Therapeutic Approaches
& Perspectives
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor, RCC (#23200),
who has completed a Master of Counselling Psychology
from City University.
I work from an attachment-based, relational lens, exploring how experiences throughout your life shape the way you show up in intimacy, family dynamics, friendships, parenting, and professional relationships. Therapy becomes a space to understand and transform the patterns
that repeat across your life.
When working together, an integrative approach is applied to each client's case, drawing upon various modalities and training. Therapy approaches I may utilize are:
Attachment Theory
Internal Family Systems
Psychodynamic Theory
Mindfulness Approaches
Existential Theory
You may also notice me weaving in my 10+ years of experience working as a clinical hypnotherapist
and yoga/meditation teacher.
Therapy with me is a holistic, collaborative journey.
A space to understand yourself more deeply, explore relational wounds, and create the connections and life you truly want.
We Might Be A Good Fit If....
You often feel on the outside, even in rooms full of people.
You long for connection, yet feel different, misunderstood, or unseen.
You notice yourself repeating the same patterns and wondering why connection seems easier for everyone else.
You might quietly ask yourself:
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Why do I feel different?
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Why can’t I connect the way I want to?
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Why do I keep ending up alone or drawn to the same dynamics?
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Why does it feel like something is wrong with me?
These experiences are not personal failings.
They often reflect early attachment experiences that continue to shape how
you relate to others and yourself.
Therapy provides a space to explore these patterns,
understand their origin, and begin transforming them,
whether in romantic partnerships, friendships, family, parenting, or professional relationships.
Couples Therapy
Couples and relationship therapy is not just about resolving conflict or communication issues; it’s about understanding the deeper patterns that shape how you connect, communicate, and feel seen by your partner.
Therapy provides a safe space to explore relational dynamics, attachment styles, unmet needs, and repeated patterns that impact intimacy and trust.
Common Couples Therapy Concerns
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Frequent arguments or escalating conflict
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Feeling unheard, misunderstood, or dismissed
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Difficulty resolving disagreements
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Feeling stuck in the same argument
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Feeling more like roommates than partners
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Growing apart over time
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Mismatched desire or libido differences
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Infidelity or breaches of trust
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Pregnancy, postpartum, and new parenthood
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Clarifying shared values and long-term goals
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Issues with communication
Sex Therapy
Intimacy can feel confusing, frustrating, or even inaccessible.
You may notice patterns in your sexual or romantic life that leave you feeling disconnected, anxious, or unfulfilled. Perhaps you struggle to express your desires, feel shame or inhibition, or find yourself drawn to the same type of partner over and over.
Sex and intimacy are deeply relational, shaped by attachment, trauma, and your sense of safety with others and yourself.
I work to explore the relational and attachment-based roots of these challenges and support healing and authentic sexual connection.
Common Sex Therapy Concerns:
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Sexual desire or libido differences between partners
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Erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, or orgasm difficulties
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Difficulty expressing sexual needs or desires
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Sexual trauma or abuse impacting intimacy
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Anxiety or flashbacks during sexual activity
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Struggling with sexual self-esteem or body image
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Desire to understand personal sexual boundaries and preferences
Attachment & Relational Therapy
Patterns in relationships - romantic, family, friendships, work or one's relationship with self are often shaped by early attachment experiences.
Conflict, avoidance, enmeshment, and repeated relational dynamics can leave you feeling frustrated, misunderstood, or disconnected.
Therapy helps you uncover these patterns and explore healthier ways to connect with yourself and others.
Grief & Loss
Grief can arise from the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, or the loss of a life you once imagined. It can also take the form of living loss, changes in health, identity, family dynamics, career transitions, or the gradual loss of aspects of self, potential, or belonging.
Loss is not only something we experience when someone dies; it can emerge whenever something meaningful shifts or disappears.
Many people carry unprocessed grief that quietly shapes their relationships, self-worth, and ability to engage fully in life.
In therapy, we approach grief as a natural, complex, and deeply human experience.
Together, we create space to:
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Process emotions connected to death and other forms of loss, past or present
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Navigate life transitions and the evolving sense of self
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Grieve parts of yourself that feel lost, silenced, or changed
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Reconnect with meaning, purpose, and personal values
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Cultivate resilience and a renewed capacity for connection and engagement in life
Integrating Childhood Experiences
Our early experiences shape much of how we see ourselves, relate to others, and navigate life.
Childhood wounds, relational patterns, and unmet needs often continue to influence our present-day relationships, self-esteem, and emotional well-being.
Therapy provides a space to explore these formative experiences, uncover unconscious patterns, and understand how they impact your current choices and connections.
EMDR + Trauma
Many struggles, relational anxiety, repeated patterns or emotional disconnection are rooted in developmental trauma. EMDR helps process and integrate these experiences, reducing their influence on your present life.
Trauma work combined with depth psychotherapy supports emotional resilience, secure connection, and self-understanding.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a powerful, evidence-based approach for working with these kinds of experiences. It helps you process and integrate traumatic memories, release the emotional charge they carry, and reduce the ways these early experiences continue to shape your present-day relationships and sense of self.
In therapy, trauma work is always relational. Healing happens not only through the techniques themselves, but through the safe, attuned connection you experience in the therapeutic relationship.
Over time, EMDR combined with depth psychotherapy and relational exploration allows you to:
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Understand and transform the patterns that repeat across your relationships
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Cultivate a sense of safety, trust, and emotional resilience
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Reconnect with your authentic self and sense of agency
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Experience intimacy and connection in healthier, more fulfilling ways
Identity & Existential Work
Many of the people I work with feel disconnected from their own lives, like they aren’t living the life they imagined, or that something essential is missing.
You may wonder who you truly are, what you want, or how to feel aligned with your values and purpose.
These questions often emerge during identity shifts, major life transitions and stepping into new chapters such as pregnancy, parenthood, marriage, partnership, career changes, separation, relocation, or other pivotal turning points.
Even positive transitions can bring unexpected uncertainty, grief, or a loss of familiar parts of self.
Therapy provides a space to explore these shifts, to make sense of who you have been, who you are becoming, and how to move forward in a way that feels authentic and aligned.