Before our initial session, we will ask you to submit an intake questionnaire and a consent form. The first session is an opportunity to gather information. We will discuss some intake questions, go over expectations, explore the reason(s) that brought you to therapy, and begin to formulate your counselling goals. If the services are for a child under 15 years, typically only parents attend the initial assessment session.

This depends on so much. Together we will work towards emotional healing by discussing, the impacts of painful life experiences, strong emotions and coping skills, and ways to build on existing strengths. Therapy is an individualized service that seeks to meet your needs. Individuals may come in focused on one specific goal to treat, while other are unsure of what they need, and may prefer a longer term-more relational approach to therapy. My practice is client centered, and we are committed to providing you with a safe, supportive, and confidential environment for counselling services.

Psychotherapy, counselling, or talk therapy, is a way to help you with a broad variety of mental and emotional difficulties. Feeling nervous or anxious about therapy is normal. Try to trust the process because if you put in the time and work to learn new ways to cope, therapy will often provide relief and can help eliminate or control troubling symptoms so you can feel better.

I am a registered social worker and psychotherapist in Ontario practicing for over 17 years. I have been approved to practice psychotherapy by the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.

I earned my Masters degree in Social Work from University of Toronto. Before I began my practice, I worked predominantly with at risk children and adults (parents) struggling with mental health. I have extensive experience supporting healthy families using trauma and attachment informed work, conducting risk assessments, counselling, crisis intervention, and parenting support in various settings such as in- home, hospital mental health units, shelters, and kinship/foster/adoption homes.

I am trained in suicide intervention, mediation, child development and infant mental health, domestic violence in child welfare, addictions in child welfare, and equity and anti-oppressive practice.

I practice with various forms of therapy such as, Cognitive Behavioural (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Exposure Response Prevention (ERP), Solution Based Therapy (SFBT), Strength Based Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Play Therapy, Trauma Focused Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT).

Absolutely! There is a saying, “Jack of all trades, master of none”. That is why our services are more specialized so we can offer the best therapy treatment for you. If you are seeking services for something we do not treat, we are happy to refer you to a clinician who may be a better fit for your needs.

Most health insurance plans cover costs associated with seeing a Registered Social Worker or Psychotherapist, however some do not. Please check with your insurance provider to determine your coverage. If your plan covers social work or psychotherapy services, you will just need to submit your paid receipt to them for reimbursement. Social workers/Psychotherapists do not typically do direct billing in Ontario.