Althorp Counselling & Psychotherapy

08/03/2026

One of the most common questions about virtual therapy is whether the relationship (the core of person-centred and relational approaches) can really be built through a screen. Research suggests yes.

Therapeutic alliance (the sense of bond, trust, and shared purpose between a client and counsellor) is maintained at comparable levels in virtual settings. Some clients, particularly younger people, report greater emotional openness and self-disclosure in virtual sessions compared to face-to-face ones.

Virtual therapy meaningfully expands who can access support - something deeply aligned with person-centred values of meeting people where they are.

Virtual therapy isn't a lesser version of "real" therapy. For many people, it is their real therapy - the version that fits their life, their location, and their comfort level. The evidence supports it. The relationship can be genuine. The change can be lasting.

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07/31/2026

Therapy isn't a process with a fixed timeline. How long you spend in counselling tends to follow your story, your pace, and what feels meaningful to you. Some people come for a few sessions and find exactly what they needed. Others stay for months or years and find the relationship itself becomes part of what helps. Neither is wrong.

Shorter-term work usually spans anywhere from a few sessions to several months. It tends to have a focus - something specific on your mind, a transition you're navigating, or a feeling you want to make more sense of.

Longer-term work unfolds over many months or sometimes years. It tends to feel more open - there's space to follow where things lead, to revisit, to sit with complexity, and to let trust grow slowly.

More than the length of time, what tends to make therapy meaningful is whether you feel genuinely heard, accepted, and able to show up as yourself. How long you stay in therapy is something we will figure out together - based on what feels right, what's shifting, and what you need.

You're always welcome to talk openly about that at any point.

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07/30/2026

Five Years Later: Welcome to Althorp Counselling & Psychotherapy

Althorp Counselling & Psychotherapy, inspired by Princess Diana's legacy, emphasizes a compassionate, human-centered approach to therapy. Founded after years of reflection, it aims to create a welcoming space where clients can be themselves and engage in meaningful conversations. This practice seeks to focus on collaboration and personal growth.

Read the full article on the Althorp website.

Althorp Counselling & Psychotherapy, inspired by Princess Diana's legacy, emphasizes a compassionate, human-centered approach to therapy. It aims to create a welcoming space where clients can be themselves and engage in meaningful conversations. This practice seeks to focus on collaboration and pers...

07/29/2026

Now Accepting New Clients!

I have some openings for new clients - no waitlists, immediate availability! If you’ve been thinking about starting counselling, now is the perfect time.

Virtual Counselling with availability that works around yours!

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07/27/2026

Imagine two people sitting together. One person brings their history, wounds, and patterns. The other brings their training, their own history, and their presence. The relational field is like the atmosphere that forms between them. It has its own emotional texture and momentum.

It can feel:
Safe and open (the client feels free to go deep)
Tense or guarded (old relational wounds are being activated)
Warm and attuned (real connection is happening)
Stuck or flat (something is being avoided by one or both)

It's where healing happens. Relational therapy holds that change doesn't just come from insight or techniques, but it comes from having a new kind of relational experience within the field itself.

When the connection feels off or broken, that's not a problem to avoid, it's actually a rich opportunity to work with directly.

07/22/2026

📢 I CAN NOW DIRECT BILL BLUE CROSS 📢

A question I am asked almost daily is whether I can direct bill. The good news is that if Blue Cross is your insurance provider, Althorp has you covered!

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07/21/2026

If there’s one thing I hope people take from working with me, it’s a sense that they make sense. And if you don’t feel like you make sense, you’re OK with that.

Not that everything is easy or fine – but that their reactions, patterns, and struggles are understandable in the context of their life. And that they don’t have to carry the idea that something is fundamentally wrong with them.

Lets Connect:
506-471-4678
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07/19/2026

I tend to work well with people who notice the same patterns showing up in their lives over and over again, especially in relationships or communication.

I also work a lot with anxiety, feeling stuck, and people who are trying to understand themselves more deeply.

I’m especially drawn to clients who are curious, even if they’re unsure, and who are open to looking at things from different angles rather than needing everything to be immediately solved.

Lets Connect:
506-471-4678
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https://althorp.ca/contact-me/

07/17/2026

I’m comfortable with therapy being short-term and focused, but I also really value longer-term work.

For a lot of people, real change doesn’t come from one insight or a few strategies. It comes from having enough time and safety in a therapeutic relationship to actually try things differently, not just understand them differently.

I often hear people say they already understand why they’re stuck, but nothing changes. That’s usually where I start thinking less about insight, and more about experience, repetition, and relational safety.

Lets Connect:
506-471-4678
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07/16/2026

My work is influenced by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and in January 2027 I will begin an intensive psychoanalysis training through the William Alanson White Institute.

What I take from ACT is the idea that we don’t always need to get rid of difficult thoughts and feelings in order to live well. A lot of suffering comes from getting stuck in a struggle with our internal experiences, rather than learning how to relate to them differently.

So in therapy, we often look at what you’ve been struggling with internally, what you’ve been trying to get away from, and what matters enough to you that you’re willing to show up for it anyway.

Lets Connect:
506-471-4678
[email protected]
https://althorp.ca/contact-me/