I work from a culturally-curious, trauma-informed, anti-oppressive framework across my therapy practice, advocacy work, and consultation sessions.

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My therapeutic approach centres on being with individuals as they explore identity and meaning in an increasingly complicated world. My work welcomes a broad range of clients navigating transitions, the stresses of modern parenthood, sociocultural and bicultural identity, and the impact of historical and present-day family constellations.

Though my therapeutic focus is not exclusive to the neurodivergent community, my practice is neuroaffirming and supports late-identified/high-masking autistic, ADHD, and gifted adults, as well as parents/caregivers raising neurodivergent and/or greater support needs children. I also care for mixed-neurotype couples and families learning to understand and support each other's different ways of being. Burnout and advocacy fatigue, particularly the exhaustion that comes from ongoing explaining, adapting, or fighting to be understood, are common presentations in my practice.

Beyond the therapy space, I am actively involved in teaching, advocacy, and facilitating parent/caregiver support groups, wherein I bring the same grounded, culturally-curious approach to community and educational spaces. My background as a journalist and media contributor also shapes how I show up in this work, with a commitment to translating and making complex ideas and concepts accessible to a broader audience as part of shifting beliefs and dismantling harmful systems.

Modalities & Approaches

My therapeutic approach integrates the following modalities, while continuously centring the client’s identities and lived experiences:

  • Psychodynamic/humanistic

  • Person- centred

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

  • Internal Family Systems

  • Narrative

  • Emotionally-Focused Therapy

  • Dialectical Behavioural Therapy

  • Somatic

  • Existential

Consultation & Media Services

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Journalist & Media Contributor

My media work can be found in The Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, Today’s Parent, Huffington Post, Toronto Star and SavvyMom. In 2017, I was honoured with a National Magazine Award for a collaborative package in Today’s Parent magazine. A list of my published bylines can be found here. I also contribute regularly to CBC Radio syndicated shows and make guest appearances on podcasts as an expert in mental health, parenting, and neuroaffirming awareness and advocacy.

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Consultation/Advocacy for Neuroaffirming Spaces

I have delivered neurodiversity advocacy and education seminars across large-scale, high-impact corporate, regulatory, and healthcare audiences, translating clinical and lived-experience insight into practical, systems-level guidance for organizations.

Beyond institutional seminars, I facilitate ongoing caregiver/parent support group series for parents raising neurodivergent children by creating a space where families are recognized as the leading authority on their own child(ren), while also providing affirming support for the realities of advocacy fatigue.

I also serve as a Board of Director member and committee chair for two national non-profit organizations.

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Peer Consulation & Supervision (in progress)

I offer peer consultation to fellow clinicians through presentations, in-person group consultation, and one-on-one sessions, sharing clinical frameworks and tools developed across my neurodivergent-affirming, trauma-informed, anti-oppressive practice . I am currently working towards meeting the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario's supervision requirements, building on this consultation work as a foundation for offering formal clinical supervision beginning in 2027.

Frequently Asked Questions

    • I offer individual and couples therapy for adults both in-person (GTA) and virtually (Ontario).

    • I provide training for workplaces and organizations on the topic of neuroaffirming leadership as well as peer consultation for fellow clinicians on how to provide neuroaffirming care.

    • I facilitate support groups for parents/caregivers raising neurodivergent families.

    • I am available to speak to media on the topics of mental health, parenting. and neurodiversity.

    • Navigate to my booking site for therapy and/or peer consultation sessions.

    • Reach out to my email for speaking engagements or media requests.

    • I bring my lived experience as a biracial, immigrant who has explored her own therapeutic work and engages in ongoing supervision and consultation to remain curious and maintain humility in my practice. I position myself as an anti-racist, anti-oppressive ally but do not work from an assumption that I am without bias.

    • I am a parent, in a long-term relationship, with firsthand knowledge of navigating systems and family life through the experience of neurodiversity.

    • In my first career, I was a journalist in the Canadian media landscape.

  • See contact information below.

    • Individual therapy: $200/hr

    • Couples/Family Therapy: $225/hr

    • Speaking engagements: negotiable

      **Sliding scale/pro bono openings are available depending on capacity**