My work is grounded in trauma-informed cognitive behavioural therapy, which means I don’t just focus on thoughts and behaviours in isolation — I consider how your past experiences, especially trauma, may be shaping the way you think, feel, and respond. Together, we gently explore patterns that may no longer be serving you, while building practical tools to help you feel safer, more regulated, and in control. The pace is guided by you, with a strong focus on safety, choice, and trust.

I also draw from psychodynamic therapy, which looks at how early relationships and past experiences can influence your current emotions, behaviours, and relationships. This approach helps bring unconscious patterns into awareness, so you can better understand yourself and why certain themes keep showing up in your life. By making sense of these deeper layers, you can begin to shift long-standing patterns and respond in ways that feel more aligned with who you are now.

Schema therapy is woven through my work to help identify and heal long-standing emotional patterns, often formed in childhood, that can impact how you see yourself and others. These patterns, or “schemas,” can show up as things like feeling not good enough, fearing abandonment, or being overly self-critical. Together, we work to understand where these patterns come from, meet the underlying emotional needs that may not have been fulfilled, and develop healthier, more compassionate ways of relating to yourself and the world.