As a Registered Psychotherapist, I provide psychotherapy to those who are experiencing mild, moderate or severe, struggle and distress in their lives. I work from a perspective that is trauma-informed, and when relevant, trauma-focused.
The list of reasons our lives can feel disrupted and destabilized is endless. Sometimes people are able to identify a particular event or experience that’s responsible for their struggle. And sometimes they can’t pinpoint anything in particular.
The following (not listed in any particular order) are a few of my areas of interest and expertise:
- Ongoing issues stemming from trauma, adversity and displacement in childhood.
- Early attachment and its impact on development, and on sense of self, security and relationships in adulthood.
- The Core Narrative and how this is shaped by how early experiences are internalized.
- Negotiating the oftentimes tricky terrain of life as a HSP (Highly Sensitive Person).
- Wounded healers.
- Dissociation, depersonalization, personal dis-integration, and ‘psychosis’, as can occur in response to traumatic experience.
- Existential despair, i.e. feeling lost or adrift in life, difficulty feeling a sense of meaning & purpose in life.
- Intersectionality, 2SLGBTQIA+, trauma and adversity related to multiple marginalizations, epistemic injustice, institutional and systemic discrimination and disadvantage.
- Challenges related to not realizing one’s potential.
- Difficult life transitions, life endings, e.g. retirement, relationship endings.
- The Mother Wound.
- Workplace traumas, bullying at work, harassment and discrimination in the workplace, constructive dismissal, psychologically unsafe workplaces, workplace psychological violence, unanticipated job loss/end.
- First responder trauma.
- Challenges stemming from what has been identified as attentional and/or autism spectrum disorders.
- Support and health education for those who are withdrawing from psychiatric drugs.
- And, many people come to me when they’ve exhausted options provided by mainstream mental health care.
I’m registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. I’m a Board Member with the International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal. I’m an approved provider with the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Program and the Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program (IRS RHSP).
I believe most people share a fundamental desire to experience a greater sense of wellbeing. I’m convinced this is available to all people. The journey to wellbeing can start with an exploratory conversation that is guided by a compassionate heart and an open mind.