About
Therapy can be an important tool to help people to connect not only to each other, but also to themselves. We as human beings desire to be deeply known by our friends, partners, family and the communities we belong to, but we also long to know ourselves and live not only to survive, but to thrive in our own skin.
As a relational therapist, I help my clients explore how we belong in the context of where we came from, where we are and where we seek to go. My approach is informed by a combination of our physiological experience of the world, a connection to our feelings and parts of ourselves, as well as connection to our own unique origin stories.

“All our strategies of trying to control life through blaming or withdrawing are aimed at keeping us from the raw experience of just such a moment. In the pause, rather than getting lost in our reactive thoughts and actions, we become directly aware of what is happening in our body. At these times we begin to see how interconnected our mind and body are. With anger, the body tightens, the chest fills with an explosive feeling of pressure. With fear we might feel the grip of knots in our stomach, the constriction in our chest or throat. If shame arises, our face burns our shoulders slump, we feel a physical impulse to shrink back to hide. Sensations in the body are ground zero, the place where we directly experience the entire play of life.”

― Tara Brach, Ph.D

I've been working in the field of mental health and disability since 2007 in a variety of capacities including case management, coordination, consultation and therapy. I completed my Masters of Marriage and Family Therapy with the University of Winnipeg and belong to the Canadian Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.
I feel privileged to join my clients on an exploration of their lives. When I am not exploring with my clients, I am exploring the outdoors. I love to hike, camp, climb and explore trails and provincial parks. I've spent quite a bit of time exploring Manitoba over the past few summers, however I've also been out to BC, Alberta and Ontario. In the winter I still enjoy hiking, but I also get out snowboarding and cross-country skiing. I hope to try a winter camping trip in the future. I am lucky enough to spend many of these little trips with my husband and two dogs.