Born and raised in the city of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Danielle moved to British Columbia to pursue her education (and to escape those freezing cold NB winters!!). She holds a Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology and is currently pursuing a PhD in Counselling Psychology at the University of British Columbia, with an emphasis on women¹s issues, sexuality, and romantic relationships. In addition to these credentials, Danielle is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors.

Danielle is a very warm and compassionate individual who believes in the importance of providing a non-judgmental environment to discuss therapeutic issues. She values a holisitic approach to counseling and believes in the importance of looking at biological, psychological, sociological, and spiritual factors that play into life problems. This approach necessarily involves recognizing that each person¹s journey is unique.

In her spare time, Danielle can be found reading a book, swinging a golf club, skiing, or enjoying time with friends and family.

Life problems that clients often discuss with Danielle include, but are not limited to:

• Relational Conflict in Heterosexual and Homosexual Couples and Families, including Polyamorous Families
• Sexual Issues and/or Concerns
• Sexual Orientation
• Difficulties with trust / intimacy
• Communication problems
• Depression
• Anxiety (including panic/anxiety attacks)
• Grief / loss
• Problem Gambling and addiction
• Alcohol and drug dependency
• Childhood abuse and neglect (physical, emotional, and/or sexual)
• Trauma (including accidents, assaults)
• Low self-esteem
• Stress (including stress management)
• Anger and anger management

The Shanti Counselling Centre welcomes Joanne Chiu as a clinical associate. Joanne holds a Masters degree in Counselling and is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors. In her spare time, she enjoys baking, scrap-booking, watching live sports, and working on her golf swing.

Joanne acknowledges and celebrates the resiliency of the human spirit when facing difficulties in life. She uses a holistic, strengths-based counseling approach, emphasizing respect, compassion and dignity. Throughout the duration of her training, Joanne worked extensively in the areas of addictions, disordered eating, and self-esteem. Other life problems that clients often discuss with Joanne include, but are not limited to:

• Anxiety
• Body Image
• Career Development
• Depression
• Family Issues
• Grief and Loss
• Life Balance and Self-Care
• Life Transitions
• Relationships
• Stress Management

The Shanti Counselling Centre welcomes Gwyneth Bowen as a clinical associate. Having grown up in England, where she worked as a Social Worker, Gwyneth made her home in BC in the 1970’s. In 1995 she obtained a Masters degree in Counselling Psychology from the University of British Columbia, and became a Registered Clinical Counsellor. Over the years she has worked with different age groups and with people with a variety of life challenges. She has special expertise in the areas of childhood abuse and neglect, disability, and mental health issues. Gwyneth has two grown daughters, two stepkids, and recently acquired two preteen step-step-grandsons!

Gwyneth is deeply committed to her belief that each of us is able to be the author of our own life, and that we have an inborn urge to grow towards our full potential. She sees her role in counselling as providing the respect, witnessing, reflection, and support that facilitate such growth. She particularly enjoys reflecting back the strength and courage she sees in people, especially in those who have experienced shameful trauma.

Areas in which Gwyneth likes to work include:

• Healing from abuse of all kinds, and from trauma
• Issues of disability (yours or that of a family member)
• Sexual orientation
• Parenting
• Gender transition
• Grief and Loss
• Relationship difficulties
• Aging

The Shanti Counselling Centre welcomes Signe Wiingaard (pronounced Seena) as a clinical associate. Signe comes to us from Denmark, where she obtained a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Copenhagen. She fell in love with Canada during her exchange at McGill University, in Montreal, and is now registered with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors as well as the Danish Association of Psychologists.

Signe’s experience includes working as a student counsellor at Copenhagen University and as a therapist for the Danish Association of Mental Health. She has a wide psychological interest, with a focus on the relationship between the mind and body, eating and health, identity and social groups, self-worth and self-development. She believes that psychological issues can never be reduced to the individual, but are always related to culture, social settings and society. Therefore, she addresses problems in their context and helps her clients develop an authentic, integrated and fulfilling life path.

Signe is non-judgemental, patient, and devoted to an open therapeutic approach. She incorporates cognitive, existential, narrative, and meditative techniques into her therapeutic work. In her spare time you’ll find her dedicated to sports, yoga, and her research at UBC… yet her real love lies in simply smiling and nattering with friends and family.

Life problems that Signe enjoys working with include, but are not limited to:

• Eating problems
• Body image
• Self Development
• Meaning
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Study and career doubts
• Spirituality and religion
• Relationships
• Sexuality

The Shanti Counselling Centre welcomes Kim Roth as a clinical associate. Kim's interest in psychology was driven by her quest to understand human nature and our society. After receiving her Masters degree in Counselling Psychology at UBC she was left feeling somewhat disappointed by the limits of Western Psychology. As a result, she began to vehemently pursue energy medicine, meditation, yoga, and Eastern ways of knowing in order to further understand the body-mind-emotional system and for her own personal growth. Kim tends to blend Eastern and Western methods in walking with people through various life challenges.

Kim's work experience has ranged from social work with children and families, to street-work with adolescents, to individual and couples work in private practice. Her therapeutic style is client-centered infused with mindfulness and body-centered psychotherapy. Kim places emphasis on self-awareness and self-acceptance for those people she sees in counseling and also offers an inquisitive and non-judgmental presence wherein each individuals' internal wisdom can arise. In her spare time, Kim would most likely be found walking by the ocean, dancing in her living room, cooking, or having tea with friends.

Kim's expertise and clinical interest cover a diverse range of issues, including (but not limited to):

• Intimate relationships (partners, sibling, parent/child, co-parents)
• Sexuality and sexual issues
• Addictions
• Grief and loss
• Spiritual development and inquiry, spiritual expansion
• Parenting
• Anxiety
• Anger
• Illness and healing
• Feelings of separation, divergence, lack of fit
• Loneliness and social isolation