Areas of Practice
Every person's story is unique, and therapy should reflect that. Whether you're navigating anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma, major life transitions, or seeking personal growth, treatment is tailored to your individual needs, goals, and experiences. Explore the areas of practice below to learn more about how therapy can support your journey toward healing, resilience, and lasting change.
Primary Specialties
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Attachment Injuries & Childhood Trauma
Our earliest relationships shape how we experience safety, trust, connection, and our sense of self. When childhood or significant relationships are marked by inconsistency, neglect, conflict, or trauma, these experiences can continue to influence our emotions, relationships, self-worth, and nervous system well into adulthood. Therapy provides a safe, compassionate space to explore these experiences with curiosity and self-compassion. Drawing from attachment theory, EMDR, and somatic approaches, we'll work to process painful experiences, strengthen emotional regulation, and help you move beyond survival toward greater confidence, connection, and lasting healing.
You may benefit from therapy if you're experiencing:
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Anxiety or complex trauma (C-PTSD)
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Difficulty trusting or fear of abandonment
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Low self-esteem, self-criticism, or people-pleasing
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Emotional shutdown or difficulty with vulnerability
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Challenging relationship patterns
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Nervous system dysregulation or chronic stress
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Physical symptoms linked to trauma, such as tension, fatigue, or digestive issues
Anxiety
Anxiety can affect every aspect of life, showing up as persistent worry, racing thoughts, panic, perfectionism, physical tension, or a constant feeling of being on edge. Therapy provides a compassionate, non-judgmental space to understand the underlying causes of anxiety while developing practical tools to help you feel more calm, grounded, and in control. Drawing from person-centred, somatic, and polyvagal-informed approaches, we'll strengthen your nervous system's capacity for regulation so you can move beyond simply managing anxiety toward living with greater confidence, resilience, and ease.
Areas of focus include:
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Generalized anxiety and excessive worry
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Panic attacks and panic disorder
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Social anxiety, health anxiety, and specific phobias
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OCD and obsessive thoughts
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Overthinking and racing thoughts
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Perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and fear of failure
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People-pleasing and difficulty setting boundaries
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Relationship and separation anxiety
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Stress, burnout, and workplace or academic pressure
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Sleep difficulties and nervous system dysregulation
Life Transitions & Major Decisions
Life is full of transitions, and even positive changes can bring uncertainty and stress. Whether you're navigating a career change, relationship shifts, parenthood, grief, identity exploration, relocation, retirement, or another significant life event, therapy can provide a supportive space to process your experiences and move forward with greater clarity and confidence. Using a person-centred approach, I work collaboratively with you to explore your values, strengths, and goals while helping you navigate difficult emotions and uncertainty. Together, we can build self-awareness, develop effective coping strategies, and strengthen your confidence in making decisions that align with the life you want to create. My goal is to help you feel more grounded, empowered, and connected to yourself as you move through life's transitions with resilience and purpose.
Personal & Professional Development
Therapy is not only for navigating difficult times, it can also be a powerful space for personal and professional growth. Whether you're striving to build confidence, strengthen leadership skills, improve relationships, clarify your values, prevent burnout, or create a more meaningful and balanced life, therapy offers the opportunity for deeper self-awareness and intentional change. I provide a supportive environment where you can explore your goals, identify barriers, and build on your existing strengths. Drawing from somatic and polyvagal-informed perspectives, we can also explore how your nervous system influences your thoughts, emotions, decision-making, and performance, helping you cultivate greater resilience, authenticity, and confidence. Together, we will work toward helping you thrive—not just personally and professionally, but in a way that feels aligned with who you are and the life you want to create.
Relationships
The quality of your relationships is the single greatest predictor of health and longevity. For this reason, healthy, fulfilling relationships are one of the strongest contributors to our overall well-being, resilience, and life satisfaction. I am passionate about helping individuals and couples build conscious, connected, and thriving relationships grounded in authenticity, trust, and effective communication. Whether you are dating, preparing for marriage, navigating the complexities of a long-term partnership, working through separation or divorce, co-parenting, or wanting to strengthen your relationships with family, friends, or colleagues, therapy provides a supportive space to deepen self-awareness and create meaningful change. Using a person-centred, attachment-informed approach, I help clients better understand the patterns that shape their relationships, including the influence of early life experiences and attachment styles. I support you in developing greater emotional regulation, setting healthy boundaries, and learning more productive ways of communicating and resolve conflict. I work with individuals and couples of all backgrounds and relationship structures, supporting you in developing the insight, skills, and confidence to create relationships that are not only healthy, but deeply connected and fulfilling.
Stress & Burnout
Have you been stuck in a state of information overload and chronic overwhelm? Chronic stress and burnout can leave you feeling emotionally and physically exhausted, disconnected from yourself, and struggling to keep up with the demands of daily life. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed by work, caregiving, relationships, or the ongoing pressures of balancing multiple responsibilities, therapy can provide a space to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what matters most. Together, we will explore the factors contributing to your stress, identify unhelpful patterns, and develop practical strategies that support sustainable well-being. I tailor therapy to your unique experiences and goals while helping you better understand how chronic stress impacts your mind, body, and nervous system. Drawing from somatic and polyvagal-informed perspectives, we will work to increase your awareness of your body's signals, strengthen your capacity for regulation, and cultivate a greater sense of safety, balance, and resilience. Whether your goal is to prevent burnout, recover from it, or create a healthier relationship with work and life's demands, I am here to help you move from simply getting through each day to feeling more energized, connected, and fulfilled.
Other Areas of Practice
Addictions
Addictions often develop as ways of coping with emotional pain, stress, trauma, or unmet needs. Therapy focuses on understanding the root causes behind these behaviours while developing healthier ways to regulate emotions and build lasting resilience.
Health & Wellness
True wellbeing extends beyond physical health to include our emotional, mental, and relational wellbeing. Using a holistic approach, therapy supports sustainable habits that promote balance, resilience, and long-term health.
Relationship Issues
Healthy relationships are built on trust, communication, and emotional connection. Whether you're facing conflict, attachment challenges, or communication difficulties, therapy helps you develop healthier patterns and create more fulfilling relationships.
Trauma & PTSD
Traumatic experiences can continue to affect the mind, body, and relationships long after the event has passed. Using evidence-based approaches including EMDR, somatic therapy, and polyvagal-informed care, therapy helps process trauma, restore a sense of safety, and support lasting healing.
ADHD
ADHD can impact focus, organization, motivation, emotional regulation, and daily life, but it also comes with unique strengths. Together, we'll develop practical, strengths-based strategies that work with your brain, helping you build confidence, reduce overwhelm, and thrive.
Medical Preparation & Chronic Illness
Living with a health condition or preparing for a medical procedure can feel overwhelming. Therapy provides practical and emotional support for children and adults navigating chronic illness, medical interventions, pain management, and health-related anxiety.
Self-Esteem & Confidence
If self-doubt, perfectionism, or people-pleasing are holding you back, therapy can help you build a healthier relationship with yourself and boundaries with others. Together, we'll strengthen self-worth, confidence, and the ability to live authentically and in alignment with your values.
Women's Health
From fertility and pregnancy to birth, perimenopause, menopause, and other life transitions, women's health encompasses both physical and emotional wellbeing. Therapy offers a compassionate space to navigate these experiences, reconnect with yourself, and move forward with confidence and resilience.
Grief & Loss
Grief affects everyone differently and can bring sadness, anger, loneliness, guilt, or uncertainty. Therapy provides a compassionate space to process your loss, honour your experience, and reconnect with hope, meaning, and resilience.
Parenting Consultations
Parenting can be deeply rewarding and incredibly challenging. Consultations provide practical, evidence-based strategies to strengthen your attachment with your child, better understand behaviour, and foster connection, confidence, and emotional wellbeing at home.
Sex Therapy
Sex therapy provides a safe, respectful, and judgment-free space to explore intimacy, sexuality, and relationship concerns. Support is available for challenges with desire, communication, sexual functioning, infidelity, and navigating the impact of sexual trauma.
Complimentary Consultation
Finding the right therapist is an important part of the healing process. A complimentary 15-minute virtual consultation offers an opportunity to briefly discuss what brings you to therapy, ask questions, learn more about the therapeutic approach, and explore whether it feels like the right fit for your journey.
15-Minute Complimentary Consultation