Areas of Speciality

I am so honoured to bear witness for you as you take time for yourself. I know how hard it is to manage everything, let alone when a major change happens in your life. So, i’d like to meet your needs. As we work together, we put a plan in place and work on goals that help you get there. that makes therapy effective is regularly booked sessions, typically weekly or bi-weekly – this establishes rapport as well as a foundation for the work that is crucial for you to do at home, between sessions. Our time together can be anywhere from a single session, 6 sessions or as long as you need it – it is important to me that you get the support you are looking for! I trust that you already have the knowledge in place: You are the expert in your life. I follow your lead in the session. I am hear (spelling intentional) to offer you support and guidance during the session, as well as hold space for you in what you need to share.

Supportive Therapy for Women and the Transitions in Their Lives
As a therapist, i offer both psychotherapy and counselling. The distinction can be tricky to understand, so one way that helps is to see what it is you need support on. As a Registered Psychotherapist, it is beyond my scope to diagnosis and it is not something that impacts my ability to provide therapeutic guidance. I have been trained in different therapeutic modalities that are designed to support people with various concerns. For instance, i provide individualized psychotherapy for concerns like trauma, postpartum mood challenges, and ongoing challenges due to anxiety, depression, and the impact of trauma. Counselling is typically more short-term, and is a holistic support that does not rely as intentionally on the various therapy modalities. Themes that i typically support people on are their transition into parenthood and other rites of passage, sexual health and overall wellbeing, self-exploration and growth.

I know it’s a big step to seek therapy so I’m honoured that you are here. In my life, I see people struggle when faced with healing from trauma or in a new transition in their life: an overall feeling of an unfulfilled life, issues with reproductive health and adjustment as a parent, conflict between couples, and a lack of emotional regulation can really impact our overall well-being. As a psychotherapist, I have learned ways to help women cope with this adjustment, and have a wealth of tools and resources to help during this time. I have a deep commitment to support women as i believe it takes a village to help when we are going through these transitions and rites of passage.

Sometimes, we get stuck in judging ourselves and not feeling the happiness that is expected of us. I’m here to work with you through feelings of unhappiness or depression, low self-esteem or self-worth, anger that you have experienced and/or ‘mom guilt’ that you’re stuck feeling, times where you are especially low or irritable, negative body image, and creating a more intentional way of living. I specifically offer therapeutic support for your mental health, emotion-regulation, re-traumatizing triggers, and nervous system support from an intersectional Feminist lens.

As a Feminist Therapist, it’s important to me that we find ways to make time for all the parts of us that matter, and not just being a mom or parent. I also believe that issues can come up in any stage of life, and so I provide support to you regardless of what rite of passage you are in. Since i am so passionate about supporting women with their overall well-being and wellness, i started my practice to provide therapeutic support to help you live the life you love. For instance, some of the areas i focus on include supporting you with the transition into a new phase of life, struggles you have with this new identity as a parent, postpartum mood and adjustment concerns, body image issues, creating your own personalized self-care toolkit, as well as relationship/couple counselling. I am a trauma-focused psychotherapist as well, and this has been a big component for my work for over 25 years. While i mainly support people to heal from sexual violence, gender-based violence (especially intimate partner abuse or child abuse/developmental trauma), i believe trauma impacts us all in our own way. Trauma is anything that is too much and too big for you to bear or heal on your own.

While the focus of my work is on women and mothers/parents, i strongly believe that we are all valuable and being treating with respect is our birth rite. I work from an intersectional anti-racist anti-oppression lens and support anyone who identifies as a woman, trans, gender queer or non-binary people who are comfortable in woman-aligned spaces. I am sex worker and kink-positive and support people in any form a relationship takes, be it a cis-gendered, heterosexual relationship; single/sole parenting; same-sex couples, pansexual, polyamorous, or open relationships.

“You do not just wake up and become a butterfly, growth is a process” – Rupi Kaur

Therapy is a collaborative process between us, with you in the lead. As a therapist, i act as an anchor in that process. The path is the goal as much as where you end. One of the best indicators that tell you if therapy is helping is if you feel a rapport and connection with your therapist. Trust is an imperative part of the process, and i know how vulnerable it is to entrust ourselves in someone else. With that in mind, i work from a client-centred, relational and holistic place. I intentionally connect the mind*body*soul in my work, from a feminist perspective. As a trauma therapist, it is also important to be integrative in my approach, so that i can provide support that most meets your needs. So, besides this crucial part of building a therapeutic alliance together, i have learned several styles of therapy that can be very helpful:

Feminist Therapy
Narrative Therapy
Attachment-based via Dr. Neufeld’s Developmental approach
Somatic-based Therapy (Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Somatic Experiencing)
Parts Work (Internal Family Systems, Somatic Therapy and Jung’s Archetypes)
Polyvagal Theory-Informed
Mindfulness and Breathwork
Sex Therapy
Emotion-Focused Therapy
Expressive Arts Therapy

I currently provide individual therapy sessions to women, and support couples who are have experienced trauma. I focus on supporting you with healing from trauma, life transitions, and adjusting to life as a parent. I meet you where you are at and strongly believe that you are the expert in your life and we will work collaboratively together. I also provide single-session Birth Story Healing Support.

I see therapy as a good starting point to build a more balanced and fulfilled life for you, one that values a life with wellbeing. One of my favourite things to do with people is to build a self-care toolkit, so that you have the means to provide yourself with care on a regular basis. Speaking of resources, I created a worksheet to help you after a therapy session. It’s a great resource to summarize key points and ways you can continue to benefit from the therapy session even after it is done. If you want a free copy, click this link HERE.

Some of the specialties that i focus on are: