Supporting people through life's changes, challenges, and new beginnings

I support adults navigating life transitions, including illness, grief, and key life changes. I support you in rebuilding a grounded, authentic sense of who you are when life no longer feels familiar.

This work begins with understanding what you’re grieving. Whether it’s a person, a version of yourself, or the life you imagined.

What I can support with

  • Loss of identity or feeling stuck, lost, or disconnected after a life change

  • Navigating life transitions, both chosen and unexpected

  • The emotional aftermath that often follows once a crisis has passed

  • Changes in health, physical ability, or your sense of safety in your body

  • Cancer, chronic illness, and the emotional impact that follows

  • Motherhood and the identity shifts that come with becoming a parent

  • Career transitions, burnout, or loss of professional identity

  • Relationship changes, including separation, divorce, or shifts in connection

  • Grief and loss, including the death of a loved one

Many of the people I work with look “fine” on the outside but feel overwhelmed, unsteady, or disconnected on the inside. They often say things like, “I should be okay by now,” or “Other people have it worse,” while quietly struggling to make sense of what they’re feeling.

What they’re experiencing isn’t weakness, it’s grief and identity disruption.

How I work with you

My approach is solutions-focused, compassionate, and grounded in real-life experience. This is not about fixing you or rushing you to move on. It’s about helping you understand what has changed, what you’re carrying, and what you need to feel steady again.

Together, we focus on:

  • Understanding what you’re grieving, whether it’s a person, a version of yourself, or the life you imagined

  • Making sense of the emotional and identity shifts that come with change

  • Reducing the sense of isolation in what you’re experiencing

  • Rebuilding a grounded, authentic sense of who you are now

Coverage Availability

My work is shaped by both professional training and lived experience. I completed my counselling education at Kelowna College of Professional Counselling and am a Registered Professional Counsellor (RPC) with the CPCA. I also have extensive lived experience navigating illness, loss, and major life transitions, including cancer.

Sessions may be covered by most extended health insurance plans. Please check with your provider to confirm coverage for “Professional Counselling”

About working with me

Sessions are collaborative, calm, and practical. We focus on what’s happening for you right now and what will help you feel more supported moving forward—at a pace that feels safe for you.

This work is a good fit if you:

  • Feel “okay” externally but overwhelmed or disconnected internally

  • Are navigating grief related to health, loss, motherhood, career, or relationships

  • Want support that feels validating, honest, and grounded

  • Are open to reflection and small steps between sessions

If this resonates, I invite you to book a consultation or reach out to see if working together feels like the right next step.   

Listen Up

From Cancer to Calling: Christine Elliot’s Journey into Counselling

Take A Look At Christine’s Book

Christine is a #1 Best-Selling Author in addition to being a counsellor. Her book "Unbroken: Rising Above, Thriving Within" provides a candid and inspiring narrative of her battle with breast and lung cancer. It also offers a guidebook for individuals striving to overcome their own challenges. Click the link below to explore the book and read the full description.

  • ★★★★★

    Christine’s approach is thoughtful and thought provoking. She doesn’t give you the answer, she helps you to find the answer within yourself. I always leave a session feeling uplifted and revitalized!