I follow a holistic, person-centered, strengths-based, and trauma-informed approach. I create a safe, warm, compassionate, and judgement free space where you can feel deeply heard, met, and supported, as well as championed to address the challenges that are holding you back. Together we work holistically with the mind, body, and emotions to facilitate healing, integrate new skills and tools, identify pathways forward, and connect you with the strengths and resources that will support you in your journey.
I treat each client as unique and have a very collaborative approach, building a strong therapeutic relationship where together we clarify your goals and craft a pathway forward, whether that be to have a safe space to share your burdens, or more actively create change in your life. I draw on a wide range of tools depending on what resonates with you and will serve you the most. Sessions may include aspects such as psychoeducation, open discussion, exploring and processing emotions, working somatically with the body, goal setting and action planning, movement and mindfulness practices, all based on your preferences.
What I work with
- Depression and Anxiety
- Stress & Burnout
- Chronic illness
- Emotional Processing
- Trauma Recovery
- Highly Sensitive People
- Grief & Loss
- Relationships & Intimacy
- Codependency
- Self-Esteem / Empowerment
- Navigating Transition / Change
- Assertiveness
- Developing Healthy Boundaries
- Connection with your Body / Embodiment
- Wellness Foundations (sleep, movement, diet, focus)
- Finding Direction / Purpose
- Perfectionism
- Depression and Anxiety
- Stress and Burnout
- Chronic illness
- Emotional Processing
- Trauma Recovery
- Highly Sensitive People
- Grief & Loss
- Relationships & Intimacy
- Codependency
- Navigating Transition / Change
- Assertiveness
- Self-Esteem / Empowerment
- Developing Healthy Boundaries
- Connection with your Body / Embodiment
- Wellness Foundations (sleep, movement, diet, focus)
- Finding Direction / Purpose
- Perfectionism
Techniques I Use
I draw from a wide range of evidence-based techniques, choosing what’s most supportive and effective for each individual. Everyone’s journey is different, so the way we work together will be tailored to your needs, goals, and personal style.
Some of the key modalities I integrate include:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): helps clarify your core values, build practical tools to unhook from challenging thoughts and emotions, and guide meaningful change.
- Somatic Therapy: supports connection with the body’s wisdom and the release of stress and tension held physically.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: draws on your existing strengths to identify practical steps forward and create momentum.
- Mindfulness Practices: cultivate presence, self-awareness, and the ability to respond more calmly to life’s challenges.
- Meta Dynamics (similar to NLP): helps shift limiting patterns and beliefs to open up new ways of thinking and behaving.
- Transformational Coaching: fosters deeper insight, self-discovery, and personal growth.
By blending these approaches, we can address challenges from multiple angles—mind, body, and behaviour—so you feel supported in creating meaningful and sustainable change.
What’s it like to be in a session with me?
I’m a warm, welcoming, and down to earth person. I bring a depth of presence, curiosity and compassion to my meetings with clients. My clients report feeling deeply met, and safe to explore vulnerable challenging experiences and emotions without judgement. I’m here to truly listen and together we can unpack and find ways through your challenges.
Beliefs that colour the way I work with my clients
I believe…
That the relationship we have with ourselves has significant influence over the quality of our relationships with others and the way we experience our lives.
I believe…
That curiosity and compassion are key. When we can cultivate attitudes of curiosity and compassion, rather than assumption, defence, and judgement, we open up our capacity to meet and learn from all of our experiences and foster richer and deeper connections with others.
I believe…
That feeling truly heard and met by someone without judgement can be a deeply healing and transformative experience that can help free up stuck energies or emotions and help us connect with a more authentic sense of self.
I believe…
That there are ways to gently and safely meet the parts of us that we are afraid or ashamed of and, through this compassionate and curious meeting, insight and transformation can occur.
I believe…
That emotions and experiences can be held in the body and therefore it’s important to work with both the mind and the body to access wisdom and healing.
Why Me?
I’ve been passionate about personal and spiritual growth for over 25 years. I’ve gone through my own journey with trauma, grief, mental health challenges, and chronic physical illness. I’ve learned first-hand how stress and trauma can keep us feeling stuck and how powerful the mind-body connection can be in supporting healing.
I have a particular understanding of the unique challenges women often face in midlife. It’s a time when many start to notice old patterns that no longer serve them and begin exploring how to build healthier relationships with themselves and the people around them.
I’m passionate about helping people with stress, anxiety, burnout, illness, grief, trauma, and relationship struggles, although at this stage I don’t offer couples counselling. I offer a safe space to slow down and be heard, while we explore both mind and body, develop new skills, and help you reconnect with your own wisdom. Together we create the safety your nervous system needs to move out of survival mode and into a more empowered, easeful way of being.
