My practice

What to expect when working with me

My practice is relational, heart-centred, trauma-sensitive, and attachment-informed. I integrate somatic, humanistic, narrative, and psychodynamic approaches, drawing on interpersonal neurobiology, and returning to body’s deep knowing.

I recognize that we are all complicated, contradictory beings, and I welcome all parts of you in the therapeutic space. Let us explore your inner world with curiosity and care.

I am conscious of the social, historical, cultural, and ancestral contexts that inform one’s experiences, and I stay critical to how these experiences oftentimes hold stigma in the western framework of psychology. 

I hold the therapeutic space as sacred, and recognize the immense vulnerability in showing up and sharing.

I am heartfully grateful to all of my teachers and mentors, professional, familial, and ancestral, who have and who continue to support me through my personal and professional work.

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

Anaïs Nin

Some concerns I support individuals with include:

  • Stress, burnout

  • Anxiety, overwhelm

  • Attachment wounds, relational trauma

  • Depression, defeatedness

  • People-pleasing, fawning

  • Life transitions

  • Identity struggles and exploration

  • Relationship and interpersonal challenges

  • Complex trauma, adverse childhood experiences

  • Bringing the Body in to Practice, Somatic Attachment Psychotherapy Advanced Practice with Lisa Mortimore (in process)

  • Bringing the Body in to Practice, Somatic Attachment Psychotherapy 2 Year Training with Lisa Mortimore

  • Trauma Treatment Certification Training (CCTP) with Janina Fisher

  • Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University

  • Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology & Sociology at Concordia University

  • San'yas: Indigenous Cultural Safety Training

Beyond the listed above, I have engaged in workshops, webinars and trainings on topics including but not limited to: somatics and somatic therapy, trauma, complex trauma, dissociation, substance use, narrative therapy, harm reduction, DBT, decolonizing practice, and Queering Mental Health (Our Landing Place). 

I am member in good standing with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC)

Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC # 21806)

Trainings and education