
What It Means to Be a Third Culture Kid in Therapy
A Vancouver counsellor and third culture kid herself on what TCKs carry into therapy, what often gets missed, and why cultural attunement matters.
Reflections, resources, and gentle reminders on healing, relationships, and finding your way through.
This is a space for the conversations that don't always fit into a 50-minute session.
Questions about how trauma actually heals. The patterns that shape our relationships. The experience of moving between cultures. The slow work of becoming more ourselves.
These pieces are written for clients, future clients, and anyone curious about how this kind of work happens. They aren't a substitute for therapy, but they may be a starting place.
Posts on what trauma is, how it lives in the body and the nervous system, and how it actually heals.
On the cycles couples get caught in, what attachment has to do with conflict, and how repair really works.
On being a third culture kid, navigating intergenerational expectations, and the experience of belonging to more than one world.
On the intersection of faith and the therapeutic process, and why they don't have to be separate.
Grounding exercises, journaling prompts, and other small things to support your work between sessions.

A Vancouver counsellor and third culture kid herself on what TCKs carry into therapy, what often gets missed, and why cultural attunement matters.

Most couples don't have many problems. They have one, repeating in different costumes. A Vancouver couples counsellor on why the cycle happens and how it changes.

Many people want to heal from trauma without looking back. A Vancouver counsellor on why the past has to be part of the work, and how it's done safely.

Exploring the mechanisms of trauma healing and why complete relief is more possible than you might think.
Occasional reflections and resources, sent when there's something worth sending. No spam, no sales pitches. Just thoughtful writing on the things that matter here.
Reading is a beginning. If something here has resonated and you'd like to take the next step, I'd love to hear from you.
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