Depression can feel debilitating. If you’re feeling like you have less enthusiasm for life, and the things you used to love, you could be experiencing depression. Has your doctor or health care provider diagnosed you with depression? If so, they have likely suggested psychotherapy; I can collaborate with them to help you heal.

Depression can be accompanied by anxiety and many other mental health issues. You may find you are unable to sleep or maintain your daily routine. We can work on navigating these feelings and building a life you want. You are not alone in your struggle.

When you wake in the morning, do you think about what will cover parts of your body you don’t, instead of thinking about what you want to wear? Do you feel like people are always staring at parts of your body you don’t like? Questions like this plague the minds of people with poor body image – this is exhausting. Today, feeling confident is harder than ever.

We are surrounded by images of impossible beauty standards where it makes it difficult to distinguish what is real and what is unrealistic in our beauty standards. Developing a more realistic understanding of body image can help take the pressure off everyday life. Feeling insecure about what you’re wearing or hyper fixating on insecurities takes the lightness and thrill away from life. Together, we can develop more self acceptance and healing.

Is your goal at the start of every year to lose weight? Do you find you’re constantly trying and failing to achieve your weight loss goals and have low self-esteem when it comes to your weight? Dieting and your relationship with food is something that we develop over our lifetime.

Chronic dieting involves repeated attempts to lose weight with restrictive diets, failure to maintain them and eventually making more attempts at dieting. In sessions together, we can form a healthier relationship with food and improve your body image.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition marked by unwanted, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors or rituals (compulsions) that individuals feel driven to perform.

These cycles can significantly impact daily life and well-being. At our practice, we offer a supportive and understanding environment to help you confront and manage OCD symptoms. Through evidence-based therapies, we empower you to break free from the cycle of obsession and compulsion, fostering greater control and peace of mind. Together, we’ll work towards a healthier, more fulfilling life.

You may think that you are completely alone in your struggles with hair pulling (Trichotillomania) and skin picking (excoriation disorder). You may have bald patches or areas of your body with scarring due to skin picking that you cover with makeup, clothing or other means. Conditions like these, make mundane tasks frightening – something as simple as getting a haircut becomes terrifying.

Although it might be embarrassing to even admit that this is an issue you have, it may surprise you that these conditions – referred as body focused repetitive behaviours- are quite common. Periods of life that are highly stressful can make these conditions worse. Together we can work on developing strategies to help you manage hair pulling and skin picking.

In life, significant changes can happen on the turn of a dime- whether it be losing a loved one, a job or the breakdown of a relationship, significant changes can prove challenging. Do you find yourself lost amidst the chaos of recent events? Maybe you feel paralyzed and unable to go forward.

In counselling with me, I can help you sort through your personal views and challenges and adapt to these transitions with grace and a sense of peace. I provide a warm and welcoming environment where you choose the pace that we work at, where we form treatment based on your needs.

Do you find yourself constantly online dating and going though exhausting short-lived relationships? Maybe you and your partner frequently fight, or you feel the need to hide parts of yourself from your partner? Vulnerability is the name of the game in relationships, but we could have developed ways of coping that are no longer serving us that are impacting how we relate to others.

Relationships form the bedrock of our lives, but sometimes we can experience difficulties in them, or we could be plagued by pervasive patterns we cannot seem to identify or change. Issues like these might be addressed while in a relationship, or alone as a means of developing more self-awareness surrounding how you approach dating, relationships and marriage.

Adapting to the challenges of university or college including coping with academic expectations and disappointment, relationship issues, challenges of leaving home and living independently.

Are you experiencing stress and anxiety due to expectations from your family and yourself to achieve academic goals? The pressure to achieve success can be difficult . Do you find yourself being frustrated and feeling ashamed because you are not living up to these expectations? I am here to lend an empathetic ear and help you to develop strategies to help you to overcome these difficulties.

The time after graduation from University or College can be very difficult. This time can be particularly difficult and stressful especially if it takes longer than expected to find employment or to be accepted into a graduate or professional program.

Coping with disappointment, financial hardship and the realities of moving back into the family home or into a less-than-optimal living situation can cause anxiety, depression and an identity crisis. I am here to help you navigate this difficult transition.