I work with compassion and warmth to provide creative, effective mind & body tools to support people to find safety, healing and growth.

I am a social worker in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers (OCSWSSW) and a member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW). I have worked for over 20 years in direct-care and administration in health care and social service settings.

My approach is warm, facilitative and collaborative. I believe people have inner wisdom and resources, even though trauma, prolonged stress, pain or loss, can often make this wisdom difficult - or even impossible - to access. My role as a therapist is to create a framework where we can help explore, recover and access your inner wisdom.

My work is informed by trauma-informed, intersectional feminist, anti-oppressive, and harm reduction approaches along with neurobiological and polyvagal theory. I adapt a blend of therapeutic trainings & approaches to meet your needs, including:

• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Levels 1 & 2,

• EMDR,

• Trauma Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST),

• Mindfulness-based interventions,

• Relational psychotherapy,

• Family & eco-systems theory,

• and more.

I’m a person as well as a therapist, and I value being present, genuine and engaged in our work together. My own experiences of trauma, caregiving, parenting and breast-cancer treatment have shaped my understanding of how complex life can be. This informs my perspective—not because I expect our experiences to be the same.

I am passionate about incorporating concepts of mindfulness, non-violence, equity and social justice in my daily life and practice. I’m also concerned by the distance and hostility so prevalent between people right now and by how little room we sometimes find to hold space to care for our relationship to ourselves, one another and the lands and waters we live on.

Some of the resources that support me as a therapist and human include: messing around in the garden, supporting neighbours/friends in mapping out beautiful native plant gardens of their own; staying active with yoga and swimming; writing poetry; and the simple pleasure of sharing a meal or a cup of tea with family and friends.