The Internal Family Systems (IFS) approach, aka "parts work", is very effective at healing all types of trauma - big t and little t. I guide clients on how to go inward and heal these wounds in a gentle, non-invasive way. The approach is deeply self-compassionate, and does not have to involve rehashing the details of the past through talk therapy. I believe IFS to currently be the most effective approach to trauma healing. IFS is an evidence-backed approach that is built on modern, empirical neuroscience research.  I am currently in the process of being certified as a level 1 IFS practitioner.

Do you find yourself caught in repetitive and negative mental health patterns? Do you have the sense that you need to get to the root of the problem in order for real change to happen? In my experience, freedom comes from bringing what is currently unconscious into consciousness. I help clients get into a meditative state where they can gain insight into what is actually happening in their system. This new information determines what needs to happen in terms of healing and moving forward - which we then actively heal in session.

Learn how to lead from a seat of greater awareness and self knowledge, and develop the ability to work with all your parts in an embodied, empowered way. 

Sometimes the healing journey requires us to engage in a rigourous intellectual inquiry that involves a critical analysis of our world and our place in it. Oftentimes, this process involves the practice of direct experiential inquiry. As a lifelong seeker and learner, I can support clients who want to work with psychological, spiritual, social, cultural, philosophical and political concepts to help clarify thinking, and find meaning and purpose.     

When I work with partners, I am informed by a mix of counselling models: Emotions Focused Therapy (EFT) Internal Family Systems (IFS/ IFIO) and Psychoanalytic concepts. Partners can benefit from having an objective counsellor to help them identify and stop conflict patterns. Counselling often involves each partner going inward to examine their own relational needs, and then learn how to best communicate their needs to their partner. Partners also learn how to receive their partner's needs. Partners learn how to maintain an overall theme of appreciation, connection, and intimacy.

Sometimes it is necessary to focus on the body in our healing journey. I am informed by the research and work of Deb Dana and Steven Porges Polyvagal Approach. The Polyvagal Approach helps us learn how to map and regulate our own nervous system, helping us move out of chronic states of depression and/or activation and toward a place of ease.