Liz Kahle

Focus: Adult individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, life transitions & life purpose, challenges connected with faith & spirituality (God-concept, doubt, questioning, fear of differing beliefs), burnout, body image, grief & loss, trauma (emotional, sexual, spiritual, psychological, physical).

Counselling creates the potential for you to experience what it means to become more present to your thoughts, emotions, and experiences, both as an individual and as a voice within the bigger whole of your family and/or community. My aim is to respect your values, norms, and beliefs, whether they are similar or different than my own. Counselling is also a collaborative process from start to finish as I join with you in your story.

I tend to draw from a blend of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Attachment Theory (AT), and Spiritually-Oriented Psychotherapy. Though I do not limit you to only these approaches, I have found the benefits of these modalities include an increase in compassionate attention to thoughts, emotions, and sensory experiences, a workable framework to process and work through complex issues, and practical techniques you can take with you outside of therapy.

I am a Certified Professional Counsellor (#707AB20) under the licensing regulatory body PACCP (Professional Association of Christian Counselors and Psychotherapists). I hold a Master of Arts in Counselling and have three years’ experience counselling individual adults ranging in age from 18 to 90. As a former Youth Pastor, I have 10 years’ experience working with youth but because I do not hold a Child and Youth Counselor designation, it is on a case-by-case basis I would counsel adolescents and in concert with my supervisor. I am also an advocate of life-long learning and am consistently engaging in ways to offer more effective support to my clients.