Stacey meets each client with an energy of curiosity, warmth, and acceptance. She strives to create an environment that feels safe to explore the many different layers of who we are and what we come to sessions with, including the pieces living beneath the surface. She assists clients in developing a deeper understanding of themselves and their unique challenges, empowering them to move forward from a place of clarity.
When working together an integrative approach is applied to each client’s case, drawing upon various modalities and training. She utilizes Internal Family Systems, Attachment, Psychodynamic, Emotionally Focused and Existential Theory. She also weaves in years of experience working as a clinical hypnotherapist and yoga/meditation teacher by introducing practices connected to mindfulness and somatic expression. Her education and professional experiences are rooted in a holistic framework which honours each aspect of our humanness – physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.
Growing up in the wild landscape of Northern British Columbia, Melanie was intimately connected to the natural world. The earth’s rhythms, the forest’s secrets, and the delicate balance of life and death were all woven into the fabric of her being. Like every old story that has somehow earned its keep, somewhere along her journey, she got lost and wounded by normative culture, toxic romantic entanglements, and spiritual abuse. In navigating these shadows, she discovered that healing these wounds required her to confront the darkness within her own life. Through nurturing connections with herself, supportive people, the grounding embrace of the Earth, and the guiding presence of spirit, she uncovered and embodied her own personal medicine.
As a counsellor, Melanie is dedicated to sharing the wisdom and medicine that helped her find her way back home. She is passionate about bringing together ancient knowledge and modern techniques to create a rich framework for of healing and growth. Her practice combines a range of approaches, including culturally responsive and socially just counselling, person-centered therapy, depth psychology, ecopsychology, somatic practices, ancestral and earth medicine, soul work, dreamwork, ceremony, and sacred craft.
Her practice is a sanctuary of safety and support, a space for individuals to be fully seen and heard. Melanie is dedicated to guiding others through the sacred journey of self-discovery and healing, emphasizing a process of deep transformation rather than a quick fix. She is here to help individuals navigate the twists and turns of life, reconnecting them with their own sacred longing and find their own medicine.
