After a chaotic transition into motherhood, I spent years in academia studying gender, families, and parenting. I had a deep desire to work with families one on one, so I got out of the classroom and began helping parents struggling with perinatal mood disorders feel okay again and assisting overwhelmed/exhausted families deepen resiliency to get through life’s challenging moments.
I’m known for bringing a mixture of kindness, humour, creativity, and unwavering care to every client. My practice is rooted in relational-cultural therapy and I draw from a wide variety of therapeutic modalities such as internal family systems and “parts” work, narrative therapy, accelerated resolution therapy (ART), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), brainspotting, and neuroscience strategies to offer unique support catered to your mental health needs.
My commitment to supporting parents extends to my work as the co-founder of Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Trainings and co-managing the student placement program at Perinatal Wellbeing Ontario. I have a reputation for eating cake for dinner, being a terrible speller, and for singing along too loudly.
My professional credentials:
• I’m working away at a PhD in Health Policy and Equity – stay tuned for updates about the research
• Registered Social Worker (RSW) in the Ontario College of Social Workers & Social Service Workers
• Master of Social Work (MSW) from Dalhousie University
• Master of Arts (M.A.) Sociology, Gender and Family focus, from York University
Additional Trainings and Certificates
• Accelerated Resolution Therapy from Rosenzweig Center for Rapid Recovery
• Brainspotting from Canadian Prairies Institute for Midbrain Therapies
• Relational Cultural Theory Certificate from Behavioral Care Institute
• Indigenous Cultural Competency and Safety Training Certificate from Bear Waters Gathering
• Internal Family Systems Certificate from PESI
• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Training from PESI
• Neuroscience: Bring the Brain into Therapy Certificate from PESI
• EMDR Trained, from Niagara Stress & Trauma Clinic
• Clinical Social Work Supervision Certificate from The University of Calgary
• Online Counseling Skills Certificate from The University of Toronto
• Advanced Counseling Certificate from Dalhousie University
• Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) from the Coaches Training Institute