FAQs
🌿 Relationships & Emotional Connection
I support individuals and couples in deepening connection, improving communication, and finding balance in their relationships. Together, we explore patterns that impact closeness and trust, helping you build stronger, more fulfilling connections.
💬 Healing Shame & Emotional Wounds
Many of us carry shame rooted in past experiences, family systems, culture, or identity. I provide a gentle, nonjudgmental space to understand and release those burdens — fostering self-compassion, confidence, and emotional healing.
🌸 Identity, Belonging & Self-Understanding
I offer affirming support for adults exploring who they are and how they relate to the world — including those navigating identity, belonging, or authenticity at any stage of life. My practice is LGBTQ+ affirming and grounded in acceptance and respect.
🌼 Desire, Intimacy & Connection
Intimacy and desire can shift over time and within relationships. I help clients explore these changes through an emotionally safe, relational lens — rebuilding connection, understanding needs, and supporting healthy, fulfilling closeness.
💞 Complex Relationship Dynamics
I welcome clients exploring non-traditional relationships, such as consensual non-monogamy or open relationships, offering an affirming and informed space to navigate communication, boundaries, and trust.
🪴 My Approach
My work is trauma-aware, collaborative, and grounded in compassion. I draw from Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), attachment-based exploration, and mindfulness practices to help you reconnect with yourself and others.
Each session is designed to meet you where you are — helping you move from self-criticism toward confidence, from disconnection toward meaningful, lasting growth.
Compassionate Support for Individuals and Couples in Vancouver and Online Across Western Canada!
I work with adults and couples seeking greater clarity, connection, and calm in their lives. Whether you’re navigating relationship challenges, communication struggles, anxiety, or major life changes, therapy provides a safe and supportive space to explore what’s happening beneath the surface — and to build new ways forward.
🌿 Relationships & Communication
Improving communication and resolving conflict
Rebuilding trust and emotional connection
Strengthening intimacy and closeness in long-term relationships
Navigating relational patterns or recurring dynamics
Balancing independence and togetherness
💬 Emotional Health & Wellbeing
Managing anxiety, stress, or burnout
Working through depression or grief
Developing self-compassion and emotional awareness
Building confidence and self-esteem
Finding clarity during times of uncertainty or change
💞 Identity, Belonging & Self-Understanding
Exploring identity, meaning, or direction in life
Feeling disconnected or unsure of your place in relationships or community
Understanding attachment styles and emotional needs
Cultivating authenticity and self-acceptance
LGBTQ+ affirming support for adults and couples
🌸 Healing & Growth
Processing the impacts of past trauma or emotional wounds
Addressing shame, perfectionism, or fear of vulnerability
Reconnecting with your body, emotions, and values
Creating a stronger sense of balance, stability, and self-trust
🌼 Life Transitions & Change
Adapting to career, relationship, or family changes
Adjusting to aging, illness, or shifting priorities
Navigating relocation, separation, or loss
Rediscovering purpose and resilience through transition
🪴 My Focus
I offer a collaborative and compassionate approach that integrates Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), mindfulness-based techniques, and attachment-focused exploration.
Together, we’ll identify the patterns that keep you feeling stuck and work toward lasting emotional wellbeing, stronger relationships, and a deeper sense of connection — with yourself and those around you.
My work is client-centered, collaborative, affirming, and grounded in both clinical insight and lived experience. I offer an integrative approach to sex therapy that honors the complexity of identity, relationships, and desire. My practice is sex-positive, trauma-aware, and LGBTQ2+ affirming.
I draw from:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) – to help clients build psychological flexibility and live in alignment with their values.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) – to support deeper emotional awareness and connection, especially in relationships.
Somatic & Attachment-Informed Practices – to explore how past experiences live in the body and shape present patterns.
Sex Therapy Principles – addressing issues such as desire, arousal, performance anxiety, sexual identity, kink, shame, and intimacy with openness and curiosity.
Sessions are tailored to the individual or couple, creating a space where people can explore challenges and possibilities without fear of judgment.
Yes, I offer virtual sessions to provide convenient and accessible support to clients anywhere.
Sessions with me are collaborative, non-judgmental, and grounded in warmth, curiosity, and respect. Whether you're seeking support around intimacy, identity, relationships, or sexual concerns, therapy will be tailored to meet your unique needs and pace.
You can expect:
-A Safe, Affirming Space
-All sexual orientations, gender identities, relationship structures, and personal histories are welcomed without judgment.
-Evidence-Informed Therapy
-Collaborative Goals
-We’ll work together to clarify your goals—whether that’s improving communication, healing from shame, increasing sexual confidence, or deepening connection.
-Real-World Integration
-Therapy will help you understand your inner experience while supporting meaningful change in your everyday life and relationships.
-Flexible Session Formats