The Art of Therapy

My Experience

With seven years of experience as the head counselor at The Michener Institute of Applied Health Sciences, and over 3000 hours of counselling experience and workshops, I offer professional support for anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and family hardships, among other areas.

My Practice

I use a mixture of Gestalt Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people manage social anxiety, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress (PTSD) and low-self-esteem. I also help people navigate parenting, mid-life crises, marriage stress...Read more

The Art of Therapy

As a published writer, writing teacher and musician, I also support those in the  creative arts, which I define as anyone who creates anything. Creativity can be anything from writing opera arias to shaping pottery,...Read more

Get support for individuals, couples and families.

My use of both Gestalt Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) gives me a wide range of options to support my clients. Gestalt Therapy focuses on the ‘here and now,’ our body experiences and our childhood patterns, and helps us be present in our relationships with more energy and excitement. CBT has been rigorously tested in over 1000 studies, and is a therapy that supports depression, attention deficit disorder (ADD), panic and anxiety, phobias and stress. Where CBT works by examining and re-framing our irrational thoughts, Gestalt Therapy encourages the expression of emotion. The two theories support each other, engaging both the mind and the heart, the rational and the artful—our whole self.