Therapy
"We think we tell stories, but stories often tell us.
Often, too often, stories saddle us, ride us, whip us onward, tell us what to do, and we do it without questioning.
We are our stories, stories that can be both prison and the crowbar to break open the door of that prison.
The task of learning to be free requires learning to hear them, to question them, to pause and hear silence, to name them,
and then, become a story-teller."
These words by writer and activist, Rebecca Solnit, offer a description of the therapeutic process I work with. I am passionate about helping people find crowbars they didn't know they were carrying, find possibility where they only see walls.
Often, too often, stories saddle us, ride us, whip us onward, tell us what to do, and we do it without questioning.
We are our stories, stories that can be both prison and the crowbar to break open the door of that prison.
The task of learning to be free requires learning to hear them, to question them, to pause and hear silence, to name them,
and then, become a story-teller."
These words by writer and activist, Rebecca Solnit, offer a description of the therapeutic process I work with. I am passionate about helping people find crowbars they didn't know they were carrying, find possibility where they only see walls.
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I work with adults, young adults & teens of all genders, orientations, & walks of life.
I use an empowering, compassionate & non-pathologizing approach that aims to help people recover their innate capacities for aliveness, connection & transformation.
Alongside my Master of Arts degree in Counselling Psychology from Adler University, I have obtained additional clinical training in narrative therapy, mindfulness and compassion-based therapies, trauma therapy, relationship therapy, art therapy, and sex therapy. However — official training aside — I learned most of what I know from my own life experiences and my decades-long dedication to my own therapy/healing journey. I am also deeply indebted to the wisdom of each and every youth I worked with at Peak House, an all-genders residential treatment centre for youth who are struggling with substance misuse, where I currently act as Clinical Supervisor. I also work as a therapist with Resilience Psychotherapy where I learn from and alongside Dr. Rami Nijjar, where I focus on relationships, sexuality, anxiety, trauma, and attachment.
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Those I've worked with have told me I create a safe, non-judgmental space where they feel fully seen. My style is genuine, relational, philosophical yet playful.
Just like naturopathic medicine believes that the body knows how to restore itself to health, I believe that each psyche carries within it the wisdom that it needs. The role of therapy, then, is to help people access that wisdom, to uncover it from the rubble and noise. However, I will be directive at times when that is deemed to be most supportive of change. To me, therapy is more than just treating problems; I feel it is an honour and privilege to help people transmute pain and suffering into growth and wisdom. I know this is possible because I have experienced it myself.
Just like naturopathic medicine believes that the body knows how to restore itself to health, I believe that each psyche carries within it the wisdom that it needs. The role of therapy, then, is to help people access that wisdom, to uncover it from the rubble and noise. However, I will be directive at times when that is deemed to be most supportive of change. To me, therapy is more than just treating problems; I feel it is an honour and privilege to help people transmute pain and suffering into growth and wisdom. I know this is possible because I have experienced it myself.
