I was awe-struck by a person in my life who was able to hold space for healing by being non-judgemental, empathetic, genuinely caring. I later realised, a profession could embody what I admired most in that person.

That I get to witness and hold space for immensely personal and precious journeys. Journeys of healing, hope and love and resilience and strength, and discovery.

Genuine care and empathy, hope, comfort and safety.

Psychotherapy is an opportunity to understand the ‘self’ better. The ‘self’ may be defined by our relationships with others, our thoughts and feelings, the unique experiences we live through or the circumstances surrounding us. It is in the careful attention we give to our self and our experiences in a safe space that enables us to make meaning, develop capacities and be guided ahead in our journeys. Through regular engagement with ourselves in this way, we become more aware of ourselves and in that awareness, become more empowered to cope with our big and small concerns. Therapy is for everybody.

I place a lot of emphasis on building a trustworthy and ethical therapeutic relationship with clients. I wish the relationship is honest and helpful, and supports you in meeting parts of yourself.

That each client holds an infinite reserve of profound insight, resilience and expertise on their life and concerns that I am grateful to witness.

I value the ability to be wholly present and grounded in therapy. I appreciate that I invest in learning the best ways to be helpful through training and supervision. I have genuine and unconditional positive regard towards clients.

I sing incessantly, songs that I like and dislike with equal gusto, and train with my singing teacher. I binge-watch reality TV series, and sign up for every therapy course I can get my hands on.

I use an eclectic approach. This means, that together we will explore thoughts and feelings, significant interpersonal relationships throughout life, and emotions in the body when trying to understand emotional distress. I use cognitive-behavioural, somatic, relational, analytic and narrative therapy frameworks in my sessions.

My intake form asks for the clients pronouns and I provide mine, which I take great care to be mindful of. I let clients know that I am queer-affirmative, and address concerns with regards to gender and sexuality on my social media pages, website and all documents of intake. I do engage in advocacy and actively work towards being a good ally to the community. I take an effort to educate myself through reading, and have trained in QACP so I can understand the unique stressors that impact the mental health of queer individuals. I have resources, and references to queer- affirmative professionals as well as support groups to ensure that I can appropriately help a queer individual.