Laurie Schuerbeke Counsellor

Works With

Adults, Seniors, Couples

Therapeutic Focus

Trauma, Life transitions, Relationships, Depression, Anxiety, Loss/Grief, Cultural / Ethnic / Religious, Support, Parent Support

Insurance Funding...

Pacific Blue Cross, Sunlife, Personal Payment, Other

Laurie Schuerbeke Counsellor

Laurie Schuerbeke, RSW

I am happy you found me. I have been helping people feel stuck, confused, or going through a difficult life transition, such as separation and divorce, or becoming a new parent. Maybe you’re dealing with grief and loss, stress, anxiety or depression. If you struggle with boundaries or intense emotions such as anger or panic, whatever life challenges you are experiencing, I am committed to working collaboratively with you to access your strengths, uncover your unique needs and expressions, and problem-solving to create the change you are seeking.

I have 8 years of counselling experience with individuals and couples supporting the process of change toward skillful communication, emotional expression and regulation and increased self-awareness and personal insight. I seek to support growth in a person’s functioning in relationship and in life and encourage the innate expansion that lies within us all by addressing inner conflicts such as low self-esteem, poor body and self-image and a difficult inner voice which may be perfectionistic, critical, self-negating or trapped in shame.

It takes courage to seek help and support, and I am committed to creating a safe space for you to explore, examine, express, and contact the deeper sense of your being on the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual levels.

My experience and training stem from over 25 years in Reichian Therapy as a client and a trained practitioner. Reichian Therapy is a psychodynamic approach to addressing the conflicts. It helps to resolve them emotionally and psychologically by helping a person with their defence mechanisms, which are often unconsciously at play in a person’s life. The goal is to make these unconscious defences conscious to the person so they can respond to themselves and others with greater clarity and insight, capacity to emotionally regulate, and improve the overall emotional and mental health of the person or the couple.

 

Certifications & Training

  • Registered Social Worker
  • Reichian Therapist