About me...

The relationship between therapist and client is one of the strongest predictors of successful therapy. Finding someone you feel comfortable with matters. I hope the pages of this website give you a sense of who I am, how I work, and whether we’re the right fit.

I believe healing begins when we feel genuinely seen, heard, and understood. While professional knowledge is an important part of therapy, I also believe that our life experiences shape the way we connect with others. My own journey has profoundly influenced not only who I am as a person, but also how I show up as a therapist.

Over the years, I have experienced significant health struggles, relationship and parenting difficulties, major life transitions, and periods of financial stress. Alongside these experiences, I have also known deep joy and fulfillment through motherhood, meaningful relationships with family and friends, volunteer work, and the opportunity to begin a new career later in life. Each chapter has strengthened my resilience, broadened my perspective, and reinforced my belief in our capacity to heal, grow, and find meaning, even in difficult circumstances. 

Living with significant health challenges has also given me a personal understanding of the uncertainty, grief, loss, and resilience that can accompany chronic illness and unexpected changes in life. While every person’s experience is unique, I know how isolating it can feel when life no longer unfolds as we had hoped, and how important it is to have someone who can sit alongside us with compassion rather than judgment.

Now in my fifth year of practice, I bring together my lived experience and my professional training as a Counselling Therapist to offer a compassionate, grounded, and trauma-informed approach to therapy. My goal is to create a space where you feel safe to explore your experiences openly, develop greater self-understanding and self-compassion, and discover your own strengths as you move toward a life that feels more authentic, meaningful, and hopeful.

I believe therapy is most effective when you feel safe, respected, heard, and genuinely understood. My role is to work alongside you with curiosity and compassion, without judgement, to help you understand yourself more deeply while supporting you in creating meaningful change. 

My approach is integrative, person-centered, and trauma-informed, grounded primarily in an existential-humanistic perspective. Rather than relying on a single therapeutic model, I draw from a range of evidence-informed approaches to meet your unique needs, recognizing that no two people or healing journeys are the same.

Together, we will explore how your past experiences may have influenced your emotions, relationships, beliefs, and patterns of coping. As your understanding grows, we can begin to process unresolved experiences, develop practical tools for navigating life’s challenges, strengthen self-compassion, and reconnect with the values and strengths that help you move forward.

Above all, I strive to create a therapeutic relationship where you feel accepted as you are, supported through life’s challenges, and empowered to create meaningful and lasting change at a pace that feels right for you.

I work with adults who are navigating the emotional impact of chronic illness, chronic pain, trauma, and significant life transitions. Whether these challenges have developed gradually or arrived unexpectedly, they can leave you feeling overwhelmed, disconnected from yourself, or uncertain about what comes next.

Some of the concerns I commonly support clients with include:

• Chronic illness, chronic pain, and disability
• Medical trauma and complex health diagnoses
• Childhood trauma, attachment wounds, and toxic relationships
• Anxiety, stress, burnout, and emotional overwhelm
• Grief, loss, and life transitions
• Self-esteem, identity, and finding meaning after difficult experiences

Many of the people I work with have spent years simply trying to get through each day. Therapy offers an opportunity to slow down, make sense of your experiences, and reconnect with your strengths, values, and the parts of yourself that may have been overshadowed by survival.

Whatever brings you to counselling, we’ll work together to better understand what has shaped your experience, develop practical strategies that support your well-being, and help you move toward a life that feels more authentic, balanced, and meaningful.

My passion is helping people reconnect with themselves after life’s experiences have pulled them away from who they truly are. I believe that healing is about more than reducing symptoms. It’s about discovering your strengths, reclaiming your voice, and creating a life that feels authentic, meaningful, and aligned with your values.