How We Work Together

Therapy is collaborative, steady, and safe.

You bring your story, your pace, and your questions. I bring training, experience, and steady presence. Together, we explore early attachment wounds, depression, burnout, grief, identity, and relational patterns.

We may use mindfulness, somatic awareness, guided imagery, or parts work when it feels helpful. I also offer sex- and SW-positive care, grounded in respect for bodily autonomy.

This work can be deep. It can also feel clarifying and relieving. Over time, many people notice they feel more regulated, more self-aware, and less alone with what they carry.

A Map of the Journey
  • Meet and Greet

    The Connection (Meet & Greet)

    A 20-minute video consultation.

    This is a relaxed, low-pressure space for us to meet, talk about your needs, and notice whether our energies and goals align.

    I’ll share a brief overview of my background and approach, and you’ll be invited to tell me about yourself and what you’re seeking.

    • Investment: No cost.
  • The Opening (First Sessions)

    The Opening (First Sessions)

    Getting to know your landscape.

    In our first few hours together, we’ll gently map out the terrains you are currently navigating and the patterns that shape them.

    We’ll explore what your life looks like now—how your days feel, the roles you play, and the rhythms that matter.

    You’ll be invited to share your likes, interests, and passions, as well as the important people and relationships that influence your experience.
  • Walking the Path (Ongoing Counselling)

    Walking the Path (Ongoing Counselling)

    This is the core work.

    Each session builds on the last as I learn your story and strengths.

    I’ll share patterns or insights I notice. At the start of each session you can say any topic you want to focus on.

    We use tools like storytelling, ritual, guided meditation, active imagination, and somatic work to move from survival toward freedom.

    Every interaction is an invitation to take what helps and leave the rest.

The Medicines In My Bundle

The Somatic & Emotional Body 

Listening to the language of the nervous system.

  • Mindful & Somatic Practices: Learn to listen to the subtle wisdom of your body and the signals of your nervous system, honoring the intelligence they carry.

  • Emotion-Focused Therapy: Develop a fluency in the language of your feelings, gently deepening your connection with the full spectrum of your emotions.

  • Inner Child & Parts Work: Tending gently to the different versions of you that have survived, held, and kept going through every season.

The Power of Story & Spirit

Reclaiming the narrative and honoring the unseen.

  • Narrative, Metaphor, & Storytelling: We share the stories that have shaped who you are, reclaiming your identity from the voices of others.

  • Guided Imagery & Active Imagination: Using the mind’s eye to release the weight of the past and explore the vastness of new possibilities.

  • Honoring Ceremony & Ritual: Creating sacred spaces that honor ancestral wisdom and facilitate deep, intergenerational healing.

Solidarity & The Critical Eye

Navigating a sane response to an insane world.

  • A Critical Cultural Eye: Recognizing that your struggles are often a sane response to an insane world, rather than an individual "brokenness."

  • Intersectional Feminism: Acknowledging how overlapping systems of race, class, gender, and ability shape your unique experience.

  • Harm Reduction Principles: Putting your safety, choices, and independence first—practicing without judgment or assumptions.

The Medicine of Joy

Healing through play, laughter, and the unknown.

  • Prioritizing Joy: Healing does not have to be rooted in pain to be effective. We make space for the radical act of feeling good.

  • Play & Silliness: You can expect to laugh, play, and be delightfully silly together as a vital part of the therapeutic process.

  • Embracing the Unknown: Following the "cracks" in the path to discover who you are before the world told you who not to be.