Trauma doesn’t always look the way people expect. You may not think of what you experienced as “trauma.” Maybe nothing happened all at once. Maybe you learned to stay alert, keep the peace, push through, or take care of everyone else. Maybe something happened years ago, but your body still reacts as though it could happen again. Trauma can come from childhood experiences, difficult relationships, abuse, medical events, loss, accidents, frightening experiences, or living for a long time without feeling emotionally or physically safe. Whatever brought you here, you don’t have to prove that what happened was “bad enough” to deserve support.

In our work together, I will meet you where you are. Trauma therapy does not mean forcing you to retell painful experiences before you are ready. We can begin by helping you understand what is happening in your mind and body, building a greater sense of safety, and finding practical ways to manage the reactions that may be interfering with your life now.

You might be dealing with anxiety that seems to come from nowhere, difficulty trusting people, emotional numbness, shame, anger, nightmares, intrusive memories, people-pleasing, hypervigilance, or a constant feeling that you need to stay prepared for something to go wrong.

I use a trauma-informed approach and draw from evidence-based therapies, including trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT), mindfulness, somatic awareness, and nervous system regulation. I tailor our work to you rather than expecting you to fit into a particular therapeutic formula. Some people want to understand why their nervous system responds the way it does. Others want practical strategies that help them feel calmer and more grounded. Many need both. Healing does not mean forgetting what happened or pretending it did not matter. It means helping the past take up less space in your present, so you have more room for relationships, connection, confidence, and the life you want to be living.

Anxiety can make even ordinary parts of life feel exhausting. Your mind may constantly be running through what could go wrong, replaying conversations, preparing for every possible outcome, or telling you that you should be doing more. Even when everything seems fine on the outside, it can be difficult to actually feel settled inside. Anxiety is not simply “worrying too much.” It is often your mind and nervous system trying to protect you, even when that protection has started getting in the way of the life you want to live.

Anxiety can show up in many different ways. You might experience constant worry, difficulty sleeping, physical tension, racing thoughts, irritability, panic, perfectionism, avoidance, or the persistent feeling that something is about to go wrong.

You may also find yourself overthinking decisions, seeking reassurance, replaying conversations, procrastinating because you are afraid of making the wrong choice, or avoiding situations that feel uncomfortable. Sometimes anxiety is tied to something specific. Other times, it feels like a background hum that never completely switches off.

In therapy, I work with you to understand what is driving your anxiety, not simply teach you how to push the symptoms away. Together, we can notice the thoughts, behaviours, triggers, and patterns that keep anxiety going while developing practical strategies to help you feel more grounded and in control. My goal is not to eliminate every anxious thought. Some anxiety is a normal part of being human. Instead, I want to help you reach a place where anxiety no longer gets to make so many of your decisions for you.

Relationships can become painful long before either person stops caring. You may still love each other deeply and yet keep having the same argument, feel more like roommates than partners, struggle to trust after a betrayal, or wonder how you became so disconnected from someone who once felt so close. Couples counselling is not only for relationships in crisis. It can also be a place to slow things down, understand what keeps happening between you, and decide together what you want your relationship to become.

Couples come to therapy for many reasons. You may be caught in recurring arguments that never seem to resolve, struggling with trust after infidelity or betrayal, feeling emotionally or physically disconnected, navigating parenting stress, or questioning whether the relationship can still meet both of your needs.

In our work together, I create space for both partners to be heard without turning therapy into a courtroom. My role is not to decide who is right or wrong. It is to help you understand the patterns happening between you, what each of you is reacting to underneath the conflict, and what may need to change for the relationship to feel safer and more connected.

I draw on Gottman Method Couples Therapy and attachment-informed approaches to help couples strengthen communication, repair trust, manage conflict more effectively, and rebuild emotional and physical intimacy where possible. Sometimes the goal is reconnection. Sometimes it is repairing after something significant has happened. And sometimes couples need support gaining clarity about whether they want to remain together. Wherever you are starting from, we can approach that conversation with honesty, respect, and care.

Sexual wellbeing is part of overall wellbeing, yet it can be one of the hardest areas to talk about openly. Concerns about desire, intimacy, pornography use, sexual functioning, or behaviour that feels compulsive can bring up shame, confusion, frustration, or distance in relationships. You deserve a space where these conversations can happen honestly and without judgment.

I work with individuals and couples on a wide range of sex and intimacy concerns, including differences in desire, sexual anxiety, intimacy difficulties, sexual functioning concerns, problematic pornography use, and sexual behaviour that may feel compulsive or difficult to control.

My approach is direct, non-judgmental, and grounded in understanding rather than shame. Together, we can look at what may be driving the concern, how it is affecting you or your relationship, and what patterns may be keeping it going.

If pornography use or sexual behaviour has started to feel out of control, secretive, distressing, or damaging to your relationships or self-esteem, we can explore that without reducing you to a label. My goal is to help you better understand the behaviour and work toward a healthier, more intentional relationship with sexuality and intimacy.

Loss and transition can change the way you understand yourself, your relationships, and your life. You may be grieving the death of someone important, the end of a relationship, a change in health, retirement, a caregiving role, a shift in identity, or simply the version of life you thought you would have. Not every loss is visible to other people, but that does not make it any less real.

Grief does not follow a neat timeline. It can show up as sadness, anger, numbness, guilt, relief, anxiety, exhaustion, difficulty concentrating, or even moments of feeling completely normal followed by waves that seem to come out of nowhere.

I work with people navigating many kinds of loss and change, including bereavement, relationship endings, caregiving changes, retirement, career transitions, changes in health, menopause, empty-nesting, and major shifts in identity or direction. Sometimes the transition was unwanted. Sometimes it was chosen. Either way, change can bring both possibility and grief.

In therapy, I offer space to process what has changed, make room for complicated emotions, and begin understanding who you are becoming in this next chapter. The goal is not to rush you toward “moving on,” but to help you move forward in a way that honours what has mattered.