I am a Registered Social Worker and Clinical Therapist, and founder of Guesthouse Therapy. My path to psychotherapy has been shaped by a lifelong curiosity about people, creativity, connection, and the ways our life experiences shape who we become.

My approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded in curiosity. The longer I do this work, the stronger I feel about the fact that therapy is simply exploring what is human. I hope to create space to better understand yourself and things you have experienced, recognize patterns that may no longer be serving you, and learn about what needs to change in order to move toward the life and relationships you value.

I bring both compassion and practicality into my work. Some sessions may involve exploring emotions, relationships, and past experiences, while others may focus on learning concrete skills to help you navigate challenges in your everyday life.

As a social worker, I understand mental health through a systemic lens — recognizing that people are shaped by their relationships, communities, cultures, environments, and social conditions. I practice from a trauma-informed and climate-aware perspective and strive to offer an affirming space for queer, polyamorous, and diverse identities. I believe individual healing is meaningful and important, while also acknowledging the necessity of collective and systemic change. Having walked through grief, trauma, and burnout of my own, I come with a lived understanding of some of life's hardest lessons, and I hope that whatever you come to therapy with, I can support meaningful shifts in your life.

Areas of focus include anxiety and stress, trauma and attachment concerns, life transitions and identity exploration, self-worth, perfectionism, and work and relationship boundaries, emotional regulation and nervous system support, queer- and polyamory-affirming therapy. I am registered with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.

• Master of Social Work | Wilfrid Laurier University, 2020

• Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art and Psychology | University of Guelph, 2016

• Providing individual psychotherapy within a Family Health Team setting at the Centre for Family Medicine

  • Developing and facilitating virtual anxiety support programming during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Supporting children and families impacted by domestic violence through Women’s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region

• Contributing to research and community mental health initiatives focused on ACEs, resilience, and community wellbeing through Toward Common Ground, Guelph Community Health Centre

• Providing evidence-based therapy to children and families through the University of Guelph Child Emotion & Mental Health Lab

• Specialized training in Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy through Field Trip Health, integrating evidence-informed psychedelic-assisted approaches with trauma-informed, relational psychotherapy

  My approach is informed by regular supervision with Sue Gallager (MSW, RSW), a clinical social worker and faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Faculty of Social Work, in addition to ongoing training in trauma recovery, attachment, nervous system regulation, and relational therapy.

I am Registered Psychotherapist (RP) working with individuals, relationships, and families. I help people make sense of what they’re feeling, how they got here, and what may need to be approached differently. A lot of people come to therapy when they’re tired of pushing through, repeating the same patterns, or feeling disconnected from themselves and the people around them. These responses make sense. They came from somewhere and were shaped by what we have been made to carry, what we have been forced to adapt to, and what has or hasn’t been available to us.

My work is practical, relational, and experiential. We slow things down enough to notice what’s actually happening, while giving it enough room to be felt without forcing it open. Sometimes that means paying attention to the body, looking at old roles or relationship patterns, or getting to know the different parts of you that may want different things. I draw from attachment based therapy, somatic and experiential approaches, internal family systems, narrative therapy, and emotionally focused couples therapy. My approach isn’t one of forcing insight or giving you a script for how to live your life, it’s about supporting you in building a sturdier relationship with yourself, what you feel, and the people and parts of life that matter most.

I often work with people navigating anxiety, depression, neurodivergence, queer identity, sexuality and gender, relationship patterns, couples therapy, non-monogamy and polyamory and other alternative relationship structures, family dynamics, grief, trauma, shame, and life transitions. I am registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario.

• Master of Science, Couple and Family Therapy | University of Guelph, 2020

• Bachelor of Arts, Sociology | University of Guelph, 2018