Let’s work together.

I can be with you with your most difficult emotions.

I work with people who are suffering and just want a way through. Who don’t quite understand why they’re stuck. Who have a sense that something is missing and more well-being could be possible.  

My clients often feel overwhelmed, anxious, low or depressed. There is often a sense of disconnect from others and themselves. There may be shame and guilt. Maybe behaviours they recognize are harmful to themselves or to others.

I know you are doing your best.

My clients want to live a life that they enjoy, and that feels more aligned with who they really are. They want deeper and more satisfying relationships, more confidence, more peace, and more love and kindness toward themselves and others. They want to feel more FREE (and maybe a little more wild)! And they are curious enough to look within and explore what has been getting in the way.

With the support of a kind and understanding companion.   

If this sounds like you, I am here to walk alongside you to explore some of this territory, to help make sense of your experience, and to discover new possibilities. If you want a grounded, compassionate, and attuned guide, then we can work together.

My perspective

My work focuses on inviting and encouraging growth and healing. Together, we will address your pain and suffering and build understanding of what’s at the root of it. However, this is not about pathologizing, diagnosing, or “fixing” you.  

You are not broken. You are already whole.  

From my perspective, you are surviving in the best way you have been able to manage, with life circumstances that may not have supported ideal well-being. None of us get through life without experiencing pain and trauma that interferes with our thriving. Just like plants don’t always receive perfect water, light, or healthy soil, we all just do our best. Sometimes we get stuck in painful places and don’t know how to return to more of a sense of aliveness and well-being.  

More nourishment is available to you.  

Together, we will tend to the emotion (energy in motion) that hasn’t been able to flow or to be fully processed. We will turn to the body for insight and wisdom through somatic practices. We will build awareness and understanding of ways you’ve adapted to challenges and ways you’ve been conditioned in your life including culturally inherited patterns and habitual ways of being that limit you. And new pathways will emerge into view – feelings, actions, and ways of seeing yourself and the world that are healthy, more true in the present, and that feel right. Just as a plant naturally knows how to flourish when given the right supports, you can grow. 

You already have capacity to grow deep inside you.

Through my eyes, you are a good person doing the best you can with the experiences you have. You are deserving of kindness and support. And you deserve to be really seen, including the ways that you are hurting as well as your strengths. Just like a forest with the right conditions, you have capacity to heal and regenerate.

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“I have known Gemma throughout our careers and she is one of the most thoughtful, genuine, and grounded people I know. She listens deeply, approaches others with curiosity, and has a genuine respect for each person’s individual experience and journey. I have tremendous confidence in the care and presence Gemma brings to her work and I would wholeheartedly recommend her.“
Jailin Bertolin, Rising Wellness Reflexology
Jailin Bertolin, Rising Wellness Reflexology