Registered Therapeutic Counsellor Offering Somatic Therapy in Vernon, BC
Hello, I'm Alley!
I am honoured that you're here!
I am a Relational Somatic Counsellor and my work is very much rooted in lived experience, alongside devoted study, and a heartfelt call towards supporting others within and through life's many layers.
For a long time I've been captivated by the human journey— its depth, subtlety, and creative potential.
Thus, my path has included years of personal healing, trauma work, psychedelic work, artistic exploration and studies in communication and contemplative practice, all of which inform the way I hold space for others.
All of these things combined has established within me a capacity to sit with complexity, nuance and emotion, and to hold space with presence and compassion, skills which I am forever refining and developing.
I offer a wide and welcoming container that makes space for the many elements of what it means to be human— supporting clients in integration, building resilience, strengthening the body-mind-spirit connection and navigating life’s inevitable waves with empowerment, embodiment, clarity and strength. My work is grounded in curiosity, sensitivity, and a deep reverence for the healing process and life itself.
Thank you for taking the time to get to know me a little bit. If you’d like to learn more about the somatic approach to psychotherapy, please visit the "about somatics" page.
It’s a true honour to be considered to take part in your journey.
Warmly,
Alley
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My Education...
500hr Meditation Coaching & Facilitation Certification through
Sura Flow
April 2019 - April 2020
Online intensive training with weekly classes, required reading and practice. I completed 100 hours of free meditation facilitation and coaching sessions for my community. Done largely with parents and their children, as well as the elderly.
Spiritual Bootcamp & Advanced Training through
Power for Conscious Living
2019 - 2021
Studying Non-Violent Communication, skilled communication, conflict resolution, the "Focusing" facilitation method, "Skilled Friends" communication, contemplation, devotion and yogic practices in weekly classes for most of the year within a group setting.
Therapeutic Counselling Diploma through Vancouver based
Orca Institute
November 2023 - January 2025
Online diploma where I completed 530+ hours of counselling skills courses, 40 hours of supervision and 200 hours of direct 1:1 online and in-person client counselling sessions for my practicum.
Relational Somatic Therapy Training through Opening to Grace
October 2024 - April 2025
Started with a prerequisite "playgroup" weekend workshop in March of 2024, which is when my somatic studies truly began. Later for the full training, I got to explore and practice this work within an amazing cohort of individuals during 8 months of learning and intensive in-person weekend immersions with study and practice required between weekend trainings. I have received a thorough education and embodied learning experience in the most up to date information on trauma resolution and somatic therapy by an experienced Somatic Psychotherapist with 35+ years in the field, who worked extensively with well known Somatic Trauma Therapist Peter Levine, among others.
How I approach counselling...
I approach Relational Somatic Counselling with sensitivity and a caring heart that is tuned into the subtleties and nuances of human experience.
I co-create a space where all parts of you are welcome, and where you can open up your most authentic, multi-layered self when ready.
My intention is to foster relational safety and support you in navigating, digesting and grieving life experiences, emotional and relational wounds, and trauma so that you can redeem and embody your inherent wholeness.
I listen intently and offer this space with reverence for you and all that you are, as well as for the human journey, and move from an awareness of the true honour that it is to hold space for another.
I also know that ultimately we are our own healers, and that the wholeness of your being holds all of the answers you're seeking. It's a delight to support you in bringing that through. The container simply helps to draw that knowing forward and clarify over time.
In relation to this, I also work with an acknowledgement of the inherent health that exists beneath all trauma, problems and imbalances.
Each session and each counsellor-client relationship is one of a kind and I shift subtle elements of how I work to best suit each unique client, while drawing upon tools from the Therapeutic Counselling and Relational Somatic Therapy fields.