I was born in Montreal, have studied and travelled extensively abroad, and have called Vancouver home for 15 years. I fell in love with counselling through my own journey with therapy, and experiencing first hand how deeply nourishing and healing the counselling relationship and work can be. My passion for couples counselling also comes from my personal experience of how the security within my partnership not only helped me heal attachment wounds from my past, but became the safe haven I had always dreamed of. I am a sensitive, enthusiastic, authentic person, and value health on a holistic level- mind, body, soul. I am not afraid of the dark messy emotions we all hold and feel passionate about normalizing the challenges we all face in this imperfect human world. We all have pain, we all need others to help us heal, and we can all heal and grow in ways that bring meaning and beauty to our lives and the lives of others.
I am also a mother of two boys. Parenthood can sometimes feel like a pressure cooker revealing passed wounds and old traumas which can add to the overwhelm of being the parent we wish to be. Counselling can be an ideal space to honour those wounds in order to heal them, not only for yourself, but for your children and generations to come. I understand the complex dichotomies of motherhood deep in my bones and feel passionate about supporting mothers, fathers, parents, and care-givers as they navigate the existential experience of raising children (all in this fast paced and high pressured society we live in).
I love what I do, because it is an authentic and deep way to connect with diverse people, and to help them feel seen and valued in a way we all deserve but don’t receive nearly enough. It is so sacred to slow down and discover the wisdom of our emotional compass and our own capacity to heal and change. Through this work, I have witnessed how challenge, pain, and trauma can be fodder for immense growth with the guiding light of self-compassion, self-understanding and ultimately self-acceptance.
I am continually in awe of my clients’ courage to share their pain, and I am humbled by the honour of being let into the deepest and often darkest parts of themselves. Witnessing clients reclaim their worth, grieve pain, and learn to relate to themselves and others in a healthier and more relational, connected way are just some of the gems that make this work so powerful and meaningful for me.
