Be gentle with yourself. I believe that kindness starts from within and when we start to be kind to ourselves, our lives begin to change.  Counseling is a good place to learn how to grow, change and be kind. I believe that counseling should be an essential part of people’s lives – as a way to pause, reflect and grow.  I’ve had the privilege of helping people grow for almost ten years now and it has also helped me to grow in return. I’ve grown and taken something meaningful out of every person I have worked it. I take an eclectic approach to therapy, and believe that you get what you put in it – and sometimes starting counseling comes before the motivation to do it kicks in, and sometimes it is hard, but in the end the effort is worth it.

I have spent the last decade helping people make sense of their lives in many capacities. Through this time I have gained valuable experience working in hospitals, community agencies, primary care clinics and correctional institutions. I have completed my education in Social work, Social Policy and Psychology through Ryerson and McMaster Universities. In addition to my degrees I continue to be involved in ongoing education and training; I am trained and experienced working within multiple therapeutic modalities, and when I am not at my private practice I can be found working at our local Emergency Departments and Family Health Teams.

Though my expertise lives within child and family mental health, I see myself as a generalist and I am open and comfortable to working with all sorts of ages and issues from anger management, depression, and anxiety to trauma and childhood abuse.

When not working I can usually be found with my dog, Chloe, rowing with Leander on The Hamilton Harbour or shopping at the Hamilton Farmer’s Market.