Thank you for being here.

Let me introduce myself: my pronouns are they/them.

I’m a white settler of Scottish ancestry, living on the territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən People - the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations – and the W̱SÁNEĆ People. I share immense gratitude for their stewardship and care of this land in which I work and live. I also recognize the violence of ongoing colonialism, and commit to engaging in anti-colonial actions in my work as a therapist and as a community member.

I’ve been drawn to the human experience since I was an ever-curious child growing up in rural Ontario. My path to becoming a therapist emerged after years of undergoing my own trauma therapy, coming into and understanding my queerness and gender identity in my late 20s, and after many years supporting people as they navigated, and attempted to heal from, the often irreparable harms of our criminal injustice system.

I believe that healing and change are possible, and that it takes a community, beginning with being truly seen and felt in the presence of a safe Other. I take my role as a therapist deeply to heart and have found my home in the heart-led modality of Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, which, at its core, is devoted to undoing aloneness. It would be an incredible honour to walk alongside you.