Practicum Student Intern, Masters in Counselling Psych. Candidate
I believe therapy offers something many of us do not get enough of in everyday life: a space to be fully yourself without having to perform, explain everything, or hold it all together.
I especially love those moments when something clicks; when a client sees a pattern more clearly, gains a new perspective, or begins to relate to themselves or others differently. Sometimes therapy brings big shifts, and sometimes it is the quieter one-degree turns over time that change things in a real and lasting way. To me, therapy is often about helping people build more capacity for honesty, for hard feelings, for self-compassion and for the kind of clarity that allows change to happen.
Many of the people I work with are at a point where something in their life no longer feels workable in the same way. On the outside, they may seem like they’re managing, while inside things feel heavy, unclear, or out of sync.
For individuals, this may look like people-pleasing, perfectionism, self-doubt, burnout, or overthinking. People sometimes describe to me a sense that the life they’ve built for themselves no longer quite fits. That can feel very distressing and disorienting, and together we can start to figure out what is true now and how you want to move forward from here. I also support clients navigating relationship challenges in dating, partnership or repeating challenging relational dynamics.
In therapy, we slow things down and get curious about what is really going on. Together, we make sense of patterns, protective strategies, and deeper layers of experience. Clarity is not always simple. Part of us may want it, while another part might feel hesitant about what it may ask of us. Together we can move toward that gently, at your pace. And sometimes, what is needed is simply a space to be heard. Over time, more becomes possible: greater capacity to navigate life circumstances, greater self-trust, more choice, more secure relationships, and a little less feeling like you have to do it all on your own.
Clients often describe me as warm, real, curious, and easy to talk to. I aim to create a space where you can slow down and be honest, even when what you’re carrying feels messy, unclear, or hard to explain. More than once, I’ve heard some version of, “You just get me.
I bring both head and heart to the work: insight and depth, but also warmth, practicality, genuine care for the person in front of me and a trauma-informed lens. I tend to notice patterns and themes underneath the surface, then help clients make sense of them with compassion and honesty. I see therapy as a collaborative process, and I check in along the way so our work feels supportive, relevant, and grounded in what matters most to you. I also believe in showing up as a real person in the room: engaged, thoughtful and genuine.
There is also room for humor, relief, and a little more lightness along the way.
This is the “second act” of my career, and in many ways it feels like the work I was always moving toward. Before training as a counsellor, I spent 15 years in leadership development and strategy, with 7 of those years focused on leadership coaching and facilitation. Across that work, being of service has been a central thread, and that experience continues to shape the way I work: with depth, clarity, and respect for how hard change can be.
I am currently completing my Master’s in Counselling Psychology and also hold an MBA in Entrepreneurship and am an ICF Certified Coach. I am certified in the Enneagram, with additional training in relationships, intimacy and emotional intelligence. I am currently completing a couples therapy certification with Dr. Alexandra Solomon.
What I bring to this work is a blend of lived and professional experience, along with a genuine commitment to learning and growing as a therapist in training. Although this is a newer professional chapter for me, the heart of the work feels deeply familiar.
When I was little, I told my mom I was going to have good conversations for a living. Somehow, that ended up being more true than I knew.
For a long time, I was the kind of person who knew how to push, achieve, and keep going. Ambitious, driven, high-functioning, yes. Relaxed? Not exactly. From the outside, a lot looked good. But life has a way of showing us what is actually sustainable and what is not. Through challenges, loss, and health adversity, I was forced to slow down, listen differently, and rethink what strength and healing really meant.
That changed me. It taught me that softness and strength are not opposites, that being real matters more than looking like I have it all together, and that a meaningful life has to include more of who we actually are. These days, I care deeply about growth that is honest, nuanced, and sustainable. The kind that makes room for the messy contradictions of being human and the many things we can be at once: ambitious and rested, strong and soft, boundaried and open-hearted, deep and light.
I can appreciate both the tenderness of being human and the practical reality that life keeps moving while we try to make sense of it all. That lived understanding shapes how I work and how I show up.
Outside of work, I’m happiest when I’m writing, moving my body, sharing memes that make you laugh till you cry, having meaningful conversations, or being in nature (soul food for me).
