PSYCHOTHERAPY
We all carry an internal map of ourselves, other people, and the world around us. This map develops early in life through our relationships and experiences, and it shapes how we interpret situations, respond to others, and make sense of ourselves.
You may find yourself feeling deeply unworthy, expecting abandonment, struggling to trust others, or believing that your needs will never be met. Even when you know these beliefs are not fully true, they can still feel emotionally real. Often, this is because they became part of how you learned to navigate the world.
In therapy, we bring these unconscious patterns into awareness with curiosity and compassion. Rather than asking “What is wrong with you?” we explore “What happened, and how did you adapt?”
Together, we look at the beliefs, emotions, and survival strategies that may once have been necessary but no longer serve you. As you begin to understand these patterns more clearly, there is more room for flexibility, choice, and new ways of relating to yourself and others.
Through the safety of the therapeutic relationship, we can process painful experiences, reconnect with parts of yourself that may have been hidden or disconnected, and build a more grounded, authentic way of living.
Let everything happen to you
Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is final
― Rainer Maria Rilke
ABOUT ME
We are not broken, just stuck. The ways we learned to cope with pain, fear, and disconnection often make sense in the context of what we’ve lived through. At one point, these patterns helped us survive. Over time, they can begin to keep us caught in the same painful cycles.
My approach is attachment-based, trauma-informed, and grounded in emotional regulation and experiential integration. I believe healing begins when we bring mindful compassion to the parts of ourselves that feel most difficult, overwhelming, or unwanted.
Compassion means working with ourselves rather than against ourselves. It means learning to approach life not simply as a problem to solve, but as an experience to move through with greater awareness, flexibility, and connection.
I have a Master's Degree in Counselling from the University of Ottawa. I am a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO).
FEE
Psychotherapy sessions are $190 per 50-minute session. Services are covered by most extended health plans. Please check directly with your provider to confirm whether Registered Psychotherapists are covered under your policy.
If you are an Ontario resident, you may be able to claim the cost of non-reimbursed psychotherapy services as a medical expense on your income tax return.
Direct billing is available for most insurance providers.
TREATMENT APPROACH
The NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) addresses Complex Trauma (C-PTSD), including attachment, relational and developmental trauma, by working with adaptive patterns that reflect unconscious patterns of disconnection that impact our identity, emotions, physiology, behavior and relationships. NARM integrates a body-centered and psychodynamic approach, within a context of interpersonal neurobiology, grounded in mindfulness and a phenomenological approach to addressing identity and consciousness of self. NARM offers a comprehensive theoretical and clinical model for the resolution of Adverse Childhood Experiences and C-PTSD. NARM offers a framework for post-traumatic growth by supporting increased resiliency, greater health outcomes, healthier relationships, personal growth and social change.
You may feel discouraged by the idea of changing patterns that have been with you for years. But change is possible. Thanks to neuroplasticity, the brain has the capacity to adapt, grow, and form new pathways throughout life.
There is a saying in neuroscience: “neurons that fire together wire together.” The more we practice new ways of relating to ourselves and others, the more those ways begin to feel natural. Over time, profound change can happen as we continue strengthening these new pathways.
This Too Shall Pass
CONTACT
Finding the right therapist is important, as a strong therapeutic relationship is essential for meaningful therapy. This process often takes research, patience, and intuition.
Your research and patience have brought you here. The next step is to check in with your intuition.
I encourage you to schedule a phone consultation if you are considering working with me. This gives us an opportunity to get a sense of whether we are the right fit for one another.