About Me

I am a Registered Psychotherapist supporting adults (21+), across Ontario, Canada. In 2008 I founded Recreational Respite, a national organization that uniquely supports the disability and neurodiverse community, those who face mental health struggles and other vulnerable individuals. The focus of this work was to navigate the systemic and attitudinal barriers that lacked inclusion and consideration for social participation while working collaboratively with an individual to create opportunities that develop a sense of self, role and worth.

This immersion has offered diverse insight into the ways that grief and loss, stress, anxiety, burnout and trauma has been experienced. It lends to my non-pathologizing approach in counselling when working with any and all individuals (21+ years), while also acknowledging neurodivergence identity, and disability through a social model lens. I integrate theories and interventions that create a collaborative and adaptive therapeutic process tailored to the individuals strengths, resources and experiences.

Theories, interventions and modalities used in my independent practice include (but are not limited to); polyvagal theory, attachment theory, internal family systems (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) including R-TEP and G-TEP which are advanced evidence-based EMDR early interventions designed to stabilize and treat individuals or groups immediately following or during traumatic events. In addition, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Practice and Narrative Therapy. I am trauma-informed in my counselling approach and trained to support those with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).