Welcome, I’m glad you’re here. If you are reading this, you are considering making a change in your life. Change can be scary. I want to celebrate your strength that brought you to this powerful, and perhaps daunting, first step on your path to self-discovery and growth. Whatever pain and suffering you have endured; you no longer have to it face alone. I want to honor your courage by committing to co-creating and nurturing a non-judgemental space where you feel physically and psychologically safe, seen, and valued. Once we have built a trusting relationship, we can begin to explore the patterns of emotions, thoughts, and behaviours that are negatively impacting your life. In my collaborative approach to therapy, you are the expert on your life; my role, through my knowledge of therapeutic processes is to support, encourage, and travel alongside you on your journey.

I provide counselling to adults of all ages and work with all forms of diversity, including, but not limited to minority groups, 2SLGBTQI+, neurodiverse communities, and people in non-monogamous relationships. I work with clients who are navigating experiences of recent and historical trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and relationship and/or interpersonal challenges.

In the first session, with respectful curiosity, I will invite you to describe what has brought you to seek help and what changes you’d like to make. Together we will explore past experiences and relationships to understand how you arrived to your present, and to help clarify goals and solutions to work toward the future you envision. Additionally, a thorough evidence-based assessment will be incorporated into the beginning of therapy to help further conceptualize and monitor your unique lived experience.

I believe in an integrative approach to therapy, which allows me to tailor my therapeutic style to best fit you and your goals. My integrative approach is guided by humanistic, attachment-based, experiential, and trauma-informed perspectives. I draw from multiple therapies including emotion-focused, cognitive-behavioral, narrative, parts-based, and somatic models. Building on my initial career as a neuroscientist, I recognize that all aspects of mental health start with the brain, whose intrinsic plasticity supports an almost limitless potential for positive, adaptive change. I believe that therapeutic processes are enhanced when delivered in a way that incorporate and are firmly grounded in our biology. From these perspectives, I encourage reconnection with ourselves and others through the promotion of healthy, secure attachments, resiliency, flexibility, and a positive, authentic self-image. This is your journey, and ultimately you will decide, with my support and encouragement, on the course that best supports your needs at this time. I am in the final phase of completing my Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University. Starting January 2025, I will be working as a counsellor at the Centre for Interpersonal Relationships (St. Catharines) under the supervision of Whitney Reinhart M.A., R.P.  I hold a Doctorate in Neuroscience from the Oregon Health and Sciences University and have been involved the neuroscience field for 20 years. Notably, I have over a decade of experience supporting children who have physical and mental disabilities, offering solutions that address their specific needs.