Therapeutic Strategies

I utilize various modalities and the use of these depends on your desired outcome from therapy.

• Transactional Analysis: This is a modality which helps to understand your childhood, your relationships with parents and caregivers, additionally analyzing your most influential relationships from your past and present time.

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: This provides an opportunity to connect thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.

• Mindfulness Strategies: This provides learning opportunities to tune in to our environment with all our senses. This can look like figuring out strategies that help someone to be fully present in the moment, while limiting distractions.

• Gottman Couples Therapy Level 1: I support couples to work through various areas such as conflict, friendship, intimacy, and understanding each other’s lifelong goals together as a couple.

• Trauma-informed Approach: I have specialized training for childhood trauma and abuse, suicide training, and training to support individuals struggling with self-harm. I can use various strategies to support your individual needs.

I work with adults, teens, and couples who are navigating the messy, layered parts of life—with curiosity, honesty, and no pressure to have it all figured out. As a Canadian Certified Counsellor with 17 years of experience, I believe we are all innately good humans shaped by our life experiences and the people who have influenced us the most. My goal is to deeply understand your unique story, including moments of joy, sadness, loneliness, and strength.

I especially enjoy helping:

• Individuals seeking support for anxiety, low self-confidence, heartbreak, trauma, and big life transitions.

• Couples working through conflict, intimacy issues, and shared life goals.

• Youth navigating the challenges of adolescence.

• Anyone who has ever felt like they're struggling with love, dating, or romantic relationships.

If you’ve ever thought, "this shouldn't feel so hard," or "why can’t I just get it together?", you’re not alone. I use a trauma-informed, non-judgmental approach to help you figure out what fits you best.

Formal Education

Early Childhood Education Certificate Level 1

• Bow Valley College, 2013

Bachelor of Arts Degree

• St. Mary’s University, 2020

Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology

Yorkville University, 2024

Additional Training

• Gottman Couples Therapy Level 1

• Therapeutic Crisis Intervention training

• Trauma training

• Transactional Analysis training

• Brain Story Certificate

• Safe Talk Suicide Prevention training

• Mediation training

• Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA)

• Applied training with various developmental disorders (Autism, ADHD, FAS, etc.)