We are a team of registered psychotherapists supporting clients locally and across Ontario
11/15/2025
Boundaries are powerful — sometimes all it takes is one to create real change.
This week’s reflection invites you to pause and notice:
✨ What boundary has improved your well-being the most?
Maybe it was learning to say “no,” ending a draining pattern, or creating separation between work and personal life.
Whatever it was, it likely brought more clarity, more peace, and more alignment.
Boundaries aren’t selfish — they’re a form of self-respect.
If you’re exploring how to set healthier limits, therapy can help you build confidence, clarity, and language around your needs. 💛
✨ Share your boundary win in the comments or reflect quietly for yourself — both are growth.
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11/12/2025
Ever feel like different “parts” of you are at odds — one part wants to rest, while another feels guilty for slowing down?
Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy helps make sense of that inner tension.
IFS views the mind as an internal family — with each part trying to protect you in its own way. Through curiosity and compassion, IFS helps you reconnect with your Self — the calm, grounded center within you — and heal from the inside out.
You don’t have to silence your parts — you can learn to understand them. 🌿
11/10/2025
Narrative Therapy invites you to step back and look at your life as a story — one that you have the power to shape and rewrite. 🌱
This approach helps clients separate their identity from their struggles, discover new perspectives, and connect with their values and strengths. It’s especially powerful for anyone navigating change, loss, or self-discovery.
Because healing isn’t about erasing your story — it’s about retelling it with compassion. 💬
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11/07/2025
We had the pleasure of presenting to staff members from the Peel Board of Education on how stress impacts the nervous system — and how understanding our body’s stress response can help restore calm and balance.
Participants learned practical tools and strategies to begin regulating stress, reconnecting with the body’s natural rhythm, and building resilience both inside and outside the workplace.
Thank you to the Peel Board of Education for the warm invitation and to such an engaged group for welcoming these insights with openness and curiosity.
11/05/2025
Psychoeducation is one of the most empowering parts of therapy. By learning how the mind and body respond to stress, emotion, and change, clients gain clarity, confidence, and the tools to manage challenges more effectively.
At our clinic, we believe that understanding your mental health is the first step toward improving it. 💚
11/03/2025
Behavioral Activation is a practical, evidence-based approach that focuses on increasing meaningful activity to improve mood and reduce avoidance. Often used within CBT, this method supports individuals in building structure, reconnecting with values, and re-engaging with life — one small step at a time.
10/31/2025
No tricks here — just treats for your mental health! 🍬
This Halloween, try these simple self-care “treats”:
✨ Take a mindful walk
✨ Enjoy something cozy
✨ Set a small boundary
✨ Laugh with someone you trust
Remember: caring for your mind is the sweetest treat of all. 💛
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10/29/2025
Sometimes the hardest thing isn’t what happened — it’s accepting that it did.
Radical acceptance invites peace by helping us stop the mental tug-of-war with reality. It’s not about giving up; it’s about freeing up energy for healing, growth, and self-compassion. 🌿
🧠 Interested in exploring this further? Our therapists can help you develop mindfulness and acceptance skills tailored to your needs.
Your inner child holds your earliest experiences of love, fear, and belonging — and reconnecting with them can unlock deep emotional healing. 💫
Through therapy, journaling, and self-compassion, you can meet that younger version of you with the care they always needed.
📚 Healing starts with listening inward.
10/25/2025
Sometimes the words “I’m fine” really mean “I don’t know how to deal with this right now.”
Emotional avoidance is a common, protective response — but it can leave us disconnected from ourselves and those we care about.
Therapy helps you slow down, listen to what your emotions are trying to tell you, and learn that feeling isn’t the same as falling apart. 🌿
💚 When you stop running from your emotions, you start moving toward yourself.
10/23/2025
💭 Therapy Question of the Week:
“What does rest actually look like for me — not just sleep, but true rest?”
We often think rest means doing nothing, but real rest is about nourishment — for your mind, body, and spirit.
This week, take a moment to notice what kind of rest your system is asking for — maybe it’s silence, solitude, laughter, or creativity. 🌿
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“Don’t allow your wounds to transform you into someone you’re not”. - Paulo Coelho
I believe no one should have to try to navigate personal challenges alone. Therefore, it is my pleasure to extend hope and a path toward healing and wholeness for anyone caught in life’s struggles.
I am a registered psychotherapist and registered nurse with 26 years of combined experience. I offer private and group therapy sessions, support hospital staff members in two hospitals with anxiety reduction techniques. In addition, I volunteer on the Ontario COVID-19 Wellness Network providing therapy by video conference to health care workers across the province.
My passion lies in providing mental and physical support to those undergoing emotional and/or physical turmoil. Guided by empathy and compassion, I provide a safe, respectful therapeutic atmosphere where we explore your struggles, skill sets, victories, and dreams.
It’s not uncommon for people traveling life’s journey to get stuck, experience immense inner pain, face crises, or experience existential angst. Therapy is a tool to help navigate it all, learning practical strategies to help you along your journey.
Guiding Principles
I tailor each session specifically to your goals and needs. You have a unique story that deserves the time and space to be explored. Providing empathy, we will work toward you discovering and accepting your authentic self.
As therapy progresses, we will do some exploring to see what’s going on under the surface. We’ll collaborate to identify healthy coping skills and learn new tools that will ultimately help you reach your goals.
Areas That I Specialize In
Anxiety
Depression
Codependency
Marriage/Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Life Transitions
Loneliness / Hopelessness
Anger Management
Grief and Bereavement
Trauma/PTSD
OCD / Negative and repetitive intrusive thoughts
My Background
I’ve been an operating room nurse for 26 years. I’ve also volunteered on several crisis-focused volunteer missions, witnessing the effect and toll of mental distress.
In 2002, I accompanied an ENT/cosmetic surgeon to remote areas in China where we performed corrective surgeries on babies and young adults born with cleft lip and palate birth deformities. Many families reported being shunned and ostracized by their communities due to the physical differences in their children or in themselves. The extent of this prejudice also meant that individuals were excluded from receiving medical care; receive basic education or participation in greater community.
I was struck by the families’ resilience and endurance while experiencing unjust behaviour and ridicule from their communities. I thought of the perseverance and enormous motivation to seek out medical attention at our outreach clinic.
In 2005, with the Canadian Medical Association of Toronto (CMAT), I embarked on another nursing mission to Pakistan for 21 days, shortly after a deadly earthquake. The trauma that affected these people was far beyond physical wounds, as they were traumatized by grief, death, the devastation of their homes, and by the struggles ahead.
Education and Training
I commit to ongoing professional development and continuing education by engaging in further training.
Registered Psychotherapist (RPQ)- The College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
Registered Nurse and Registered Nurse First Assist - The College of Nurses of Ontario
Advanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Certification Program specializing in psychosis, bipolar, schizophrenia, Trauma, PTSD, OCD and generalized anxiety disorder - University of Toronto and Sick Kids Community Health Center
Solution Focused Therapy Certificate Program - University of Toronto
Grief and Bereavement Educator Certificate Program - University of Toronto (in progress)
Trauma Focused Therapy Certificate Program - Wilfred Laurier University (in progress)
