My specialties:

I specialize in working with the 2SLGBTQIA+ population as well as neurodivergent folks.

I also help clients manage symptoms stemming from:

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Existential fear/dread

  • Low self-esteem/self-worth

  • Perfectionism

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My approach:

I work from a holistic framework, mixing Humanistic and Narrative lenses to support clients working towards the goals that are important to them.

I use this approach because it acknowledges the societal impacts on mental health and how a client’s context influences their relationship to the symptoms they experience.

To help with skills building, I often pull tools from Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

My values:

It is important to me to create a therapeutic environment that is welcoming for clients from marginalized backgrounds.

For me this means:

  • working within a intersectional, social justice-oriented framework

  • presuming the client’s competence as experts on their own life and experience of their symptoms

  • continuing to stay up-to-date on advances in 2SLGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and neurodivergent research

  • upholding the recommendations presented in the Autism Self-Advocacy Network’s white paper

  • challenging oppressive narratives and practices when they come up in sessions

  • maintaining a flexible mindset with the strategies and approaches offered because there is no “one right way” to do psychotherapy

I am happy to discuss any accommodations that will help make your therapy experience more helpful.

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If there is something that I can do to make your time in therapy more comfortable, please let me know.