1. What do you love about your profession?
The opportunity to get to really know people, form meaningful connections, and journey with people through many different life situations.
2. Why did you become a therapist?
I was always drawn to the profession, initially studying psychology as anundergraduate and I enjoy learning about other people through meaningful conversations and relationships. I am a lifelong learner, and have learned many things about myself from clients.
3. Do you have any additional, specialized training or area of focus as a therapist that people might want to know about?
In my work with clients, I am particularly interested in getting to the root issue(s) rather than working solely with symptoms. Much of my experience is in children’s mental health: early years development, attachment relationships and developmental trauma. This resulted in me doing a lot of family / parent work and individual work with teens.
I have a formal training and practice in the following modalities: Psychodynamic Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Family Therapy, Trauma Treatment, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (an attachment-based parent-child approach), Circle of Security Parenting (COS-P); Dialectic Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Brief and Solution-Focused Therapy, Reflective Family Play, ParentChild Interaction Therapy, Parenting.
I also incorporate neuroscience-based approaches, psychoeducation, meditation and mindfulness into therapy sessions. As a certified Yoga Instructor (YTT 200), I incorporate yoga philosophy, somatic and breath work into sessions when beneficial.
4. If you weren’t a therapist, what would you be?
I would be doing something creative in one of the following fields: Music or visual arts- musician, sculptor, painter or fashion designer.
5. Tell us one thing you are passionate about outside of your work 🙂
I am passionate about my family and have 4 adult children and recently became a grandmother. I enjoy golfing, gardening and cooking.
6. Favourite Food:
I enjoy cooking and almost all food, but wild blueberries take me back to my childhood, picking blueberries in the woods behind the cottage and making blueberry pancakes or pie. Recently, I have become more interested in a plant-based diet and am experimenting with recipes involving grains, fruits and vegetables.