, balancing gentle support with goal-oriented work so therapy feels meaningful, empowering, and aligned with their pace and wishes.
Charlotte aims to create a space where clients feel safe and truly heard. Her goal is for clients to feel validated, empowered, and in control, helping them build confidence in themselves and find motivation to make the changes they want in their lives.