Welcome

I am a Registered Social Worker with a private practice in the London, ON area. I offer counseling services to individuals and couples seeking support and help to work through life’s struggles so they may be able to experience a better future. I am committed to offering a safe and respectful environment for all that honours each person’s individual uniqueness and comfort in the counseling process.

If you are considering contacting a therapist to start counseling, it is important to make sure that you feel comfortable and confident with the individual you choose. Please take the time to browse this website to find out more about my counseling approach, training and experience. If you have any questions or would like to contact me directly, please contact me.

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education

Education

  • Masters of Social Work
  • University of Western Ontario
  • Bachelor of Social Work
  • McMaster University
  • Bachelor of Arts (Sociology)
  • McMaster University
accreditations

Accreditations

  • Registered Social Worker
  • Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW)
  • Ontario College of Social Workers and
  • Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW)
  • Registered Member
  • Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW)

My Office

370 Queens Ave, Suite 100

(on the North side of Queens, four driveways west of Colborne Ave)

Clients are asked to park in a visitors spot around the back of this building and to enter through ground level entrance to the left and go through both sets of doors.

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I have experience working for a number of years as a Medical Social Worker in the health care system, the not-for-profit sector and the child welfare system and bring my experience in these various sectors with me in my work as a therapist.

I have been trained in various types of psychotherapeutic techniques and incorporate exercises and tools from these various approaches, including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Brief Solution Focussed Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.

Who I Work With

I work with individuals struggling with any of the following concerns:

  • Depression
  • Anxiety/Panic
  • Trauma
  • Post-traumatic stress
  • Abuse
  • Self esteem concerns
  • Childhood abuse survivors (emotional, physical, sexual)
  • Stress
  • Anger issues
  • Resolving loss
  • Grief
  • Relationship difficulties
  • Life transitions
  • Performance anxiety
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I have experience working for a number of years as a Medical Social Worker in the health care system, the not-for-profit sector and the child welfare system and bring my experience in these various sectors with me in my work as a therapist.

I have been trained in various types of psychotherapeutic techniques and incorporate exercises and tools from these various approaches, including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Brief Solution Focussed Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.

Services

My counseling practice involves providing psychotherapy to individuals and couples from a client centered perspective. It is my goal that by providing a confidential outside resource and safe place to discuss and work through previous experiences, patterns, ways of living, communicating, etc., you will be able to experience a more fulfilling present and future.

I accept self-referrals, as well as referrals from Physicians and other Professionals.

At the start of our sessions together, we will spend time discussing your current situation and goals/hopes for therapy. This discussion will form the basis for much of what we will discuss as therapy continues. Sessions typically last for approximately 1 hour and occur weekly or biweekly (although this may change and therapy progresses). Therapy can be either short-term or long-term in nature, depending on your goals and the time required to address the problems you would like to address in therapy. The length of therapy will be discussed as we progress in the therapeutic process.

Fees

While psychotherapy is not covered by OHIP, many insurance providers provide Extended Health Benefits which cover the cost of counseling/psychotherapy as provided by a Registered Social Worker (RSW). Please check with your insurance provider to determine the coverage available for you.

In order to make counseling as accessible as possible, I do offer a limited amount of Reduced Rate appointments for individuals not able to cover the full session fee. Please contact (link) me to discuss this option.

Session fees are payable by cash or cheque at the end of each session.

Quotes

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside awakens.




--Carl Gustav Jung

"We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them."




--William Arthur Ward

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes.




--Marcel Proust

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”

--Jon Kabat-Zinn

When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.




--Jon Kabat-Zinn