Firebird Grove Therapy and Consulting

About Todd

Todd is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors, and with a background in psychology. He holds an M.Sc. in Psychology, which focused on developmental psychology and the promotion of well-being across the lifespan, and an M.Ed. in Counselling (University of Northern British Columbia), which focused on child/youth and adult mental health. Todd is currently completing a Graduate Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (Vancouver Island University). He has worked at various levels of the public service providing counselling and mental health services to individuals from across the lifespan and from diverse backgrounds in 1-on-1 and group settings. He has training and experience working with LGBTQ2S+ clients, including WPATH training.

Todd is available to work with youth and adults of all ages in 1-on-1 therapy, and he will explore group offerings in the future if there is interest/need.

Todd takes an insight-oriented and psychodynamic approach to therapy that seeks to expand levels of self-reflection, self-awareness and understanding, self-compassion, and personal growth. He sees the therapeutic alliance as having the potential to provide corrective emotional experiences that may support healing from attachment and relational wounds as well as foster healthy relationships with oneself and others. His approach to counselling is integrative, relational, and aims to meet clients where they are at. Todd has training in mindfulness, self-compassion, and acceptance-based, cognitive, solution-focused, and trauma-informed approaches to counselling and psychotherapy as well as cultural safety and harm reduction. Todd is currently learning more about somatic approaches to therapy and “parts work” (e.g., Internal Family System), which also informs his current therapeutic approach.

Todd also provides psychedelic preparation/integration services. He has experience with psychedelic medicines and non-ordinary states of consciousness in clinical, ceremonial, and naturalistic settings. These experiences inform the support he is able to provide clients who choose to engage in self-exploration with psychedelic substances and non-ordinary states. Todd does not currently provide therapy or any sort of sessions that directly involve psychedelic substances.

Todd spends a lot of time in nature either running, walking/hiking, or just bathing in the energy of the natural world. He recently moved to Vancouver Island, and being closer to the Old Growth Forest and the ocean were major factors in that move. For Todd, cultivating a relationship with nature is important for overall wellness.