Services
- Individual
- Couples
- Family
About My Clients
You've tried to be reasonable. And somehow you still walk away feeling like nobody actually heard you. That experience of being misunderstood is the thing that brings most of us to therapy. I work with adults and couples in Toronto who keep the peace, say yes when they mean no, and carry the frustration that nothing ever fully resolves. Clients work with me because they want to feel heard in a way they haven’t before, and to move past what keeps them stuck in conflict and overwhelm.
My Background and Approach
I use EMDR, Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR), somatic therapy, and IFS. These are approaches that work at the level of the nervous system, not just the story we tell about what happened. DBR is gentler than EMDR and often a better fit for people who are highly sensitive, autistic, or easily overwhelmed. The goal is not more insight. It is a different response the next time the trigger shows up.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I know what it feels like to tell someone something is wrong and be dismissed. I spent two years being told I was too young to be sick while a tumour grew in my chest. By the time I was diagnosed with blood cancer at 33, I had learned more about self-advocacy than I ever wanted to. That experience is a big part of what brought me to this work, and what I bring to it. I spent years in corporate environments where being efficient meant being given more until I eventually hit my limit. Learning how to set boundaries that actually hold changed the way I move through the world. That’s not separate from the clinical work. It’s part of it. My identity and lived experience as a mixed-race person also deeply inform how I show up as a therapist. I understand how painful it feels to be misunderstood, othered, or disconnected from a sense of belonging. My practice is affirming, inclusive, and welcoming to people of all backgrounds, cultures, identities, neurotypes, and relationship experiences.