Relational Therapist
From Survival to Security,
Rooted in Real Connection
BUT COUNSELLING AND THERAPY CAN EASE THE PAIN.
If you are struggling with anxiety, sadness, anger, depression, or finding it hard to feel safe and connected in your relationships, you may be carrying the impact of trauma or past experiences that once helped you survive. Therapy offers a supportive space to understand these patterns and move toward greater security and connection.
I invite you to learn more about me and my work through this website.
Online Appointments
First Therapy Session (Getting Started)
First Therapy Session (Getting Started)
First Therapy Session (Getting Started)
The first session is a longer appointment (1.5 hours) to give us time to slow things down and move at a pace that feels manageable for you. We’ll gently explore what has brought you to therapy and what you’ve been carrying, with care and respect for your experiences and boundaries.
This session is also about creating safety and trust. We’ll begin building a supportive, collaborative relationship where you don’t have to share more than you’re ready to, can ask questions along the way, and get a sense of whether working together feels steady and supportive for you.
Individual Therapy Session (Ongoing)
First Therapy Session (Getting Started)
First Therapy Session (Getting Started)
After the first session, ongoing 50-minute sessions offer a steady, supportive space to continue our work together. As trust builds, we can gently go deeper, always at a pace that feels right for you.
These sessions allow us to slow things down and notice what’s coming up emotionally, whether from your life or in the moment. There’s no pressure to have an agenda, we follow what feels most important for you. Research shows that Emotion-Focused Therapy, the approach I use, supports meaningful and lasting change, with around 70–90% of people experiencing significant improvement over time.
WHY EFT?
What Makes EFT Different Than Other Therapies?
What Makes EFT Different Than Other Therapies?
Unlike other talk therapies that focus mainly on thoughts, behaviours, or coping strategies, Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) works at the deeper emotional roots of distress. By working directly with emotions, EFT supports meaningful change, rather than symptom management alone.
EFT often works faster than you might expect because it offers a direct, compassionate way to understand and transform emotional patterns, with research showing around 70–90% of people experience significant and lasting improvement.
Whether you’re navigating relationship difficulties, anxiety, trauma, or feeling stuck, EFT offers a supportive path back to emotional balance and connection — with yourself and with others.
What Makes EFT Different Than Other Therapies?
What Makes EFT Different Than Other Therapies?
What Makes EFT Different Than Other Therapies?
Fast, Measurable Results
Many people notice meaningful shifts within the first few sessions. Early change often begins within
6–10 sessions, with deeper, lasting progress developing over 8–20 sessions, depending on your goals and needs.
Attachment-Based Healing
Grounded in attachment theory, EFIT helps you understand your emotional needs and how relationships have shaped them. From there, we work toward building greater safety, self-trust, and connection — within yourself and with others.
Emotionally Transformative
EFIT doesn’t just help you cope with emotions — it helps transform them. This allows painful patterns to soften and creates space for healthier emotional responses.
Backed by Science
EFIT is supported by decades of clinical research and neuroscience, with strong outcomes for anxiety, depression, trauma, and emotional regulation.
Lasting Change
EFIT goes beyond quick tools. By creating new emotional experiences within a safe therapeutic relationship, it supports long-term resilience, balance, and security.
Who EFT Is For?
What Makes EFT Different Than Other Therapies?
Who EFT Is For?
Emotion-Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) may be a good fit if you feel emotionally stuck, overwhelmed, or caught in patterns that don’t seem to shift. Many people seek EFIT when anxiety, depression, trauma, or relationship difficulties feel closely tied to emotional experiences that haven’t had space to be understood or supported.
EFIT may be especially helpful if you:
- Have tried other therapies without lasting relief
- Live with anxiety, depression, or trauma-related symptoms
- Experience strong emotions or feel emotionally disconnected
- Notice repeating relationship or attachment patterns
- Want deeper, lasting change — not just coping strategies
EFIT is a trauma-informed, attachment-based approach shown to be helpful for ongoing or treatment-resistant anxiety and depression, as well as trauma and PTSD. You don’t need to be comfortable with emotions to begin. EFIT meets you where you are and moves at a pace that feels safe and manageable.