With wonder for the beauty of the human condition, I believe healing is a collaborative endeavour, and the therapeutic relationship is as important as the therapy itself. Because trauma is what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness, we will make room for your story, allowing space for your voice to move freely as the wisdom you hold within your body guides our time. I provide somatically-based psychotherapy for those who have been affected by the silencing narrative of trauma—First Responders, Military, Frontline Health Workers, Indigenous Peoples and those with experiences that are too much, too fast, and too soon.
Inspired by your own life perspectives and capacity to heal, my practice is collaboratively attuned, combining psychology, existential philosophy, and embodied improvisation with evidence-based practices—including Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, and the Tri-Phasic Trauma Model—to create a tailored approach for each story.
As a PhD candidate, my awarded scholarship explores how improvised intrapersonal embodiment may help those shaped by postmemory and intergenerational trauma author creative narratives that lead to a greater understanding and awe of self. As best practice, I maintain clinical hours and receive supervision at a Toronto Trauma Centre.
Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist, Clinical Traumatologist, Registered Yoga Teacher, and Somatic Experiencing International Member.
Master of Social Work, Clinical Social Work Master of Arts, Creative and Critical Writing Bachelor of Fine Arts, Music and Economics
Integrated Modalities: An unconditional approach to Person-Centered Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, Narrative Therapy, Rational Emotive and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-Sensitive Yoga, Art Therapy, and the Tri-Phasic Trauma Practice Model.
Areas of care: Trauma, Intergenerational and Developmental Trauma, Systemic and Dominant Ideological Oppression, Grief and Isolation, Anger and Addiction, First Responders and Veterans, Voice and Embodied Exploration, and Narrative and Meaning.
“If you can see what that one person has walked through, from their earliest time, from all their growing up time, through everything they wanted to believe in that didn’t believe in them, through everything that couldn’t last, through every heartbreak that got them to today, you would fall down on your knees in awe, and there would never be another stranger.”
— Stephen Jenkinson