You are wired to heal. The part of you that brought you here is the one that knows you have the capacity to change. My role is to activate that change process.

I hold the belief that we can start the healing from the get-go. I use moment-to-moment attunement to your experience in the room and what you are sharing to get to the emotions at the heart of it all. Sometimes this is with the words you are speaking, other times it is with noting the markers that indicate deeper unconscious level of your experience: a deep sigh, a flash of anger in your voice, a shift in your posture.

I get you past just analyzing your experiences and drop into your deeper emotional world. Once we’re there, I am with you processing your emotions to their completion.

Trauma is not just what you have experienced, it’s what you had to hold in the absence of an empathetic witness (I am paraphrasing Peter Levine here). What I hear most commonly when we go to these deep emotional places is how alone it felt for you. Together, you and me are the empathetic witnesses to your emotions that had to be suppressed, to your experiences, to past versions of you.

As we tune in to all of this, I get to see something incredible happen. You experience catharsis, relief, curiosity, play, pride, calm. You experience healing.

I want your therapy experience to feel authentic and practical. I am direct and tell you what I am thinking. I try not to mince my words and keep you accountable to your goals. I show empathy to the parts of you that fear, resist, or shut down in the face of change. I use evidence-based techniques and a touch of humour. Please see below for more details on the theoretical modalities and value systems that guide me.