About Veritya Consulting
Veritya Consulting supports witnesses by helping them understand what they can expect as a witness and what their role in the legal process is. By preparing witness testimony to be clear, coherent, and consistent, and through trauma-educated and harm-reduction approaches, I challenge beliefs around shame, self-blame, and stereotypes that can often shape legal proceedings. I build confidence so witnesses can use their voice, feel part of the process, and regain agency. The goal is to help witnesses feel informed, supported, and empowered as they testify.
Services
If you’re a professional supporting someone who needs to testify, it can be a challenge preparing them for the experience.
Preparing to testify can be an intimidating experience. I’m here to help you feel ready for it.
Being a witness can be overwhelming. I can provide support when you testify.
What outcomes can you expect?
You will feel more grounded, clear, and supported as you testify.
You will understand what it means to testify and what the experience may feel like.
You will know what to wear, what to bring, and how to prepare for giving testimony so fewer things feel uncertain.
You will know what to expect when you arrive so the process feels less overwhelming.
You will gain a clearer understanding of your role within the legal process.
You will feel more confident sharing your experiences in a way that feels true to you.
You will understand what different legal professionals listen for during testimony.
You will feel more prepared, which can bring a deeper sense of strength and justice in the process.
You will reconnect with your voice as a source of healing and self-trust.
You will increase witness resilience—learning how to stay steady under pressure.
You will begin to regain a sense of agency, power, and control in a process that can often feel overwhelming.
Why Choose Veritya Consulting?
My Approach
What began as a curiosity about justice, the law, trauma, narrative, and identity has grown into a deep passion of education around credibility and testimony. I am eager to share this knowledge and provide you with the tools and guidance to testify with confidence. Even more, I am inspired by the impact this preparation can have on your experience in the legal process—helping you feel supported, empowered, and heard every step of the way.
My Intention
What sets Veritya Consulting apart isn’t just the process of preparing you to testify—it’s the care and intention behind it. Using trauma-educated and harm-reduction strategies, I teach you how to address barriers and challenge the stereotypes that often surround a witness’s ability to testify, releasing feelings of fear, shame, or self-blame. The goal is for you to testify feeling informed, empowered, confident and ready to share your experiences with clarity and strength.
Lasting Impact
For the legal professional, see real results in how your client will show up to testify with clarity and confidence!
For the witness, I take the time to truly understand you, your story, and your needs through a human-centered and compassionate approach. You are more than just a witness—you are a person with real-life experiences that are too often unheard, silenced, or dismissed. My work empowers you to reclaim your voice and regain your agency, so you can take part in the legal process with confidence and strength.
About Me
I understand how overwhelming and isolating the legal process can feel! I have consistently heard that what witnesses need most is to feel prepared for the legal process. For many people, the hardest part about testifying isn’t recounting events; it’s stepping into a courtroom feeling unsafe, uncertain, exposed, or vulnerable. With my specialized education and over 25 years of experience supporting witnesses, my goal is to prepare and support you so you can regain agency and step into the role as a witness feeling informed, confident, and clear.
My journey began as a judicial clerk at the Calgary Criminal Courts, where I watched the impact of the trial process on witnesses who testified. Often feeling overwhelmed and alone, witnesses felt shocked, heartbroken, and scrutinized as they testified. I committed to easing the burden of those most vulnerable by voluntarily running the child witness preparation program, teaching children what it meant to testify, how the courtroom worked, and their role in the process. While it was heartbreaking to guide children through such experiences, I was continually inspired by their resilience, courage, and strength—qualities that empowered them to speak their truth with confidence. During this time, I earned a degree in philosophy, focusing on morality and ethics and then an education degree that led to a career in teaching.
My interest in social justice continued, so I pursued a Master’s degree in Justice Studies, focusing on gendered violence and the impacts of sexual victimization. I then completed a PhD in Educational Research, examining credibility in sexual assault cases, focusing on how the legal system assessed credibility and then how social credibility affected their identity and ability to make meaning of their experiences.
At Veritya Consulting, I am committed to sharing my knowledge to help witnesses use their voice to empower testimony. Whether you are a legal professional who would like to offload the job of witness preparation or a witness who is preparing to testify, I am here to support you throughout the process. Every step of my work is rooted in the knowledge I’ve gained over decades. With compassion, respect, and a trauma-educated approach, I can help ease the stress and burden of witness preparation.
Contact
Are you interested in learning more or working together? Fill out some information and I will be in touch shortly. I can’t wait to hear from you!
Frequently Asked Questions
-
I offer a range of services designed to meet your needs. If you are a witness and at the beginning of your legal journey, I can strengthen your testimony, or if you have already testified and need support to continue, I can do that too. Our relationship will be tailored to help you move forward with clarity and confidence so you can testify in the best way possible.
If you are a legal professional who needs to prepare a witness for any type of litigation, I can take that load off of you. I help build witness resiliency through harm reduction strategies and a trauma-educated approach so they can do their job of testifying in a credible way.
-
Getting started is simple. Reach out through our contact form to schedule a call—I will walk you through the next steps and answer any questions along the way.
-
I combine a thoughtful, human-centered approach with clear communication. It’s not just what I do to help prepare you—it’s how I do it! Seeing real results from witnesses who testified credibly, reliably, and believably, empowers meaning-making and a different type of justice while you reclaim voice and agency. I care about you and the legal outcomes of your testimony, and it shows through results!
-
You can reach me anytime via the contact page, email, or you can leave a voice message. I aim to respond quickly—usually within one business day.
-
I offer pricing on an hourly rate based on a person’s needs and how much preparation they require. Each witness has a different set of needs, and this will determine how many sessions they will want.
If you are a legal professional, pricing is determined on a case-by-case basis.
-
If you are a legal professional, I can lessen your workload by doing the witness preparation for you ensuring you have a witness who is ready and prepared to testify.
If you are a witness, I provide a non-judgmental and safe space where I meet you where you are in the legal process. Learning is safe and happens until you feel confident in using your voice to testify. I will help you understand your role in the legal process and what you can expect as a witness. I prepare you to testify through survivor-centric, harm-reduction, and meaning-making perspectives. This means you come first and you will gain knowledge to empower your voice, enabling you to feel agency and control in the process, arriving centred and clear. I’m here to answer your questions and support your legal and learning journey.
-
At Veritya Consulting, I work with legal professionals to strengthen the support surrounding witnesses involved in legal proceedings. By providing trauma-educated, non-legal guidance, I help ease the emotional and informational burden, ensuring clients arrive more grounded, better prepared, and clearer about their role. This support enhances witness credibility by helping clients communicate with greater clarity, consistency, and confidence under pressure. My work compliments your legal strategy by focusing on client readiness and emotional regulation, allowing you to focus on legal matters and advocacy while knowing your clients are supported in a way that protects both their wellbeing and the integrity of the process.