MEET MARK
Founder, RCC, MAMFT
I wholeheartedly believe in human resilience. I believe that people have remarkable ways of surviving, even in the worst of circumstances. And I believe that there is a path - albeit not an easy one - beyond surviving toward growth and healing.
As a Registered Clinical Counsellor, I am a companion for the rough patches. I am, myself, also ever moving forward on that path toward deeper healing and wholeness. I have experienced and witnessed that there is a road from coping to wholeness, a dependable map for the journey, and a destination where you are more fully yourself and more deeply connected.
My Approach to Counselling
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." Anais Nin
We often reach a crisis point when old ways of coping are no longer working or when the cost of this coping becomes too painful to bear. These moments – that can feel like everything is falling apart – are also invitations to deeper healing: letting go of well-ingrained habits of self-protection; and risking a more vulnerable openness and a freer expression of who we really are. This letting go takes much courage. It is like letting a protective shell break open so that the seed of our true selves can take root, and grow into full maturity. We need much reassurance to take this risk. We also need help with reorientation because these crises can leave us without a map, questioning which way leads to safety.
My approach is a trail guide of sorts, drawing from reliable maps – those wise women and men who have gone before and described the journey. While maps are valuable, they are not everything. I work with clients to gain more than insight alone; supporting them to create new pathways – pathways that lead beyond coping to genuine growth.