About John

Cura per Profundum — Healing Through Depth

Meaning usually emerges when life is most disrupted. With over twenty years of clinical practice and a relational focus, I help people work through complexities to understand what their distress is pointing toward.

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My Path into Depth Work

For over two decades, I have practiced as a psychotherapist with a depth and relational focus. My path has involved a decade living overseas and long periods of clinical practice in different cultural contexts. This history, along with my own work to align my inner and outer life, shapes how I listen. It informs how I help people navigate the difficult thresholds in their own lives.

When we work only at the symptom level, the same struggle often reappears in a different form. I practice depth psychotherapy so that change can be integrated rather than just managed.

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How I Work

Sessions are conversational and grounded. At times we slow down and stay close to emotion. At other times we hold intensity and map patterns clearly, so insight can be lived. This is how change can last beyond the session.

Depth work focuses attention on the threshold where inner life meets the outer life you are living. I pay attention to the moments where things feel disproportionate, stuck, or repetitive. Often, these are the entrances to the most meaningful work.

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Clinical Grounding and Experience

My approach is grounded in twenty years of practice across diverse clinical settings. I hold a Master’s degree in counselling and psychotherapy and am a Registered Clinical Counsellor (BC), with a clinical background spanning Canada, the United States, and Japan.

• Public and Community Health: Over a decade within public mental health systems, addressing complex clinical concerns and relational dynamics.
• High-Conflict and Relational Strain: Years of experience facilitating relationship violence programs for the Solicitor General of BC.
• Academic and Community Leadership: Graduate-level teaching, clinical supervision, and workshops for the Nanaimo Youth Services Association (NYSA).
• Hospital and Postgraduate Settings: Clinical work through UBC, Peace Arch Hospital, and other postgraduate training environments.
• Indigenous Community Work: Facilitated community workshops with Island First Nations communities on trauma, depression, and anxiety, guided by respect for local culture and community context.

• Advanced Clinical Training: Advanced Gottman Method Couples Therapy and marriage and family therapy certification.
• Published Writing: Published work on psychological and relational themes.

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Working with Couples

I help couples repair disconnection and explore the dynamics and unspoken truths that shape how two people find or lose one another. My role is to help make what is hidden more visible, so repair and next steps can come from clarity, not panic.

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Working with Individuals

I work with individuals who sense that their story is shifting: when old identities no longer fit, when creative, emotional, or relational tensions surface, or when the way they’ve been living begins to break down. I help uncover the themes beneath these shifts so you can respond with choice, rather than being pulled into old reactions.

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Is This the Right Fit?

Depth work requires a particular kind of engagement. This approach may be a good fit if you are looking for:

• Work that stays grounded in your actual life.
• A way to work with repeating patterns without rushing toward temporary solutions.
• A space where intensity is explored as information, not treated as an emergency.

If you are looking for quick answers, skills-only coaching, or immediate reassurance, this work may feel more exacting than what you are seeking.

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