(He/Him)
Registered Psychotherapist
RP, CTP Dipl, Hakomi
If you are reading this, a part of you, or many parts of you, may be wanting somethings in your life to be different. You might feel that life is just too hard, and that the same unwanted patterns keep repeating and you do not understand why. You might feel a whole range of emotions some of which you cannot even name, leaving you with the sense that you are not living the life you want to be living. And, you might not know what to do with any of these feelings or how to make your life different.
Your reasons for entering therapy will be deeply personal. It is true for all of us that how we live with our experiences and feelings can be the cause of a great deal of pain, confusion, and even anguish and grief.
Therapy can be an uncomfortable and challenging process at times. It can bring forward memories and feelings that were suppressed so you could keep functioning in life, and you might not want to experience them again. Even though that suppression was once necessary it might no longer serve the fullness of yourself and how you want to live now.
Therapy does not make your experiences disappear, but it can help you to understand them in fresh ways, opening you to new possibilities of being in the world. As your anxieties and unhappiness ease, a clearer and more empowered sense of yourself emerges, along with a new, more vitalized, and fulfilling way of being in your life.
Therapy does not make your experiences go away, but it can help you to understand them in a new way, opening you to new ways of being in the world. As your anxieties and unhappiness ease, a clearer and more empowered sense of yourself emerges, along with a new, more vitalized, and fulfilling way of being in your life.
The Process of Reclaiming Yourself
Something uncanny can happen to us in relationships throughout our lives. Our experiences can lead to us becoming less of who we are, and to become more of what others expect of us to be. Parts of us can feel lost entirely, but we can still feel their presence because they still live within you.
As we explore how some of this might have happened, something equally uncanny can occur. By learning how your accommodations to others may have affected your present, it also becomes possible to see how your life continues to evolve. As you integrate more of your natural self, your vitality, and your spontaneity begin to re-emerge.
My Therapeutic Approach
Hakomi Practice
As a Certified Hakomi Practitioner, I offer a mindfulness-based method of assisted self-study. Hakomi combines somatic awareness and experiential techniques to bring unconscious beliefs into conscious awareness. This experiential therapy focuses on present experience to reveal beliefs and habitual patterns that organize and shape how you experience life. The principles of Hakomi are grounded in the practice of Loving Presence.
*Certified Hakomi Practitioner
Personal Philosophy
Through my own therapy, I came to know that feeling truly heard and seen profoundly affected who I was and how I lived — something that I had not previously experienced in my life. I now understand what it means to speak to another person about pain and unhappiness from my past. I draw on these experiences when working with clients, listening with care, compassion, empathy and without judgment.
My approach also honors the spiritual dimension of being that some people embrace, recognizing that many find strength and meaning through connecting to something that feels greater than themselves, or, feel is a part of themselves. Whether through mindfulness practices, exploring existential questions, or acknowledging the sacred in everyday experiences, I create space for spiritual exploration as part of the therapeutic journey. While I deeply value the transformative potential of long-term work, I also recognize that shorter-term, approaches can be powerful and practical for many clients.
I offer structured brief therapy options that provide meaningful change and concrete tools within a limited timeframe, tailoring the therapeutic experience to match your unique needs and circumstances.
My approach honors the spiritual dimension of being that some people embrace. In recognizing that many find strength and meaning connecting to something that feels greater than themselves or feel is a part of themselves. Whether through mindfulness practices, exploring existential questions, or acknowledging the sacred in everyday experiences, I create space for spiritual exploration as part of the therapeutic journey. While I deeply value the transformative potential of long-term work, I also recognize that shorter-term approaches can be powerful and practical for many clients.
My academic background includes an Honours degree in Art History, and I am a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design – now OCADU. I completed extensive academic and supervised clinical training at the Centre for Training in Psychotherapy in Toronto. I also bring years of awareness and meditation practices to my work with clients.
If you feel ready, please contact me to arrange for an initial free consultation to discuss how therapy might support your ongoing life process and to discover what new, potential possibilities for you might be discovered.