About John
I am an experienced counsellor & psychotherapist (20+ years). I help individuals and couples resolve arguments, communication problems, anxiety, depression, grief, and patterns that repeat.
Clients arrive when their coping methods no longer work, in crisis, or in transition. I work from a depth-oriented and relational perspective. This means paying attention not only to symptoms, but to the what makes them return. I help you feel better in the moment and look at the emotional life beneath your day to day issues.
Individuals
Anxiety, depression, grief, overwhelm, and life ‘s big changes. I help find relief and help you understand what is driving your symptoms so change is long-term.
Couples
I help couples find each other again, improving connection, resolving conflict, intimacy issues, and communication breakdown. Gottman and Emotionally Focused Therapy tools. Couples work happens inside the interaction, not just talking about it. This means you can experience new ways of relating in-session and outside.
My Approach
Therapy is active. I meet you with real tools that apply to your unique life, approaches that work now and for your future.
Other Information
Areas of Practice
- Abuse - Physical Emotional Sexual
- Addictions
- Adult Counselling
- Adults
- Alzheimer's | Dementia
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit | Hyperactivity
- Cancer Support
- Chronic Illness
- Codependency
- Communication Issues
- Depression
- Eating Issues
- Family of Origin
- Gender Identity
- Grief and Loss
- Grief and Loss - Pets
- Indigenous | First Nations
- Individual Counselling (General)
- Intimacy
- LGBTQ2
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Men's Concerns
- Mood Disorders
- Multicultural Concerns
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Organizational Development
- Panic
- Parenting
- Person-Centred
- Personal Growth
- Phobias
- Post Traumatic Stress
- Relationships
- Relationships - Couples
- Relationships - Infidelity
- Relationships - Marriage
- Relationships - Premarital
- Self Esteem
- Sex Therapy
- Sexual Concerns
- Sexuality
- Shame and Chronic Shame
- Sleep Difficulties
- Spiritual
- Stress
- Substance Use Counselling
- Teen | Adolescent Counselling (14 - 19 yrs)
- Trauma
Modalities
- Anger Management
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dreamwork
- Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT)
- Existential
- Experiential
- Gestalt Therapy
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy
- Grief Counselling
- Humanistic
- Intensive Short-Term Psychodyamic Therapy (ISTDP)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness-based Cognitive-behavioural Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Online Counselling
- Person-Centred
- Solution Focused Brief
- Strength Based
- Telephone Counselling
Izumi Depth Therapy
Locations
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2B-6135 Metral Drive
Nanaimo BC
V9T 2L7Tel: (250) 618-0216
Wheel Chair Access
Accepting new clients
Gender
- Man
Language
- English
- Japanese