Helping women to heal by being able to tell the story, the whole story.
I still remember the first time I started therapy. Nervous, unsure of what to expect, a little afraid of saying too much or not knowing what to say at all. I felt stuck in my head, disconnected from my body, and unsure how to move forward. Bless that young girls heart, she was trying so hard!
That was about twenty years ago. I've been in therapy on and off ever since, through relationship shifts, big internal changes, life flipping me upside down, the slow softening of an inner voice that used to be loud and unkind, and a growing awareness of how disconnected I'd been from my own body.
Therapy in many forms has shaped me. But the work that's impacted me most deeply has been body-based: getting into my body, learning how to talk to her, releasing what she'd been holding for years, working with the subconscious and the layers that words alone can't reach. That's the work that brought me back to myself, and created a relationship with myself I am proud of, and younger me would be too!
The longer I sit with clients, the clearer it is that insight is powerful but the body holds its own knowing. Real change tends to happen when the mind and the body work together, not separately. I'm still in the middle of my own healing too. There are always more layers, more conversations with my body to have, and honestly, I love that about it.
I work exclusively with women because I understand them most, I relate, and I feel deeply connected to the texture of their experiences. The ways we've been taught to abandon ourselves. The ways our bodies hold what we haven't been allowed to say out loud. Women are powerful and miraculous and deserve to be known, witnessed, and supported in the fullness of who they are.
I bring warmth, curiosity, and a good dose of realness. I'm bubbly and empathetic, but also grounded and deeply attuned. I'll meet you exactly where you are, human to human.
You don't have to have it all figured out. I sure didn't. You can cry, be confused, go quiet, or laugh in the middle of a hard conversation. I love a good laugh-cry. All of you is welcome here.
If something here resonates, I'd be honoured to connect.
I'm so glad you're here
"When we deny our instincts, we lose touch with our deepest selves"
-Clarissa Pinkola Estes
-Humber College- Child and Youth work
-Guelph-Humber University- Family and Community Social Services
-Yorkville University- Counselling Psychology
-Alive Academy- Holistic Nutrition
Credentials, Experience & Expertise
More than any course or certificate, my deepest training has come from doing this work in my own body and life for over a decade.
Depth & Somatic Modalities
-Brainspotting Phase 1 - Brainspotting Canada
-Integrative Somatic Parts Work, Phases 1–3 -The Embody Lab
-Foundations of Somatics - Somatic Institute for Women
-The Hakomi Method to Somatic Healing - Manuela Mischke-Reeds
-Compassionate Inquiry - Gabor Maté & Sat Dharam Kaur
-Somatic Psychedelic Facilitator (in progress) -The Embody Lab
-Clinical Hypnotherapy- DayBreak Therapy and Training (in progress)
-Focusing Oriented Therapy- Donna Steadman (in progress)
Supervision & Foundations
-The Ultimate Clinical Supervision Certificate Course
-Person-Centered Counselling - Kain Ramsay
-Death, Grief, Bereavement and Healing - Chris Sivewright
Holistic Nutrition & Body Applied Nutrition Diploma
-HTMA Analysis Course - Jensen Schoonover
-Master Your Minerals -Amanda Montalvo
-Reiki level 1 & 2 (not for therapeutic use)