I believe that each client in unique and I am always interested in learning about a person in order to help them in their journey.
I am a Registered Social Worker, psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, and educator specializing in attachment-focused therapy, trauma, anxiety, eating disorders, and disordered eating.
I believe that meaningful therapeutic change begins within a relationship that feels safe, genuine, and secure. My approach is grounded in attachment theory and in the understanding that our earliest relationships contribute to the development of an internal working model: the beliefs and expectations we carry about ourselves, other people, and relationships.
These early experiences can influence how we respond to stress, regulate emotions, understand our needs, experience closeness, and protect ourselves when relationships feel uncertain. Patterns that once helped us cope can later contribute to anxiety, disconnection, difficulty trusting, low self-worth, relationship struggles, or eating-disorder symptoms.
In therapy, I help clients make sense of these patterns with curiosity and without judgment. Together, we explore where they originated, mourn what may have been missing, and develop new ways of relating to themselves and others. The goal is not simply greater insight—it is increased emotional security, flexibility, self-compassion, and the capacity for healthier, more secure relationships.
I have a Master of Social Work degree from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario and certificates in attachment focused adult psychotherapy, trauma recovery, and trauma counselling from the Sick Kids CCMH Learning Institute (previously Hincks-Dellcrest Centre) in Toronto. I am also trained in the Adult Attachment Interview. I also have an Honours BA in Sociology from The University of Western Ontario.
I am registered and in good standing with both the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers and the Ontario Association of Social Workers.
Clinical Education and Training
Alongside my psychotherapy practice, I develop and facilitate professional trainings for psychotherapists, social workers, and other mental-health clinicians. My teaching focuses on attachment theory across the lifespan, the assessment and treatment of insecure adult attachment, the role of the therapeutic relationship in developing earned security, and the connection between attachment and eating disorders.
My introductory and advanced trainings help clinicians move beyond understanding attachment as a theoretical concept and learn how to integrate an attachment-focused framework into assessment, formulation, and treatment.
I have presented attachment-focused trainings through organizations including Wilfrid Laurier University, Sick Kids CCMH Learning Institute, and Mission Empowerment, and I continue to develop educational programs for clinicians working with children, adolescents, and adults.
Individual and Group Supervision
I also provide individual and group clinical supervision to psychotherapists, social workers, and other professionals working in mental-health and eating-disorder treatment. Supervision offers clinicians a supportive and collaborative space to explore complex clinical work, deepen their understanding of attachment categories, strengthen case formulation, and develop thoughtful interventions tailored to the individual needs of their clients.
Within both individual and group supervision, particular attention is given to the therapeutic relationship—including how the client’s attachment category may shape the work, how the clinician’s own attachment experiences and emotional responses may enter the therapeutic process, and how the relationship can become a source of safety, repair, and meaningful change. Group supervision also allows clinicians to learn from multiple perspectives, reflect together, and develop greater confidence in applying an attachment-focused approach to their practice.
My Back Story
I began my social work career in Child Protection Services at The Catholic Children’s Aid Society and Jewish Family and Child Services in Toronto, Ontario as well as Ahava Children and Youth Village in northern Israel. At these agencies, I gained depth of experience and understanding working with diverse populations. I held several different positions throughout my time in Child Protection which gave me the opportunity to experience a variety of cases, circumstances, and challenges. Child protection work was a fundamental contribution to the practitioner I am today.
After many years in Child Protection, I shifted my focus and started working as a psychotherapist. I began my career treating eating disorders at a private eating disorder clinic in Toronto, Ontario and, not long after, I opened my own private practice.
Please feel free to reach out and ask any questions about my approach to therapy, my rate, location, or any other questions that you may have.
Education
Master of Social Work
Wilfrid Laurier University
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada - 2012
Bachelor of Arts – Honours Sociology
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada – 2007
Advanced Trainings & Certifications
Adult Attachment Interview: Institute for the Adult Attachment Interview
Advanced training
Certificate in Attachment Focused Adult Psychotherapy
Advanced Course
Certificate in Trauma Recovery
Processing Guilt and Shame
Certificate in Trauma Counselling
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Why I do what I do
As a therapist, I often get asked how I feel about therapy and why I chose this as my career. Even after so many years, my answer remains the same: I think therapy is a beautiful way for people to learn about themselves and I am honoured to get to do this with them.
I believe in 2 basic fundamental aspects when it comes to therapeutic healing and the right partnership: I believe you have to like your therapist and believe they can help you. Anyone who has worked with me will have heard me say this but I believe it to be true to the foundation of any grounded and trusting therapeutic relationship. I love what I do. I am honoured that I am chosen to help someone and be a part of their journey of healing.
Getting to facilitate and witness the connections an individual makes and the understanding they develop about themselves in our work together is powerful. I feel a profound sense of honour to earn the trust of someone and work, using the security in our relationship, to unlearn destructive beliefs and understand how belief system and patterns come to be in our life. We work together to work through trauma and how this impacts the way an individual thinks, behaves, and believes.
