I completed a two-year intensive somatic attachment psychotherapy training program with Lisa Mortimore (PhD) and Stacy Adam Jensen (MEd) in 2023, and joined their training team as a facilitator in 2024. This modality is described as the “reparation of early attachment injuries through a framework that weaves together: attachment theory, trauma studies, affect regulation, interpersonal neurobiology, interpersonal/relational psychoanalytic practice, somatic psychotherapy, and deepening connections to the sentient world” (https://bringingthebody.ca/)

I also trained with Stacy Adam Jensen on Chronic Shame in Clinical Practice in 2024, deepening my capacity for working with disassociation, dysregulation, and dysfunctional relationships to self- and others.

Emotion-focused therapy was the modality I was first drawn to in my graduate training, and informed my initial post-graduate training choices. Some of the main trainings I completed are:

EFT for Couples Therapy Externship, Vancouver Couples and Family Institute

Intro to Emotionally Focused Therapy with Couples, Vancouver Couples and Family Institute

Emotion Focused Therapy for Individuals, Level I and II, Vancouver Couples and Family Institute

I find my foundation in emotion-focused therapy supports my deeper work in the somatic attachment realm.

My first job as a therapist was with a sex therapy clinic (2020-2023), where I was able to learn from in-service programming, workshops, my colleagues and plentiful online resources - I also did two significant trainings during that time:

Intensive Sex Therapy Training Program, University of Guelph

Sex Therapy Certificate, The Buehler Institute

I have also completed a Sexual Attitude Reassessment training, meeting all of the course requirement for AASECT certification - I chose to not pursue sex therapy specifically, but my chapter in the sex therapy world and the training/education I received during this time has allowed me to work with clients more deeply re: intimacy, desire, pleasure, consent, boundaries, sexual dysfunction and pain, and with folks exploring kink/fetish/BDSM and non-monogamy.

I started seeing couples during my practicum internship at The Adler Centre. I went on to train with the Vancouver Couples and Family Institute between 2020 - 2022 (see: emotion-focused therapy), which laid the foundation for my relationship work. My sex therapy training also included significant training on working with couples, particularly with desire discrepancy, expanding intimacy, and sexual communication.

My work with dyads (partners, friends, siblings etc) focuses on deepening your shared understanding of each other, safely communicating from more honest & vulnerable places, and allowing space to name hurt & harm in order to facilitate movement towards repair. 

I have taken smaller trainings and done personal readings & research on IFS (Internal Family Systems) / parts-work, complex PTSD and the nervous system, DBT (Dialectical Behavioural Therapy), narrative therapy, and AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy).

I am engaged in research, learning, and conversation about systemic, anti-oppressive, and feminist ways of working, and my aim is to prioritize your lived experience and wisdom, acknowledge and challenge power imbalances, and promote your self-determination and autonomy in our work.