I've always believed that we're wired for connection. We all want to feel like we belong, like we're understood, and like we have people we can turn to when life gets hard. But sometimes the very relationships that are supposed to make us feel safe are the ones that leave us carrying the deepest wounds.

I know that not only because I've worked with people for over 25 years, but because I've lived it too.

Growing up, mental health struggles and difficult family dynamics took up so much space in my family that I often didn't feel like there was room for me. I learned to keep things inside. Emotions weren't something we talked about, and family secrets were simply part of life. For a long time, I thought putting everyone else's needs before my own was normal.

Over the years, I've also experienced deep loss. I've grieved loved ones, including a grandparent who was my safe person growing up. I've grieved relationships I wished could have been different but never became what I hoped for. And I've experienced every parent's worst nightmare—the loss of a child. I also know how grief can affect two people in completely different ways, especially within a relationship. Sometimes it brings couples closer, and sometimes it creates distance when each person is simply trying to survive in their own way.

Those experiences aren't something I hide, because they've shaped the therapist I am today. They've taught me that healing isn't about pretending everything is okay. It's about having someone sit beside you who isn't afraid of the hard conversations and who truly believes things can get better.

As a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist and Registered Nurse, I've spent more than 25 years supporting individuals, couples, and families through anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship struggles, family conflict, infidelity, chronic illness, life transitions, personality disorders, and family estrangement. I work from an attachment-based, trauma-informed perspective and draw from approaches like Bowen Family Systems Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).

My hope is that when you walk into my office, you don't feel like you're talking to someone who has all the answers. I hope you feel like you're sitting with another human being who understands that life is messy, relationships are complicated, and healing takes courage. Together, we'll make sense of your story, help you understand the patterns that have brought you here, and work toward creating the kind of life and relationships you want moving forward.