Marlise has a masters degree in psychology and is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. She is also a Canadian Certified Counsellor with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, and she has been a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors since 2008.

She is committed to providing caring, nonjudgmental support and operates from an orientation that integrates depth-focused, insight-oriented, somatic-emotional, anti-oppression, and interpersonal approaches. Most of Marlise's training has been in body-mind and mindfulness-based therapies including Hakomi and Buddhist Psychology. She loves to learn, so she's also trained in sex psychotherapy, expressive arts therapies, crisis and disaster mental health, yoga psychotherapy, couples therapy, and interdisciplinary eating disorders treatment. Past work includes family advocacy, crisis work, inpatient clinical team leadership, and being a certified yoga teacher, meditation instructor, and visual artist.

Marlise is highly-trained, dedicated, compassionate, and experienced.

Marlise strives to be reliable, caring, and respectful.

On a personal note

Marlise loves painting and photography, moving meditation, fabulous food, and roaming outdoors with her puppies, Rosie & Momo. Marlise knows therapy helps, having received over 25 years of it, herself. She is biracial and queer-identifying.