When Life Feels Unsteady,
Find Solid Ground
Therapy for Burnout, Anxiety, and Overwhelm | Vancouver Counsellor for Parents and Families
You're exhausted and anxious. You love your family, but the burnout is real.
Maybe you're parenting a child who feels everything intensely, or you're trying to hold everyone together while your own nervous system is fraying.
The old strategies aren't working. The advice doesn't fit your family.
You're tired of feeling like you're failing at something that's supposed to come naturally.
You're not broken. You're navigating something hard, and you deserve support that actually sees you.
Trauma Informed | Evidence Based | Neurodiversity Affirming
Offering in-person & virtual counselling in Vancouver and online across British Columbia. Coaching & Consulting online worldwide.
I specialize in:
Anxiety and burnout counselling | Parenting ADHD and autistic children | Perinatal and postpartum therapy | Executive functioning coaching | Couples and family counselling | Trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming care
Therapy for parents and families struggling with:
Parenting neurodivergent or highly sensitive children
ADHD, autism, sensory processing differences.
Support that understands nervous system regulation and works with how your child is actually wired.
Burnout, Anxiety and Overwhelm
Managing everyone's schedules, emotions, and needs while your own tank stays empty. The mental load is crushing and the worry won't stop.
Pregnancy, postpartum, and early motherhood
Anxiety, overwhelm, identity loss, birth trauma, perinatal mood disorders. Support through the tender, exhausting early seasons.
Navigating neurodivergence and major life changes
Understanding your ADHD brain, rebuilding after transitions, reconnecting as partners after becoming parents.
My Approach: Compassion, Clarity, and Collaboration
Compassion means space for all of it: the rage, tears, shame, exhaustion. You don't need to have it together to deserve support.
Clarity helps you see patterns and understand what you and your family actually need to feel safer and steadier.
Collaboration means we build this together. No generic scripts. Trauma-informed, attachment-based tools that fit your real life.
I'm a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) and former Occupational Therapist with over a decade supporting neurodivergent families. My work is sensory-informed, neurodiversity-affirming, and grounded in nervous system science.
Why Families Choose Nurtured Foundations
Attachment-based, sensory-aware, trauma-informed
Over a decade supporting neurodivergent and sensitive families
Practical tools that fit real family life
In-depth understanding of childhood development
Strength-based, empowering approach
What Parents Say
“Lisa helped us make sense of our child’s big emotions and sensory needs and showed us how to respond with confidence instead of panic.”
“For the first time, we feel like we understand each other as parents. Lisa helped us find calmer ways to communicate, even when things feel hard.”
“I didn’t realize how much pressure I was putting on myself to be the ‘perfect mom.’ Working with Lisa helped me trust my instincts again.”
Services
Counselling for parenting ADHD and anxious children, burnout, stress, and relationship reconnection.
Therapy for burnout, anxiety, perfectionism, and navigating identity shifts.
Support through pregnancy anxiety, postpartum depression, fertility struggles, loss, and early parenting overwhelm.
Coaching for ADHD, planning struggles, decision fatigue, and chronic overwhelm.
Frequently Asked Questions
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The first session is a chance for us to slow down and get a sense of what’s been feeling heavy or unclear. We’ll talk about what’s bringing you in, what’s been helping or not helping so far, and what you hope to get out of therapy. There’s no pressure to have it all figured out — we’ll start with where you are.
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If you’ve been feeling stuck in stress, self-doubt, or patterns you can’t seem to shift — counselling can help. Many people start therapy when they’re functioning on the outside but struggling internally. You don’t have to be in crisis to benefit. Often, therapy is about creating more understanding, balance, and self-compassion — not just “fixing” something that’s wrong.
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Absolutely. Burnout and anxiety often stem from the same roots — high expectations, self-criticism, and difficulty slowing down. In therapy, we work to understand these patterns, reduce shame, and find small, realistic ways to bring calm, boundaries, and self-acceptance back into your daily rhythm.
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There’s no set timeline — some people come for a few focused sessions around a specific transition, while others find value in longer-term reflection. We’ll check in regularly to make sure therapy continues to feel helpful and aligned with your goals.
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Yes. I take a neurodiversity-affirming approach that values all ways of thinking, feeling, and processing. Whether you’re formally diagnosed or simply identifying with traits of ADHD, autism, or high sensitivity, we’ll work together to understand your patterns without pathologizing — helping you find more ease, self-acceptance, and practical strategies that fit your brain.
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While my practice primarily supports adults and parents, I continue to see a limited number of children and youth — particularly those who are neurodivergent, highly sensitive, or navigating anxiety — when parent collaboration is part of the process.
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Yes. I offer in-person counselling in Vancouver and virtual sessions across British Columbia through a secure, encrypted platform. Many clients find online sessions help them stay consistent and make therapy fit more easily into their busy lives.
In-person counselling in Vancouver | Virtual therapy across BC | Coaching worldwide
You don't have to keep carrying all of this alone. Whether you're seeking support for yourself, your partnership, or your family, there's room here to slow down, catch your breath, and find solid ground again.