As a clinical counsellor I support individuals, couples and families towards healing. My unique experiences allow me to see a wider perspective beyond the individual. I specialize in trauma therapy and support individuals in recovering from childhood and other traumas. I consider myself as an adoption competent counsellor, and am excited to support individuals and couples considering adoption, transitioning a child into adoption, in adoption placement, or impacted by adoption (i.e. foster parent, sibling of an adopted child, adult adoptee). Additionally, I offer training and speaking engagements on the topics of adoption, trauma and parenting, stress versus burnout, and am a certified Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) workshop facilitator.

I began my work supporting children and youth in the community and in the classroom, before gaining my Bachelor of Social Work degree and starting my career in child protection. I found my passion working with adoptive families for the next 10 years and then transitioned to working as a Child and Youth Mental Health Clinician for 5 years. My passion for this population lead to the development of a trauma informed attachment-based parenting program for parents and caregivers who have experienced trauma and attachment disruption. The Trauma Attuned Parent e-course is available for purchase - check out my blog for details. I truly believe that parents and caregivers have a significant role in helping their children heal by creating a therapeutic home environment. When one person is impacted, the whole family is impacted.