Working with me, we will co-create a space of listening, learning, and growth that serves as the base for our work together. I am passionate about issues surrounding life transitions, anxiety, emotional intelligence, vocation, and unhealthy coping mechanisms.

My therapeutic training allows me to draw from a variety of therapy modalities suited to help clients working through the above issues, and much more. Such modalities include Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples and individuals, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP). This knowledge base helps me frame issues through a personal, humanistic lens that validates and recognizes the individual’s specific experiences, while also acknowledging the systems and relational patterns clients participate in that can contribute to distress and stuckness. Each client receives an evidence-based personalized, integrative treatment perspective and plan because even though we all experience suffering from time to time, no two people are exactly alike. If my work with clients can reduce the aloneness we all feel at times, then I believe a core human need is being fulfilled.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE AND DEGREES:

• REGISTERED PSYCHOTHERAPIST (QUALIFYING), THE COLLEGE OF REGISTERED PSYCHOTHERAPISTS OF ONTARIO (CPRO)

• MASTERS OF DIVINITY IN CLINICAL COUNSELLING

• BACHELOR OF ARTS IN MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

• EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED THERAPY FOR INDIVIDUALS (EFIT)

• AEDP IMMERSION TRAINING

• DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY: FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

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My extensive training as a therapist enables me to journey skillfully with people through a variety of struggles including but not limited to anxiety, depression, self-esteem, self-harm, life transitions, body image, relationship concerns, stress and burnout, chronic illness and pain. I have advanced skills and training in the areas of trauma—both childhood relational trauma and single incident trauma.

My therapeutic approach involves incorporating attachment work, emotion-focused therapy, various trauma and body-based therapies, EMDR, Lifespan Integration, mindfulness, and meaning and insight based therapies. However, I tailor my approach based on the specific goals and strengths of the client, to ensure therapy is a good fit for them.

All the therapy I do is evidence-based and designed to be empowering, with a focus on de-pathologizing the person. Continued education, research, and supervision are core values of mine, so I regularly attend and receive training in the services I provide.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE AND DEGREES:

• REGISTERED PSYCHOTHERAPIST, THE COLLEGE OF REGISTERED PSYCHOTHERAPISTS OF ONTARIO (CRPO)

• MASTER OF ARTS IN COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY

• BACHELOR OF ARTS IN LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATIONS

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

• CERTIFIED EMDR THERAPIST WITH EMDR CANADA

• ADVANCED TRAINING IN ATTACHMENT FOCUSED EMDR

• EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED COUPLES THERAPY EXTERNSHIP

• OBSERVED EXPERIENTIAL INTEGRATION (OEI) TRAUMA THERAPY

• SAND TRAY EXPERIENTIAL THERAPY

• CERTIFIED SMART RECOVERY FACILITATOR

• ASIST CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION

• FUNDAMENTALS OF AEDP + AEDP IMMERSION TRAINING

• LIFESPAN INTEGRATION TRAUMA THERAPY - LEVEL 1

• DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• INDIVIDUAL AND TRAUMA THERAPIST SINCE 2015

• INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS

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I believe that vitality and the chance to flourish happens when it’s safe enough to honestly be yourself. I consider it a privilege to accompany people through their pain, coping, self-discovery, healing, transformation, and joy. For the last 15 years I have served my community in the field of social services, working alongside people living through trauma, substance use and addictions, poverty, mental health dual-diagnoses, developmental disabilities, and criminality.

My areas of clinical care include trauma, abuse, violence, PTSD and C-PTSD, anxiety, depression, dissociation, substance use and addictions, shame, anger, grief, relationships, sexual and gender identity, and spiritual abuse, deconstruction, and integration. I seek to embody a clinical stance that is compassionate, curious, anti-oppressive, and non-pathological. My approach uses an attachment-based, trauma-informed framework, which means my work is often experiential, and emotionally and relationally focused. I work with individuals and couples.

After hours, I enjoy time spent with my family, making music, cooking, playing sports, a good cup of tea, writing, and celebrating with friends.

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