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I am a Registered Psychotherapist supporting adults (21+) across Ontario, Canada, with many clients navigating high-pressure roles and significant responsibility. My clinical work is informed by over three decades of experience leading complex, high-responsibility systems, teams, and community-based organizations.

I offer therapy for adults experiencing anxiety, trauma, burnout, depression, grief, identity and relationship challenges, life transitions, and feelings of overwhelm or disconnection, including people navigating high-pressure leadership, entrepreneurial, caregiving, and other demanding roles. I also support neurodiverse adults, including those who are Autistic or living with ADHD, those who are self-identified or late-diagnosed, and those who may not have a formal diagnosis but recognize similar patterns in their experiences, as well as people living with disability or chronic stress.

Many of the people I work with are managing significant internal and external demands—personally, professionally, or in care-based roles—and are looking for steadier, more sustainable ways to live, work, and relate to themselves and others. In 2008, I founded Recreational Respite, a national organization supporting neurodiverse individuals, people with disabilities, and those experiencing mental health challenges. I led its growth into a large, national organization supporting community participation, inclusion, and wellbeing through a team of over 200 recreation therapists and staff. This experience continues to shape how I understand access, systems, and the conditions that support meaningful participation in everyday life.

My approach is collaborative, strengths-based, neurodiversity-affirming, and grounded in the understanding that wellbeing is shaped by both personal experience and the environments we live and work within. Therapy is collaborative and guided by your pace and goals. We work together to understand what’s feeling heavy or stuck, and to support more clarity, balance, and steadiness in your day-to-day life. I draw on a range of evidence-based and trauma-informed and trauma focused approaches, including Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) + EMDR R-TEP (EMDR Recent Traumatic Episode Protocol) and EMDR G-TEP (EMDR Group Traumatic Episode Protocol) + EMDR Performance Enhancement Psychology Protocol (EMDR-PEP), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), solution-focused, Strengths-based therapy, narrative therapy, mindfulness-based approaches, and expressive arts practices.

I hold a BA (Hons.) in Disability Studies from Toronto Metropolitan University and an MA in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University. I am a Registered Psychotherapist in good standing and independent practice, with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) and a member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA).

I support adults who may be experiencing stress, anxiety, and burnout related to work, caregiving, life transitions, or ongoing emotional and cognitive overload. Many clients come to therapy feeling depleted, stuck in cycles of over-responsibility, or disconnected from their capacity and needs. Together, we can explore patterns of pressure, overwhelm, and self-expectation, and begin to identify what is contributing to exhaustion or anxiety in daily life. Therapy focuses on creating more steadiness, clarity, and regulation, while supporting practical and emotional shifts that feel sustainable.

I work with adults navigating a wide range of mental health concerns, including anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, and ongoing feelings of overwhelm or disconnection. Some clients arrive with a clear diagnosis, while others are trying to understand what they are experiencing without formal labels. Our work is collaborative and paced to your needs, with attention to both internal experience and external stressors. Therapy provides space to make sense of what you are feeling and to build greater stability, insight, and support.

I support individuals who have experienced trauma, including relational trauma, developmental experiences, workplace or systemic trauma, and events that have shaped how they relate to themselves and others. Trauma can show up as anxiety, shutdown, emotional intensity, or difficulty feeling safe, connected, or grounded in daily life. Therapy is paced carefully and collaboratively, with a focus on safety, consent, and nervous system awareness. Together, we work toward processing difficult experiences in a way that supports integration rather than overwhelm.

I work with grief in all its forms, including bereavement, ambiguous loss, identity-related grief, and the grief that can accompany life transitions or unmet expectations. Grief often coexists with anxiety, exhaustion, and disconnection, especially when life continues while internal experiences feel paused or altered. In therapy, there is space to honour what has been lost while also making room for what is continuing to change. We move at your pace, supporting both expression and integration over time.

I support helpers, leaders, entrepreneurs, and other individuals in high-responsibility roles who are navigating sustained pressure, decision-making load, and emotional responsibility for others. Many clients in this area are managing burnout, identity shifts, or a growing sense that their current way of working is no longer sustainable. Our work focuses on understanding the relationship between responsibility, capacity, values, and wellbeing, and on creating more aligned and workable ways of living and leading. Therapy offers space to step out of constant output and reconnect with steadiness, clarity, and internal grounding.