My Approach
My approach to therapy is grounded, relational, and deeply human. At its core, I see therapy as a space where experiences that have been confusing, painful, or difficult to articulate can be named, explored, and better understood.
When something has language, it becomes less overwhelming and more workable. Once we see certain patterns or dynamics clearly, we can’t quite unsee them, and that awareness itself often becomes a catalyst for change.
I understand emotional distress not as something to eliminate, but as meaningful information. Painful emotions are signals: they often point to unmet needs, threatened values, attachment wounds, or parts of ourselves that learned to adapt under difficult circumstances. Rather than treating emotions as the problem, I help clients become curious about what those emotions are communicating and what they are asking for beneath the surface.
Areas of Focus
Anxiety, Depression & Emotional Overwhelm
Persistent worry, low mood, burnout, and feeling emotionally stuck.
Relationships & Communication
Navigating conflict, emotional disconnection, and patterns that repeat in close relationships.
Perfectionism, Shame & People-Pleasing
Harsh self-criticism, self-doubt, and feeling never good enough.
Attachment Wounds & Relational Trauma
Early experiences that continue to shape how you relate to yourself and others.
Identity, Belonging & Life Transitions
Periods of change, identity shifts, and questions of where you fit.
Meaning, Purpose & Existential Questions
Exploring values, direction, and how to live more authentically.
What You Can Expect
My work is primarily humanistic and experiential. I place strong emphasis on the therapeutic relationship, lived experience, and what is happening in the room between us. At the same time, I draw from multiple frameworks, including attachment theory, existential therapy, narrative therapy, cognitive-behavioural approaches, and somatic perspectives. These inform how I think about patterns, meaning-making, the body’s role in emotional experience, and how change unfolds over time. I don’t apply models rigidly. Instead, they serve as lenses that help us make sense of what you’re experiencing.
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Much of what shapes us operates automatically. We often relate, cope, and protect ourselves in ways that were once necessary, even if they no longer serve us. The path of least resistance is often to repeat what was modelled for us or what once kept us safe. Therapy offers an opportunity to slow these patterns down, understand where they came from, and consider whether different ways of being might better reflect who you are now.
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Change, in my view, is rarely about dramatic breakthroughs alone. More often, it unfolds gradually through reflection, practice, and the accumulation of small but meaningful shifts. Sessions matter, and so does what happens between them, as new awareness begins to influence daily life.
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My role is not to tell you who to be or how to live, but to support you in developing a clearer, more compassionate understanding of yourself and your relationships. From that place, choice becomes possible, and with choice, the possibility of living with greater intention, integrity, and connection.
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