Works with individuals on the things that are hard to say out loud, and harder to keep carrying alone. Online sessions in Toronto and across Ontario. No pressure to have it figured out before you arrive.
We just met for the first time. You wouldn't go in depth with a stranger. So my first few sessions are always about getting to know you: who you are, what's going on, what's underneath that.
Most people come in with something specific. Usually there's something underneath it. The work is figuring out which is which, and then figuring out what to do with that.
What you bring to the first session is up to you. If you're not sure where to start, that's a completely normal place to start from.
Sessions are 50 minutes, online via Jane App. Frequency varies: some people come weekly, some bi-weekly, some monthly. We work that out based on what you're dealing with.
Some clients are touch-and-go. Many work consistently over 3–6 months. Some continue longer. There's no script for how long it should take.
Available across Ontario.
These aren't rigid categories, they're starting points. A lot of what people bring crosses several of these at once, and that's fine.
Anxiety tends to start in a functional place: worry as preparation, caution as protection. But it runs into a problem: it only ever imagines bad outcomes. Even when those outcomes aren't likely, anxiety doesn't care. It's always living a few steps into a future that hasn't happened yet.
Depression often works differently. A lot of people silenced a part of themselves at some point in order to survive something, and for some people depression is what happens when that silencing also starts numbing the things worth feeling. The work isn't just lifting the weight. It's figuring out what's underneath it.
Life transitions hit people differently. What one person finds exciting, another finds destabilising, and neither response is wrong. Developmental milestones, relational shifts, immigration, career changes, loss: these are the moments when the old version of you doesn't quite fit anymore and the new one hasn't arrived yet.
For immigration specifically, the question isn't just practical. It's existential: Who do you have to become in order to belong here? And what part of you has to remain in order to still be you?
Who are you when nobody's watching, and does that match who you are when they are? Questions about identity often sit quietly for years before they become loud. When they do, it helps to have somewhere to take them.
One question I come back to with people: in an ideal world where no one observes you and no one relies on you: what would you do? What would make you forget about time? That tends to cut through a lot of noise.
Most communication problems are not actually about words. They're about what's underneath the words: what's assumed, what's avoided, what one person hears when the other speaks.
Saying "you forgot the trash" might actually be saying "I feel invisible and unsupported." The argument is about the trash. The relationship problem is something else entirely. Understanding that layer changes what's possible.
ADHD is a difference in how the brain regulates attention, emotion, and impulse, not a character flaw. Understanding that distinction changes what it means to work with it. Especially when the diagnosis arrives late, after years of evidence that you were somehow just not trying hard enough.
This work also includes thought patterns that create friction: perfectionism, rumination, catastrophising, and the somatic dimension of how anxiety and mood live in the body, not just the mind.
$150 / 50 min
Extended sessions (80 min) available at $200.
Many extended health insurance and benefits plans cover Registered Psychotherapist services. Check with your provider directly. Coverage varies.
Sliding scale: A limited number of sliding scale spots are available.
20 minutes, no cost. A chance to ask questions, get a sense of how I work, and figure out whether individual psychotherapy is the right fit right now.
Sessions are online via Jane App, available across Ontario.
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