Areas of Focus
My areas of focus include but are not limited to:
– anxiety
– depression
– self-esteem
– complex family dynamics
– grief, including anticipatory grief
– identity exploration, including navigating diasporic connection/ disconnection to ancestry & culture
– exploring sexuality and gender identity
– neurodivergence
– COVID concerns
– 2SLGBTQIA+ identities, QTBIPOC identities
– relationship conflict
– navigating organizing and activism work
– repairing harm & accountability
– individual counselling & relationship counselling
Approaches & What to Expect
My approaches to counselling are intersectional, social justice-oriented, anti-oppressive, and trauma-informed. I believe that experiences like healing and trauma are multi-layered, non-linear, and rarely occur in isolation to systems, communities, and the environment. (I love embodying the vibe of that Charlie Day meme of the conspiracy theory board, but in therapy!)
I hope to be able to co-create spaces to dream alongside one another, collaborate together, and foster space for QTBIPOC magic, ancestral wisdom, and learning from non-human kin. You can expect me to be warm, collaborative, and curious.
I have an eclectic and integrated approach to therapy but am drawn to Expressive Arts Therapies – Narrative Therapy, Art Therapy, Generative Somatics and Somatic Therapy, Internal Family Systems/ parts work, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
Outside of counselling, I find joy in anime and manga, music, video games and board games, collaborative and parallel art-making, and community and community organizing work.
I am fully vaccinated, regularly boosted, and will wear a mask for in-person sessions. You are welcome to wear a mask, but are not required to.
