I offer a gentle, in-depth approach that weaves together psychodynamic insight, somatic awareness, mindfulness, and trauma-informed care. Our work invites deep curiosity about the patterns shaping your inner life — not just mentally, but emotionally and physically. Together, we will slow down and listen closely, creating space to untangle what’s been held — often for a long time — with honesty, respect, and care. I also stay current with emerging research in neuroscience, including insights from polyvagal theory and attachment science, integrating this knowledge into our work to support a deeper understanding of your nervous system and emotional patterns.

Psychodynamic therapy helps uncover the deeper, often unconscious roots of your emotional life — the origins of your thoughts, defences, and relational patterns. We explore not just what you feel, but how those feelings came to be, and why they persist. This work isn’t about fixing what’s “wrong”; it’s about creating the conditions for long-held patterns to be seen, felt, and gradually transformed. This work is enriched by current findings in neurobiology and relational neuroscience, which help us understand how past experiences shape present feelings and behaviours at both conscious and unconscious levels – and how to shift them.

Somatic therapy honours the body as a wise and active part of your healing. Emotional memories often live in the body — in tension, posture, breath. You might notice your shoulders tighten when you speak, or your breath shift in moments of emotion. Rather than pathologize these responses, we learn to listen to them. Your body often knows before your mind does. In therapy, we learn how to let it speak — gently and respectfully.

Yes — but here, trauma therapy doesn’t mean diving straight into painful memories. It means honouring your nervous system’s pace, building capacity to feel, and creating a sense of safety together. We move slowly, relationally, and in partnership with your inner wisdom. Whether you’re carrying early developmental wounds, complex trauma, or the quieter grief of simply being human, this is a space where you are met with compassion, not urgency. My approach is informed by the latest trauma research, including the polyvagal theory, which emphasizes the role of the nervous system in healing and connection.

You might look put-together on the outside — thoughtful, capable, even accomplished — and still feel a deep sense of fatigue, disconnection, or “something missing” inside. Therapy isn’t just for when you’re in crisis. It’s for when you’re ready to live more fully and honestly, beyond performance or perfection. This is a space where you can let your guard down and just be — no fixing, no masks.

Each session is a co-created space — a conversation that unfolds organically between us. You might arrive with something specific on your mind, or not know where to begin. That’s okay. We may pause to notice what’s happening in your body, explore a dream or image, or follow a silence that lingers. Over time, a deeper narrative begins to emerge — often one that hasn’t had space or safety to come forward until now.

Yes — but not as a way to suppress or “calm down” your experience. Mindfulness here is about presence: being with what is, in whatever form it shows up — grief, restlessness, longing, numbness. Sometimes we’ll pause to notice your breath or track sensations. These are not techniques to master, but doorways to a deeper connection with yourself.

There’s no set timeline. Therapy takes time — especially when we’re working with early wounds, trauma, or long-standing patterns. Some clients work with me for a few months around a particular issue; others stay longer as therapy becomes a space for continued growth and support. We’ll move at a pace that honours your capacity and reflects what feels most alive and meaningful to you. Throughout our work, I draw on up-to-date clinical research to guide a therapy process that is both evidence-informed and tailored to your unique needs.

I work with individuals navigating anxiety, emotional intensity, complex trauma, identity struggles, creative blocks, relational patterns, and a general sense of disconnection from self or meaning. Many clients say, “Nothing is really wrong, but I don’t feel quite right either.” That in-between space is often where the most honest and powerful work begins.

Yes — and not because you need to be in a particular field. Many of my clients are deeply thoughtful, emotionally attuned, and used to holding a lot internally. Whether you’re a writer, educator, parent, performer, or leader, therapy becomes a place where you’re seen not just for your ideas or achievements, but for your full emotional life — the parts that rarely get spoken aloud.

Clients often describe our work together as spacious, attuned, and quietly transformative. I offer a calm, steady presence — not to give advice or quick solutions, but to help you slow down, feel more deeply, and listen inward. There’s no pressure to perform, be “the good client,” or figure things out fast.

Our sessions are collaborative. I ask thoughtful questions, track what arises in the moment — in your words, gestures, body language, or pauses — and gently invite you to follow those threads. You don’t need to arrive with clarity or eloquence. You can come messy, uncertain, numb, tender, or guarded. All of you is welcome here.

I tend to work well with people who are insightful but tired of doing it all on their own — people longing for something more embodied, relational, and real. Over time, therapy becomes not just a place to process pain, but a space to come home to yourself. Some experience significant shifts in just a few months; others stay longer as life unfolds. There’s room here for both.