My background spans a wide range of settings: schools, hospitals, day treatment and residential programs, community mental health centres, and an academic family health team. I completed my predoctoral training at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), working with children navigating mood, anxiety, and behavioural difficulties, as well as young adults managing addiction and concurrent disorders. That breadth of experience shaped how I work: I don't see people through a single lens, and I don't believe in one-size-fits-all treatment. I work with children, adolescents, and adults. Whether I'm supporting a child with anxiety who's struggling to get through the school day, a teenager dealing with OCD or self-harm, or an adult working through trauma, burnout, or relationship patterns that keep repeating. I bring the same thing to every session: genuine curiosity, clinical rigour, and respect for how hard this work is. My approach is empathic and client-centred, which means we start where you are. I draw from a range of evidence-based modalities, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and CBT for Insomnia (CBT-I), and I tailor the approach to what will actually work for you. I'm also a researcher at heart: I've studied how families navigate Ontario's mental health system and the effects of DBT skills training in community and university settings, and I care deeply about bringing that evidence into real, everyday practice. I hold a particular interest in anxiety in all its forms, including social, health, performance, and panic, as well as OCD, trauma, ADHD, and the quiet but persistent weight of perfectionism and low self-esteem. I'm committed to providing an inclusive, affirming space for LGBTQ+ clients and BIPOC communities, and I'm also registered to provide services to residents of Nunavut and the Yukon. My goal is simple: to make sure every person I work with feels connected to the most appropriate, accessible, and effective care available, and to walk with them through the process of getting there. Competencies: - ADHD - Adjustment Issues - Anger - Anxiety / GAD / Health Anxiety / Social Anxiety / Performance Anxiety - Autism Spectrum Disorder - Behavioural Management for Children - Body Image / Body Dysmorphia - Borderline Personality Disorder - Burnout - Depression / MDD / Dysthymia - Diagnostic Assessment - Emotion Regulation - Gifted / High IQ Young Adults - Grief / Loss - Insomnia / Sleep Problems - Internet Addiction - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder - Panic Disorder - Parental Coaching / Support - Perfectionism - Phobias - Procrastination - Relationship Issues - Seasonal Affective Disorder - Selective Mutism - Self-Harm - Self-Esteem - Separation Anxiety for Children - Social Anxiety - Stress - Substance Use - Test Anxiety - Trauma / PTSD - Trichotillomania Populations Served: - Adolescents - Adults - BlueCross clients - Children - Groups - LGBTQ+ Community - NHIB Clients Treatment Modalities: - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia - Cognitive Processing Therapy - Dialectical Behaviour Therapy - Exposure and Response Prevention - Mindfulness Therapy - Solutions Focused Treatment - Trauma Informed Treatment - BIPOC Treatment Please note that our associates work with many presenting issues, some of which are not listed in this biography. Please speak to our intake team at 416-363-4228 for more information.