Meet our therapists

  • Ashley Lindsay

    Founder, Registered Clinical Counsellor

  • Sarah Munro

    Registered Clinical Counsellor

  • Whitney Minor

    Canadian Certified Counsellor, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)

  • Mary Jane Moore

    Registered Clinical Counsellor

  • Merlyn Baby

    Registered Clinical Counsellor

  • Sawyer Cao

    Registered Clinical Counsellor, Licensed Mental Health Cousnellor

  • Ladysmith Location

My Approach

I am honoured to walk along my clients on their path to self-discovery and healing. I believe in the power of collaboration, safety, and connection with clients. Honoured to assist clients in finding and navigating their own unique paths, I strive to help them discover, access, and express their own internal strengths, and use this heightened awareness to guide them towards healing and growth.

I work with clients seeking help for anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship issues, and life transitions. Working with teenagers, adults, couples and families, I use an integrative approach to psychotherapy with an emphasis on adapting and tailoring to maximize effectiveness with each client. My primary method is person-centered and emotionally-focused, with cognitive, psychodynamic, solution-focused, and family systems elements drawn upon also depending on each client’s unique needs.

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”

— Carl Jung

  • Lantzville Location

My Approach

As a therapist, my goal is to provide personalized care that centers around each individual, their distinct experiences, needs, and paths towards healing. I strive to create a supportive space where clients can feel safe to express their feelings and thoughts openly. Together, my hope is to create a therapeutic relationship and environment that promotes self-exploration, resilience, and personal growth.

I take an integrative, client-centered approach to therapy, recognizing that each individual’s journey is unique. My focus areas include anxiety, depression, life transitions, addiction, relationship issues, and grief. Drawing from a humanistic and holistic background, I integrate evidence-based modalities such as cognitive-behavioural and dialectical-behavioural therapy, tailoring my approach to best suit the needs of each client. Above all, I am committed to helping individuals navigate their challenges in a way that feels meaningful to them, whilst fostering emotional well-being, and meaningful change.

  • Nanaimo and Ladysmith Location

My Approach

I strive to offer a compassionate and grounded space where clients can explore their emotions, relationships, and inner experiences with curiosity and care. I believe that healing begins through understanding the meanings we attach to our struggles and cultivating a more compassionate relationship with ourselves. My approach is integrative and person-centered, drawing from Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and mindfulness-based practices. I work with individuals, couples, youth, and adolescents to explore patterns that feel stuck or self-critical, while building awareness, emotional flexibility, and self-acceptance.

I have a particular passion for supporting those navigating disordered eating and body image concerns. My work focuses on helping clients move away from shame and control toward understanding, connection, and trust in their bodies. I also work with grief and loss, anxiety, depression, and perfectionism, recognizing how these experiences often shape how we see and care for ourselves. I aim to walk alongside clients as they develop a deeper understanding of themselves and cultivate more compassionate, authentic relationships with themselves and others.

  • Ladysmith Location

My Approach

Everyone benefits from therapy; if you want to change an aspect of your life, overcome life challenges or simply get to know yourself better, I offer a safe, open, welcoming, non-judgemental, reflective space where positive change is possible. 

My training has helped people find their inner strength and healing with many issues: anxiety, depression, phobias, relationship problems, grief, smoking cessation, negative behaviours that the client wishes to reduce or stop, codependency, trauma, anger management, sleep issues, chronic pain, ADHD, Dyslexia. 

In short, I act as a guide using the following therapy modalities: Somatic therapy, Internal Family Systems or ‘ parts’ work (Informed Circle trained), EMDR, Accelerated Resolution Therapy (Master and Enhanced trained), CBT, DBT, Gestalt, Narrative therapy, and others. 

It is possible to achieve happiness, peace and life balance; it is well within everyone’s reach.

  • Ladysmith Location

My Approach

I believe that healing begins with feeling seen, heard and understood. As a therapist, I strive to meet clients where they are with compassion, curiosity, and respect. I aim to create a warm, safe and non-judgmental space where clients feel safe to explore their thoughts, emotions and life experiences. 

I practice from a client- centered, trauma- informed and integrative perspective, while incorporating evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and mindfulness based therapy. I recognize that there is no single approach that works for everyone, and I tailor therapy to each person's unique needs, strengths, values and goals. 

My areas of focus include anxiety, depression, grief and loss, life transitions, relationship difficulties, addiction and substance use, trauma, self esteem and emotional regulation. My hope is to help you develop a deeper understanding of yourself, build resilience and find meaningful and compassionate ways to navigate life's challenges. 

  • Virtual

My Approach

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP). My approach emphasizes helping clients access and process key experiences and core emotions to create meaningful and lasting change.

I provide therapy in both English and Mandarin Chinese and work with clients across diverse ages and backgrounds. I have experience supporting individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship challenges, and trauma-related concerns.

My goal is to create a safe, collaborative space where clients can better understand their emotional patterns, unsettled experiences, strengthen resilience, and move toward greater integrity and serenity.