Queer Sex & Grief Therapy Services in Burlington and Hamilton Ontario

Outside of the therapy room, I am an inner explorer, fascinated by the landscape of the self and psyche. I engage in my own personal practice of self-examining through ancestral connection, dreamwork, meditation, and life long learning.

I find joy and care through land connecting practices (herbalism), creativity (writing and crafting), and somatic practices (fitness, hiking, and dance).

I honour my relationships as an active, reciprocal practice toward deepening my connection with partners, lineage, and queer kin.

These practices nourish me and inform the holistic care I offer.

• Registered Psychotherapist (College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario)

• MA in Counselling Psychology, Yorkville University

• HBSc in Psychology, University of Toronto

• Internal Family Systems, Stepping Stones Level 1

• Somatic Parts Work Level 1-3, The Embody Lab

• Sex Therapy Informed Professional, PESI and Sexual Health Solutions

• Grief Counselling Specialist, Evergreen Certifications

• Mindfulness-Based Chronic Pain Management, NeuroNova

• Couples Counselling Level 1 & 2, Gottman Institute

• Ongoing CNM-, kink-, and LGBT-affirmative therapy training, Affirmative Couch, Laura Guenzel, Rainbow Health Ontario, and Therapeutic Diversity Training

• Ace and Aro Affirming Counselling Practice, Laura Guenzel

• Decolonize Your Practice, Silvana Espinoza Lau

• Jungian Perspective on the Tarot 1-2, JungPlatform

• Dreams in Clinical Practice, Dr. Leslie Ellis

• Grief, Loss, or Bereavement

• 2SLGBTQIA+ and Queer-Affirming Counseling

• Intimacy and Desire

• Relationship Difficulties (Monogamy, Open Relationships/Non-Monogamy, infidelity, desire discrepancy)

• Chronic Pain and Stress

• Self-Esteem and Identity Exploration

• Body Image/Body Neutrality

• Emotional Disturbance

• Mood Disorders

• Life Transitions

• Suicidal Ideation

• Trauma

• Trauma-informed therapies — grounded in nervous system awareness, attachment, and consent

• Mindfulness — helping to gently bring attention to your present-moment experience—your thoughts, emotions, body sensations, and environment—without judgment. This can help reduce overwhelm, increase self-compassion, and build the capacity to respond to stress with greater choice and care.

• Internal Family Systems (IFS) and somatic parts work — honours the multitudes we hold by understanding them as inner “parts,” each with its own feelings and protective roles. By approaching these parts with curiosity and compassion—and noticing how they show up in the body—greater self-understanding and internal harmony is gained.

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) — helping to support psychological flexibility and value-aligned living

• Narrative therapy — to explore and re-author the stories you carry

• Sex therapy — use frameworks that are informed by pleasure activism and affirm kink, non-monogamy, and queer identities. Helpful in addressing any psychological and emotional concerns around sex (eg. sexual performance, desire, shame, trauma, etc.), sexual identity and orientation, or re-developing intimacy after major life changes.

• Sensate Focus — a structured approach used in sex therapy to help individuals and partners reconnect with touch, pleasure, and intimacy without pressure or performance expectations. It can support healing around desire differences, anxiety, or painful sex.

• Gottman Method — to support relationship repair, communication, and emotional connection

• Eco-therapy — recognizes the relationship between human wellbeing and the natural world. Sessions may incorporate reflection on our connection with land, seasons, and the more-than-human world, or invite practices that support grounding, grief, and renewal through nature-based awareness.

• Jungian-Informed Tarot and Dream Work — used as reflective tools to explore symbolism, unconscious patterns, and personal meaning. In therapy, they are not used for prediction, but as creative ways to deepen insight and connect with inner experience.