About

Therapy with Me

I’ve been told that I help people feel understood and normal, in times when they’re doubting themselves. As a client, I have deep respect for you, who you are, and all the strategies that have helped you get here, safe and relatively okay. In our work together, we will collaborate to draw upon these strengths and resources to help you through whatever struggles your life is presenting you. We will tune in to the wisdom of your senses and emotions, in a way that is trauma-informed and driven by your boundaries and comfort, to encourage attunement to your own needs and subjective experience. I believe that fostering deeper connection with all parts of our selves allows us access to richer social connections and a richer experience of life itself.

I’ve been called “casual” in my therapeutic style and I tend to lean into that. While I take my professional obligations and ethical responsibilities very seriously, I don’t believe the deep work of counselling requires the stuffiness of a professional aesthetic and I prefer my therapeutic relationships feel comfortable, organic, and authentic, so you too can feel free to bring your whole, messy, and complicated self to every session. For my capstone paper (a 50 page monster I had to write to graduate), I chose to study humour in therapy and I firmly believe in the relational power of a well-timed joke to bring some levity and humanity into what can, at times, be tough work.

My Therapeutic Modalities

I’m an integrative therapist, which allows me to responsively attune to which approach might fit which client in which context. I like to incorporate the wisdom and tools of many traditions, including DBT (dialectical behaviour therapy), narrative, IFS (parts work), ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy), TA (transactional analysis) and others.

That said, the heart of my work hinges on a few main theories. I was trained in feminist therapy, which means that my work will be directed by your goals, ongoing attention to consent, and regularly solicited feedback. I work relationally and from an attachment lens, so I think the health of the connections in your life are important to your well-being. Your connection to self is often where counselling can have the most impact and I employ EFT (emotionally focused therapy) and somatic therapy to attune to your emotions and felt experiences in a way that is careful to attend to any traumatized parts. Lastly, my practice functions on a fundamental building block of self-compassion. In a world that demands our shame and sells us insecurity at every turn, where perfectionism is the water we all swim in, it is revolutionary to be gentle and loving with all our exquisite imperfections.

Importantly, the research tells us that clients getting desired results from therapy has more to do with the quality of their relationship with the therapist than what theory the therapist works from, so trust your intuition and reach out if you feel like we might have a good connection!

Social Location

I am a queer, non-binary, neurodivergent, white settler of German, Irish, Scottish, and English heritage. I am mostly able-bodied and have experienced class privilege in my life, relative to many. I live on the unceded lands of the lək̓ʷəŋən and the W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples (aka Victoria, BC) and I grew up in Treaty 7 territory (aka southern Alberta). Both the social impact of these identities and the value I place on deconstructing the hierarchical systems we live in deeply inform my counselling practice.

Professional Qualifications

I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Victoria in 2020, then completed a Master of Counselling from City University of Seattle in 2025. During my graduate program, I completed one counselling practicum with Anja Hess, in which I gained experienced working with mainly trans and queer clients and another with T. Gerritsen, in which I worked with individuals and couples from diverse backgrounds, with varying presenting concerns.

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor and a member in good standing of the BCACC (British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors).

I am now working under the clinical supervision of Jude Marleau, MEd, RCC, who is an approved supervisor with BCACC. To learn more about Jude and her approach, check out her website here.