China holds a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology as well as a Master’s in Interdisciplinary Studies. Additionally, she is a certified trauma-informed yoga therapist and a mindfulness meditation instructor who is grounded in over twenty years of scholarship and training in Eastern contemplative practices. She has been working in the field of mental health for over ten years, supporting teens and adults struggling with anxiety, depression, body image, trauma and PTSD, relationship/family concerns and life transitions. China’s unique and diverse training enables her to take a collaborative, holistic and non-pathological approach to mental health and well-being that is both solution driven and compassion centered. Her therapeutic approach is person-centered and primarily draws on psychodynamic, humanistic, narrative, cognitive-behavioral and trauma-informed modalities. Her primary objective is to help clients gain insight into their inner lives and to help them initiate their own meaningful and transformative change process, recognizing that all people receive and process experiences differently based on culture and context. Her role as a counsellor is to nourish and support that personal, creative process and to add professional expertise when needed.
