I am a Registered Psychotherapist with 15 years of experience in mental health advocacy and support.

I help my clients explore their inner lives and make meaning of their experiences. I draw mainly from relational therapy in my practice. This means that I work with my clients to identify how patterns of relational experience may be contributing to emotional distress. I believe that mutually satisfying relationships are essential to our well-being, and that by developing a new relational model in therapy, it is possible to create the conditions for a life in which one feels more connected and alive. I believe that making meaning out of our experiences and having others bear witness to them fosters healing and growth.

About me

I have an MA in Counselling Psychology. My other educational background includes a diploma in Child and Youth Work, a BA in International Development Studies, courses in Community Economic Development and in Psychoanalytic thought. Over the last fifteen years, I have worked with a diverse group of people: youth and families, elders, young women and trans people, as well as in broader community initiatives. I continue to be active in community organizing and mutual aid. My work and my activism have taught me much about the human experience and has helped shape me into the therapist I am today.

Approach

I operate from a feminist, anti-racist and class conscious perspective with the goal of fostering agency, accountability and well-being in individuals who want to be agents of change in their lives. I offer a non-pathologizing approach to mental health that considers the individual, relational, and material conditions of my clients’ lives. I believe that people are the experts of their own lives, and strive to centre that expertise in my sessions. My goal, as a therapist, is to provide a space where healing, growth and connection can occur. I love working with clients who are seeking meaning in their lives, who want to act but don't know where to start.

Areas of interest

  • Life transitions

  • Relationship concerns (romantic, family, community)

  • Anxiety and depression

  • Professionals in care-giving roles (i.e. nurses, teachers, social workers, etc)

  • Prenatal, postpartum & parenting

  • Existential questions and concerns

  • Activists and organizers


I am a cis white woman living on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. This land is part of the Dish with One Spoon territory, a treaty between the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (aka. The Six Nations Confederacy), the Anishinaabek and allied nations, to peaceably share and care for this land, its waters, and all of the biodiversity in the Great Lakes region. As a settler on this land, I am striving to take responsibility for honouring this treaty. As someone who benefits from historical and current colonization & white supremacy, I am working to hold that power with integrity and accountability. I am committed to ongoing learning, organizing, and redistribution of my personal resources.