Connecting with someone new and sharing your innermost thoughts, emotions, and experiences is incredibly brave. If this is your first time in therapy, opening yourself to the unknown takes courage, vulnerability, and dedication that I empathize with and value tremendously.
The central lens I use in my work is person-centered therapy. Through it I create a safe, compassionate, and collaborative environment where we can work together to identify goals and roadblocks. It’s important to me that you feel understood and motivated towards change in our therapeutic relationship. I wholeheartedly believe in your resilience, intuition, and inner strength at each stage of growth.
My goal is to genuinely connect with you and guide you towards making the shifts that best align with your authentic self. After we’ve established an understanding of the thoughts and feelings underlying certain behaviours, we can work together to challenge them, leading to growth and newfound possibilities. Through the joint development of coping tools and mindfulness practices, I hope to promote balance and agency in your life.
For couples, I draw from Gottman Method principles to help partners understand their relationship patterns, improve communication, and rebuild connection. Whether you are navigating conflict, recovering from a breach of trust, or simply wanting to strengthen your bond, couples therapy can provide a space for both partners to feel heard and to grow together.
My Favorite Quote:
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it, and embrace them”. – Rumi