My goal as a therapist is to provide a safe, respectful therapeutic space for individuals and couples to safely explore their experiences as they travel on their healing journey. I am here to help people develop new tools and strategies, reconnect with themselves and start living the life they want to live again.

I have been working in mental health for over 30 years. I started out humbly in the shelter system in Ottawa where I grew from having baby teeth to adult teeth. I began learning about mental health, trauma, addiction, and intersectionality early in my career. I have worked at CMHA, The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, and private practice.

I am a highly trained couples therapist who used Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy as my main approaches. Relationships can be a source of joy and incredible stress and despair when not aligning together. Topics I can help with include communication, division of labour, deepening understanding and connection, intimacy, ENM, transitions, and values.

I enjoy working with individuals and couples who have concerns with PTSD, depression, anxiety, addictions, ASD, ADHD, grief and loss, relationships, care giving, parenting, transitions, and values.

I am committed to ongoing professional development and am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), and recently completed ADHD-CCSP training. For couples I use mostly Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy.

EMDR is my preferred treatment modality as it quickly relieves symptoms. For my work with couples, I use EFT and Gottman (Level 3)

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