I have been a yoga teacher for over a decade, and long before I became a counsellor, the practice taught me something I now bring into every session, that the body holds what words sometimes cannot reach, and that real change often happens through the body, not around it.

Before private practice, I worked within a psychiatric outpatient unit for many years, where I had the privilege of walking alongside people through some of the most difficult chapters of their lives. That experience shaped my clinical grounding in a lasting way, it taught me to meet intensity with steadiness rather than fear, and it deepened my belief that every person I sit with is whole, complex, and so much more than what brought them into the room. It was also where I came to understand, in a very real and unavoidable way, how deeply our attachment systems shape us, how the earliest patterns of connection and safety we learn often echo through every relationship that follows, including the one we have with ourselves.

Outside of the therapy room, I live in Squamish, where the mountains are never far from view. I love spending time outdoors with my partner and my dog, whether that is splitboarding or hiking in the summer months. At home, you will usually find me with my hands in the garden or a book in hand, slowing down in the same way I hope to help others learn to do.