My work integrates several client-centred, evidence-based, and compassion-centered approaches. Together, we’ll choose what best supports your needs and goals.
Mindfulness is at the core of many therapeutic modalities as it teaches you to bring kind, nonjudgmental awareness to your thoughts, emotions, and body sensations. Mindfulness practices help reduce reactivity, enhance emotional regulation, and foster presence and engagement in daily life.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
IFS invites you to explore the different “parts” within yourself — the ones that protect, the ones that carry pain, and the compassionate Self that leads with curiousity, calm and clarity. This approach helps you build understanding, harmony, and self-compassion.
* Training: IFS Level 2 with IFS Institute
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD
CPT helps people understand how trauma has shaped their beliefs about themselves, others, and the world. By examining and gently shifting these beliefs, you can reduce distress, ease self-blame, and reconnect with a sense of safety and meaning.
Exposure-Based Therapies
Exposure-based therapies help you safely approach memories, situations, or sensations that feel distressing, in a structured and supportive way:
- Gradual Exposure: We take small, manageable steps to face feared situations or triggers, building confidence and reducing avoidance over time.
- Prolonged Exposure: With careful guidance, you engage with memories of traumatic events in a controlled and supportive setting, helping your brain process the trauma and reduce its ongoing impact.
These approaches are often integrated with other modalities, like CPT or mindfulness, to support trauma recovery. The goal is gently reduce the intensity of distressing responses and increase your sense of safety and control.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
SFBT emphasizes your existing strengths and resources. Rather than focusing solely on problems, it helps you identify what’s already working and build practical, achievable steps toward your preferred future. It’s collaborative, empowering, and often brings new clarity in fewer sessions.
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC)
Mindful Self-Compassion encourages you to treat yourself with the same warmth and understanding you’d offer a loved one. Over time, it helps transform self-criticism into care, building emotional strength and inner calm.