You already have what you need to heal.
My job is to help you access it.

Whatever you’re navigating, whether it’s anxiety that won’t let up, the aftermath of a difficult experience, or a transition that’s shaken your sense of self, you’ve already been finding ways to cope. Some of those ways are working. Some aren’t. Together, we figure out which is which and build from the strengths you already have.

My primary lens is Internal Family Systems. This model makes space for all the parts of you, including the ones that feel confusing or unwanted. Alongside that, I bring a genuine orientation toward compassion and curiosity. While I will challenge you when needed, those challenges are rooted in growth and possibility, never in shame. I also integrate other approaches, always in service of what best supports you rather than following a fixed protocol.

Primary Approach

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Internal Family Systems is a therapeutic model developed by Richard Schwartz that views the mind as naturally made up of multiple “parts”. Some parts protect you, some carry old pain, and some hold your creativity and calm.

IFS isn’t about pathologizing these parts. It’s about understanding them with curiosity rather than judgment. When we can approach our inner world with genuine interest, things begin to shift in meaningful ways. Including the parts of ourselves we don’t like very much and wish would go away.

What I find most useful about IFS is that it gives us a language for working with the different aspects of your experience. Rather than trying to eliminate “bad” feelings or push through, we get curious: what is this part trying to do? What does it need? Shifting our orientation from conflict to curiosity can lead to real change.

Orienting Value

A Compassionate Lens

Across everything I do, I bring a genuine orientation toward compassion. Self-criticism and shame are incredibly common among people who come to therapy, and they tend to make healing harder. We know that change tends to come more easily when we approach ourselves with compassion and curiosity, rather than blame or judgement.

Drawing on evidence-informed understanding of how our nervous system shapes our capacity for self-compassion, we can work together to understand why compassion can feel so difficult, and begin to build it in a way that’s honest and real. This isn’t a formal modality I apply, it’s my way of being in the room with you.

More Tools in the Room

I draw on these approaches as the work calls for them. But always in service of what you need, not a rigid protocol.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

A well-researched approach that examines the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Useful for specific patterns and practical skill-building.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

A mindfulness-based approach that helps you develop psychological flexibility. This approach involves learning to be present with difficult thoughts and feelings while moving toward what matters most to you.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

Originally developed for emotional dysregulation, DBT offers concrete skills for distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and positive relationships.

Flash Technique

A gentle approach for processing traumatic memories with minimal distress during the session. Particularly useful for clients who find traditional trauma processing overwhelming.

Rewind Technique

A non-intrusive method for treating trauma and phobias that allows processing of difficult memories without requiring detailed verbal recounting. This approach is especially useful for birth trauma.