My Approach & Areas of Practice

My Approach

I am known for being kind and perceptive.
I support individuals to develop psychological tools and flexibility.
I work to demystify the therapeutic process and promote an individual’s sense of efficacy and agency.
It is clinically important to slow down and take the time to explore the details surrounding thoughts, feelings/emotions, behaviours and contexts.
I typically work with a focus on the present and a view to the future; however, sometimes there are events from the past that continue to colour the present in unhelpful ways (via memories, thoughts, emotions, sensations, behaviours & patterns) and these events will require attention.
I am primarily non-directive in my work, though I will say something if I think you are making a mistake.
Depending on the issue being addressed in our work, I may recommend commitments for you to make in-between session, such as a written or active exercise.

Emotional well-being (identifying emotional triggers and patterns in living that are causing difficulties; working together to create meaningful change).
LGBT/TS
Dysphoria - sex, gender, social: all presentations welcome.
Desisters and detransitioners welcome.
Existential Concerns (meaning & purpose, chronic & terminal illnesses, death & dying).
Life transitions (change in family structure, career change, retirement).
Mental Health (psychosis, bipolar, trauma/PTSD, depression, anxiety).
Addictions (alcohol/substance use).
Concurrent Disorders (mental health and addictions).