What To Expect

This being human is not easy. Therapy provides a non-judgemental safe and supportive space to address these challenges and to cultivate skillful habits to reduce suffering.

 

With over 16 years of experience in providing mental health treatment to children, youth, and their families, I can help with a wide range of mental health challenges.

 

My approach is client-centered that focuses on your strengths and goals. Sessions often involve a variety of experiential tools like art to make connections and lasting change.

 

Art can be used as a form of communication and self-expression to explore intense emotions, without relying on words. In therapy, art-based activities use many parts of the brain, promoting healing and encouraging whole-brain connections.

 

I use an integrated approach to counselling and therapy that draws upon evidence-based psychotherapy modalities which include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Exposure Therapy, Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Narrative Therapy and Solution-focused Therapy.

 

Mindful awareness is used in sessions to understand how our past shapes how we perceive and make sense of the world. By bringing gentle awareness to how we engage with that world, creates opportunities to make powerful changes. Understanding the mind-body connection can help overcome reactivity, avoidance, reduce distressing symptoms, and build tolerance and resiliency. It is an amazing feeling getting out of our heads and connecting with the world around us.

 

Whether you are looking to heal a part of you, to develop mindful ways of experiencing more joy and ease in your day-to-day, or if you are seeking to go beyond your past self and thrive, I am here to help you in your journey.