Feeling stuck in patterns of negative thoughts, emotions, or behaviours? These difficult patterns can be hard to shift on your own. I offer a supportive space to help you make sense of what’s happening to you inside of your self and in your relationships with others.  Together, we’ll explore what’s no longer working, what might be protecting you in ways that no longer serve you, and how to move toward greater clarity, flexibility, and emotional ease.

In my clinical practice with individuals, I work with adult clients who are facing difficulties with anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, addictions, and trauma. I also work with individuals dealing with complex medical conditions such as chronic pain, cancer and chronic illness.  I also work with individuals facing difficult life transitions or who are seeking deeper insight into their self and interested in reflecting on  existential questions and how these shape the way we live, relate, and make meaning.

In our first sessions together, we’ll collaboratively determine your goals for therapy.  I will ask you to complete evidence-based questionnaires to support me to understand the nature of your distress and support treatment planning.   I use an integrative, evidence-based approach that draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), mindfulness-based, psychodynamic, attachment, and existential interventions. My work is grounded in client-centred and attachment-based principles, and I approach therapy with a commitment to cultural humility. Having lived in multiple countries and speaking several languages, I bring a cross-cultural perspective to my work. I believe that being truly understood softens people. That sense of safety often opens the door to greater self-compassion, clearer choices, and a deeper desire for something better in life, relationships, and within themselves. As a therapist, I aim to be an honest, active partner in that process. I offer perspective, presence, and practical tools to help you navigate pain and move toward meaningful change.

In couples therapy,  I support couple partners to address a wide range of issues, including creating greater emotional, physical and sexual intimacy.  I also parters to deal with difficult relational moments by supporting them to improve their communication.  Couples are sometimes embedded in negative relational patterns as a result of difficulties being able to engage in vulnerable expressions of feelings and needs.   To promote more secure attachment, I support you to develop better emotional communication skills as these skills are at the core of building more secure bonds in couples.  I also work with couples to repair their relationships in the aftermath of infidelities, and other emotional injuries as a result of betrayals.  Dealing with issues related to finances, differences in standards, division of domestic labour, in-law difficulties, boundaries, and managing separateness and togetherness among other issues. I will also support you to problem-solve, learn how to negotiate needs and help you develop better ways to organize your domestic sphere.

In our initial session, I will meet with you and your partner to develop a list of problem areas to work on during our therapy together.  Following the individual session, I will use an evidence-based assessment protocol and a clinical interview to learn more about your self and relationship development based on your past experiences from childhood to adulthood. These individual sessions will allow me to understand what you bring from your past self and relationship development into your current difficulties in your couple relationship.  Often we bring to our current relationship what we’ve learned from our pasts in our relationships with others.

At the Centre for Interpersonal Relationships, I am completing a residency under the supervision of Drs. Dino Zuccarini, C.Psych., and Lila Hakim, C. Psych. I also hold an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Columbia University and an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from York University. I am currently in the final year of my PhD in Clinical Psychology at York University

My clinical training has included work in major hospitals, university clinics, and counselling centres.  Over the last year, I’ve worked at Sunnybrook’s Odette Cancer Centre, providing therapy and support to patients and their family members. I’ve also trained at Toronto General Hospital’s GoodHope Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Clinic and Transitional Pain Service, where I provided individual therapy as part of interdisciplinary teams. Earlier in my training, I completed practicum placements at York University Psychology Clinic, Columbia University’s Dean Hope Center for Educational and Psychological Services, and Lehman College’s counselling centre. In these settings, I provided individual therapy, co-facilitated group interventions, and supported individuals facing a range of emotional, relational, and medical challenges.

Academically, my research focuses on the intersection of mental and physical health. I’ve completed the Graduate Diploma in Health Psychology at York University, an advanced training program focused on the psychological aspects of health and illness. I am currently conducting dissertation research in the form of a qualitative study exploring the unique stories of individuals who have recovered from chronic pain, as well as those in the healing professions who have supported others through their recovery journeys. This work continues to shape the way I think about resilience, connection, and the mind-body relationship in therapy.

Outside of clinical work, I enjoy time with my family and have contributed to the development of various technology companies. These experiences have shaped my adaptability, creative problem-solving, and collaborative approach. I aim to bring these qualities into my clinical practice every day.