Registered Psychotherapist
RP, CTP Dipl
You may be wondering why you seem to repeat certain patterns, or you might notice that you tend to distract yourself when certain emotions come up… and if you’re here browsing therapists, perhaps you’ve also realized how these coping mechanisms are catching up with you, and impacting your relationships, and how you feel day to day. Therapy is a place to reflect on the impact of life’s circumstances, your choices, your relationships, how they’ve impacted and shaped who and how you are, and the ways they are/are not working for you.. A place to recalibrate your nervous system. A place to explore your feelings with the support of someone who has done their work and will be with you as you do yours, posing questions and making observations. A place to learn how to respond to your life instead of react; to build self-awareness, to take accountability; and to reclaim your narrative in order to access deeper connection and creativity so you can get more out of life.
People often come to therapy sensing that something feels stuck, unclear, or out of rhythm in their lives or relationships, even if they can’t fully name what it is yet.
I work with curiosity and care, paying attention to what is said and what is harder to name. I’m interested in patterns, relationships, emotional experience, and the quieter signals that often get overlooked.
My background as a painter and yoga teacher continues to shape how I listen. I pay attention not only to words, but to tone, pacing, sensation, and the subtler ways experience shows itself, so that our work is collaborative. We begin with your history and what brings you in, and over time the focus shifts toward what is most present for you in the moment.
I approach therapy with curiosity, warmth, and the belief that meaningful change begins with understanding. Together, we’ll explore not only what is happening in your life today, but also the experiences, relationships, and patterns that have shaped how you relate to yourself and others.
My work is informed by psychodynamic, attachment-based, and trauma-informed approaches. In practice, this means helping you make connections between past and present, uncover recurring patterns, and better understand the emotional and relational forces influencing your life. Sometimes this involves exploring deeper questions about identity, meaning, and relationships. Other times it means developing practical tools to help you feel more grounded and navigate life’s challenges more effectively.
Clients often tell me they feel comfortable opening up, emotionally supported, and understood. They appreciate that our sessions can hold both depth and lightness. While therapy often involves difficult conversations, I believe humour has an important place in the process, and that moments of laughter can be just as healing as moments of insight.
People often grow best when they feel both supported and gently challenged. Rather than telling you who to be or what to do, I’ll help you develop a deeper understanding of yourself, take responsibility for the parts that are yours to own, and cultivate greater compassion for the parts that are still learning and growing.
Whether working with individuals or couples, the intention is to help people find their way back to themselves and to one another, creating more honest, connected, and meaningful relationships.
Before becoming a psychotherapist, I was a painter and a yoga teacher. I majored in Drawing & Painting at OCAD University, where I completed my Bachelor of Fine Arts and explored the layered, often messy experience of being human. My final thesis year was especially raw and heart-opening, and it was during that time that I began my own therapy and leaned more deeply into yoga and meditation as ways to process and stay close to what was unfolding in me.
I trained for seven years at The Centre for Training in Psychotherapy in psychodynamic psychotherapy. I’ve also been in my own therapy throughout, and continue to be.
I continue to deepen my work through advanced study in Trauma with Dr. Janina Fisher, and Couples Therapy with Dr. Stan Tatkin through the PACT Institute. These approaches shape how I think about attachment, the nervous system, and how relationships can become places where different threads of experience are strained and repaired. They sit alongside my psychodynamic training and inform how I listen in the room.
What draws me in most are moments of real contact—when someone begins to see a long-standing pattern with new clarity, softens toward themselves, or finds a different way of being with someone they love. These moments are subtle, but quietly transformative.
Across both Buddhism and Yoga there is a simple idea: much of our suffering comes from turning away from what is already here, through resistance or denial. In therapy, we gently turn back toward experience with openness, curiosity, courage, and compassion, coming into fuller contact with our past, our circumstances, and ourselves.
What emerges is something like a tapestry—experience gradually woven together with greater awareness, and a greater capacity to stay with what is there.
Beginning therapy can feel vulnerable. Whether this is your first experience or you’ve worked with a therapist before, finding the right fit matters more than the modality or how much experience the therapist has.
I invite you to email me for a 30-minute complimentary consultation where we can discuss what brings you to therapy, what you’re hoping for, and whether working together feels like a good match. This is also an opportunity for you to ask questions and get a sense of what it feels like to talk to me.
I currently offer virtual psychotherapy for Individuals & Couples across Canada.
Taking the first step does not require certainty, it simply requires curiosity and a willingness to begin.
Individual Therapy / $160 per 50-min session or $240 per 75-min sessionCouples Therapy / $350 per 2-hr session
www.theartofpsychotherapy.ca