ABOUT ME

Welcome! I look very forward to meeting you. Here’s a little bit about me in case it peeks your interest. I was born and raised in Nova Scotia and have a deep love and affinity for the ocean, but I have learned to embrace the mountains since moving to Calgary in 2014. I graduated from Dalhousie University with an BSc. Honours in Psychology in 2008, and then completed my Masters of Social Work and Certificate in Addiction Studies in 2011 from the University of Toronto. I was very fortunate to receive training and clinical experience at the world renowned, Center for Addiction and Mental Health, in Toronto, and have worked in a variety of mental health settings including: Psychiatric Emergency, Inpatient Complex Mental Health, Youth Concurrent Disorder Outpatient and Day Treatment, and Adult Outpatient Community Mental Health programs.

Supporting people in solving complex problems is a passion of mine, and there is almost nothing more complex than the brain-body connection. To help understand and solve these complexities I have received specialized training in many evidence-based approaches, including: Mindfulness Practices, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Radically Open Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, in addition to many other supportive modalities. I also have experience supporting a board range of psychiatric diagnoses and mental health concerns, and have a particular skill-set for supporting individuals experiencing: Substance abuse and addiction, emotion dysregulation and Borderline Personality Disorder, trauma and Post-traumatic Stress, Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder and perfectionism, family and relationship issues, and anxiety and depression.

I’m a spouse and mother of two beautiful young girls and part of a blended family. In my down time I love making things and indulging my creative side, kickboxing and yoga, reading a good book, listening to podcasts (I can recommend so many, please ask!), a great cup of coffee and trying to make the most perfect pizza.