I'm a social worker and psychotherapist who has been practicing since 2016. I live and work in Toronto/Tkaronto - the Dish with One Spoon Territory.​

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I have a background as a musician, editor, activist, group facilitator and peer counsellor.

 

Before beginning a private practice, I worked in counselling services at The 519 Community Centre, and was a social worker on an anti-poverty and harm reduction focused primary healthcare team at the Peterborough 360 Degree Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic. 

 

My current focus is on providing long-term psychotherapy in the areas of trauma and attachment. I work with individuals age 18 and older. My practice is completely virtual, and is open to clients living anywhere in Ontario. ​

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Wounding from psychological trauma and systemic oppression can show up in myriad ways: struggles with anxiety and depression, struggles with self-esteem, struggles in relationship, chronic stress, chronic pain, and more.

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In the face of these struggles, I seek to support each client's movement toward their own sense of greater wholeness, integrity and wellbeing. I'm trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment, which are trauma-focused, mindfulness-based approaches to psychotherapy. These approaches are quite different than traditional talk therapy. They centre each client's present-moment experience and see the body as a key source of wisdom and of transformation.​

 

I also aim to accompany clients in the spirit of solidarity: offering space to articulate how oppression and exploitation impact upon one's sense of self and sense of agency - and moving together toward increased connection to collective power and liberation. Principles and political frameworks that I aim to centre in my practice include anti-racism, abolition, harm reduction, decolonization and land back, disability justice, and sexual and gender liberation.