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My style is empathic, intuitive, and interactive, and I uncover and guide my clients to use their untapped strengths, resilience, and potential for connection in their lives.

I work with adult individuals and couples from a psychodynamic perspective, or the psychological forces that underlie human behaviour, feelings, and emotions and how they might relate to early experience. The goal is to enable my clients to develop positive and effective ways of coping and build solid emotional intelligence, with the ability to apply the skills/insights gleaned from therapy to other areas of their lives and their relationships. In addition to individual/couples counselling and psychotherapy, I offer consulting services to organizations and businesses who are coping with a crisis or loss. More information on that here. 

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My Therapy Approach

Clients will often ask, “what type of therapy do you do?” and the answer is a combination of tools depending on what you need. I create a safe space for my clients to share their deepest truths and sit in the discomfort of their pain. Together we reimagine what is possible in the near and distant future. 

My approach to psychotherapy is based on Psychodynamic Theory, specifically on Strengths-based approaches that incorporate mindfulness techniques and cognitive reframing. These tools can help give you a new perspective on your resilience and strategies to help you better cope with life challenges. Knowledge from the areas of Attachment Theory, Trauma Theory, Cognitive Behavioural Psychology, and feminist analysis are a core part of my understanding. Modalities that I use include:

  • Trauma therapy

  • Narrative therapy

  • Relational work

  • Emotionally focussed therapy (EFT) for couples

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)

  • Brief solution-focussed counselling for those in crisis

My Training

I hold a Masters degree in Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Psychology from McMaster University. I also have a post-graduate diploma in Child Life from McMaster health Sciences. In 2019 I completed my clinical training in the Trauma Therapy program and Reproductive Life Stages program at Women’s College Hospital where I put into practice my theoretical framework and therapeutic modalities. 

I am passionate about my commitment to self-study and continue to expand my awareness by attending conferences and workshops where I further my understanding. I have also presented extensively at national and international conferences on various psychosocial oncology topics including how to talk to kids about cancer, sexulaity and body image, death and dying, traumatic grief, care-giver compassion fatigue and using meaning-making interventions with cancer patients and narrative interventions with young adults. For more on my consulting work and publications here.