About me

I believe you are the expert in your own life. You know your strengths and your needs. I aim to support you in your journey of healing from (childhood) traumas and building strong relationships to become fully actualized as an adult. I understand the impacts of multilayered expectations placed on women, as a working, single parent who has faced burnout and other chronic health issues. I am keen to support women experiencing perinatal depression, and/or domestic violence. Working with couples, families, and individuals, together we can work on building awareness, setting boundaries, and communication skills. Applying narrative, trauma-informed, person-centred and mindfulness approaches, we can explore relationships, anger, grief, depression, anxiety, life transitions or life events. My practice applies a feminist, decolonial, anti-racist, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ affirming lens. I aim to hold space with curiosity and compassion; to create a safe space free of judgement and to co-create how I can best support you on your journey.

Education

Master of Arts in Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam (2008)

Bachelor of Science in Social Anthropology and Non-Western Sociology, University of Amsterdam (2008)

Certification and training

Narrative Therapy Training (2018)

Post Partum Doula Training (2015)

Massage Therapy Training (2011)

Narrative Therapy Training (2024)

Gottman Level 1 Training (2024)

Memberships and affiliations

Ontario Association of Social Workers

Credentials

Specialties

Languages

English, French, Spanish

Service introduction

Relational counselling (couples and family therapy), online, 90 minute sessions. Specializing in conflict, communication, boundaries. Individual therapy for adults, online, in 50 minute sessions. I specialize in perinatal depression, women's issues, and domestic violence.

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