Specialties
My practice focuses on individual and group therapy, and clinical supervision.
I have a smaller practise in couple and family therapy. I work primarily with adults and teens.
Theoretically, I have an eclectic approach, with in-depth training in:
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
- Internal Family Systems Therapy
- Interpersonal Neurobiology
- Mindful Self-Compassion Approaches
- Sand Tray Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Feminist trauma recovery frameworks
- Relational/Cultural Perspectives
- Dissociative approaches
- Narrative Therapy
- Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
- EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Therapy
I have expertise in the following areas:
- Healing from trauma and abuse – extensive modalities and approaches
- Relationship and intimacy issues such as communication, sexuality, trust, boundaries, assertiveness, friendships, loneliness, recovering from betrayal or relationship loss, and expectations
- Dealing with difficult emotions such as depression, anxiety, panic, shame, guilt, fear, anger, and rage
- Expanding your coping strategies beyond stress, dissociation, substance use & addiction, self-harm, and self-sabotaging tendencies
- Sexuality issues such as the impact of trauma on sexuality, sexual orientation concerns, polyamory and non-monogamy, and BDSM sexualities
- Parenting issues such as the impact of trauma on parenting, co-parenting co-operatively, co-parenting with a `jerk’, and queer parenting
- Self-compassion – Rapidly expanding research demonstrates that self-compassion is strongly associated with emotional wellbeing, less anxiety, depression and stress, maintenance of healthy habits such as diet and exercise, and satisfying personal relationships
- LGBTQ issues – with knowledge and sensitivity in coming out, transitioning, queer communities, relationships and sexualities