Gabrielle is a trauma-focused Registered Clinical Counsellor who works primarily with adults navigating the lasting impacts of trauma. Her areas of focus include abuse, major life events, complex relational wounds, cultural oppression, and grief and loss. She is deeply committed to supporting individuals as they process difficult experiences and rebuild a sense of safety, identity, and inner strength.

Gabrielle holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology and brings experience from both community-based and recovery-oriented settings, where she has supported clients through individual and group counselling. Prior to becoming a counsellor, she spent nearly four years working as a women’s support and outreach worker in a domestic abuse transition home. This work shaped her commitment to trauma-focused care and continues to inform her approach.

Her therapeutic style is trauma-informed, relational, and client-led. Gabrielle integrates narrative therapy, parts work, and somatic awareness, working collaboratively with clients to explore patterns, understand triggers, and gently process experiences at a pace that feels safe and supported. A central focus of her work is helping clients move from self-blame and the question, “What is wrong with me?” toward a more compassionate understanding of “What happened to me?” — reducing shame and recognizing that many coping patterns developed as meaningful and protective responses. She believes that while painful experiences can influence us, they do not determine our worth or define our identity.