My Story
I began my career in the mental health field, supporting people from all backgrounds coping with depression, anxiety, and psychosis. After a brief time working with children I found my passion working with adults. My interest in working with people with complex chronic health conditions such as fatigue and pain has led me to work at BC Women's Hospital and Health Center. Here I work in a multi-disciplinary team providing group intervention. This is where I deepened my expertise in supporting people of all genders living with invisible illness. I recognize the profound need for more services and support for people with these conditions, which led me to open my own practice.
I am committed to creating a supportive space for individuals with invisible health conditions like ME/CFS, long COVID, fibromyalgia, chronic pain, and other energy-limiting illnesses. I aim to work collaboratively through a strengths-based approach, exploring together with you how to best develope strategies to manage life changes and challenges.
You can schedule a free 15-minute consultation to determine if I'm the right fit for your need. During this call, I am happy to answer any questions you may have about how I can best support you.
My practice has been influenced by ongoing learning about various therapeutic approaches and techniques, including:
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Non-violent Communication
Persistent Pain Management
Mindful Self-Compassion Tools
Until I thought of myself as the sea
I used to separate good days from bad until I thought of myself as an ocean.
I used to split times I felt strong from when I felt weak until I imagined myself as the sea. Calm and rocky, wild and soft, still and powerful and vast and more than any one thing.
In the ocean it’s hard to divorce one mood from another, one wave from the next.
Now, on my worst days, I think of how good life is too, how I still can greet joy while swimming through grief. How fragile strength feels.
How I’m not any one thing in any one moment on any one day.
I’m all of it and all of it is me.
- Hannah Napier Rosenberg Paul @hannahowrites