Therapists’ mental health shouldn’t be swept under the rug.

Not just for the sake of your profession, but to experience care yourself.

I provide a space for therapists to explore themselves relationally, not rationally, whether it’s couples therapy or process groups. 

We go deeper than supervision to explore your own triggers, aversions, and roadblocks when it comes to relationships through here-and-now oriented work. 

When we openly talk about our own struggles, we realize that we don’t have to put on a front to prove how “strong” we are, or that we “have it all together.”

It allows for us to be human first.

I, for one, went into working with couples and groups because the interpersonal realm is something I struggled with growing up. My own experiences with overthinking social situations, perfectionism, comparison, vulnerability, and finding holes within the mental health field have shaped my values and the services that I provide. To this day, I sometimes still feel like Bambi, stumbling around as I try to understand my own socio-emotional landscape. 

Poorly executed experiential group exercises in graduate school also piqued my interest in exploring the here-and-now process, and I found myself questioning how I came across to others. This has become a lifelong expedition, and I continue to seek out training and personal group therapy to better understand what I bring to each interaction, be it personal or professional. 

I highlight this because I know I’m not the only one who choose an area that resonates closely with my own lived experiences.

As therapists, the personal doesn’t just get erased the moment we step into session. When we work so closely with clinical concerns that mimic our own wounds, we need to keep them in check through supervision and personal therapy so it doesn’t impact our client outcomes. 

We owe it to ourselves and our clients to model curiosity and face the parts of ourselves that we may not want to touch.

What makes me qualified, besides my passion for helping helpers?

I’m a Registered Psychotherapist with specialized training in Emotional Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT). I view all relational interactions from a systemic and attachment framework. My practice is informed by Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and the Gottman Method.

I fell in love with group work during my internship, when I first had the opportunity to co-facilitate a group supporting college women with body image concerns. That grew to leading groups on my own for the last 7 years, ranging from psychoeducational and skills-based groups to process groups, which is the only type of group I run these days.