My Approach
Feeling understood is essential in therapy. You deserve a space where you feel heard, respected, and supported. The connection between you and your therapist is one of the biggest factors in meaningful change. My goal is to create a space where you feel safe to explore, curious to grow, and empowered to move toward the life you want.
How I Approach Therapy
You deserve to feel seen, safe, and understood
At the heart of my work is a simple belief: people heal in environments where they are met with compassion, curiosity, and respect. You are not a problem to be fixed — you are a person with a story that makes sense.
Your experiences shaped you, but they do not define your future
Our patterns, coping strategies, and ways of moving through the world developed for reasons. When we explore those reasons with gentleness and honesty, new possibilities begin to open. Understanding becomes a doorway to choice.
Therapy should honor your pace, your autonomy, and your lived wisdom
You bring your history, your insight, and your resilience. I bring clinical training, grounding, and a commitment to safety. Together, we collaborate — not from a place of hierarchy, but from partnership.
Authenticity is a form of healing
Many people spend years masking, adapting, or surviving. Therapy can be a place to reconnect with the parts of yourself that have been overlooked, silenced, or misunderstood. I believe in creating a space where you can explore who you are beneath the expectations, pressures, and protective layers.
What Working Together Feels Like
Healing is possible — and it doesn’t require perfection
Growth is not about becoming someone new. It’s about becoming more fully yourself: grounded, connected, and aligned with what matters to you. My role is to support you as you untangle what hurts, reclaim what’s yours, and move toward a life that feels honest and whole.
Trauma‑Informed, Always
Safety is the foundation of all healing. I work gently, collaboratively, and at your pace — never pushing, never rushing. You get to choose what feels right for you, and your boundaries are always respected. My role is to create a space where your nervous system can finally exhale.
Compassion Over Judgment
I believe your patterns, reactions, and coping strategies make sense in the context of what you’ve lived through. Instead of pathologizing, I help you understand the “why” behind your experiences so you can move forward with clarity and self‑compassion.
Rooted in Lived Experience and Clinical Training
My work blends professional expertise with the insight that comes from navigating trauma, caregiving, military family life, and the long process of reclaiming my own voice. This combination allows me to meet you with both skill and genuine understanding.
Collaborative and Client‑Led
You are the expert on your life. I bring tools from EMDR, somatic approaches, parts work, and trauma‑informed modalities — but we decide together what feels supportive. Therapy is a partnership, not a hierarchy.
Affirming of Neurodivergence and Identity
I work from a neurodiversity‑affirming lens, honoring the ways ADHD, autism, and masking shape a person’s inner world. I support women who have spent years being “the strong one,” the caretaker, or the one who holds everything together, often at great personal cost.
Focused on Authenticity and Integration
Healing isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about reconnecting with the parts of yourself that were silenced, overlooked, or pushed aside. Together, we explore what feels true for you now and how to build a life that reflects your values, needs, and identity.
Telephone or Video Consultation
Choosing a therapist is an important and deeply personal decision. You deserve to work with someone who feels like a good fit — someone you can trust, feel safe with, and be yourself around. That’s why I offer a free 20‑minute initial consultation.
This conversation is a gentle, no‑pressure space where you can:
• Share what’s bringing you to therapy
• Ask questions about my approach
• Get a sense of what it feels like to talk with me
• Explore whether we’re the right match for the work you want to do
There’s no expectation to commit. My goal is simply to help you feel informed, supported, and empowered to choose the therapist who feels right for you — even if that isn’t me.
If we decide to move forward, we’ll take the next steps together at a pace that feels comfortable. And if not, I’m always happy to offer guidance or referrals to help you find the support you need.
You deserve a therapeutic relationship that feels safe, grounded, and aligned. This consultation is the first step toward creating that.
Sliding Scale, Payments, and Insurance
I reserve a limited number of sliding‑scale spots each month for clients without extended health benefits.
Many insurance plans cover counselling services. I do not offer direct billing at this time, except for Blue Cross Medavie. Please check with your provider to confirm whether my services are covered under your plan.
