My Approach
Core values that form the foundation of my practice and support effective application of therapeutic modalities
My practice is grounded in a weight-inclusive framework that honours bodily autonomy. Care is identity-affirming and neurodivergent-affirming meaning treatment is adapted to fit your unique experiences, thinking style, and way of moving through the world.
I practice from a strengths-based and trauma-informed place that prioritized safety, trust, and choice. I integrate evidence-based approach that are individualized to your needs.
Recognizing that healing is rarely linear, I utilize a non-judgemental harm reduction approach and work collaboratively with you as an active partner in your recovery.
Therapeutic Modalities
Eating Disorders
Family Based Treatment (FBT) —The first line treatment for eating disorder in children and adolescents. FBT empowers caregivers to take active role in their loves one’s recovery. A caregiver-only model is also available and has evidence to support its effectiveness.
Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) — Builds advanced skills in caregivers to support their loved one’s recovery. Focuses on deepening family connection, supporting emotional processing, and facilitating behaviour change.
Adolescent Focused Therapy (AFT) — An individual therapy approach for teenagers and young adults with eating disorders. Evidence supports effectiveness with older adolescents with good insight into their illness who are motivated for recovery.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy — Enhanced (CBT-E) — An individual therapy for eating disorders in adults that addresses the thoughts, beliefs, and behaviours that are maintaining the eating disorder. Includes focus on perfectionism, low self-esteem, and interpersonal challenges.
Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) — An evidence-supported individual therapy for eating disorders in adults. SSCM combines clinical management of eating disorder symptoms with supportive therapy focused on the issues most important to the individual. It is a flexible and collaborative approach
OCD & Anxiety
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) — The gold-standard treatment for OCD. Involves gradual, supported exposure to feared thoughts or situations while resisting compulsive responses.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Anxiety (CBT) — Targets the thought patterns and behaviours that fuel anxiety, building practical skills to manage worry, fear, and stress more effectively.
Additional Therapeutic Approaches
These approaches are often integrated alongside primary treatment, adding depth and flexibility to support the full picture of your recovery:
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Radically Open DBT (RO-DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
A Note on Treatment Planning
No single approach fits every person. In practice, treatment is integrative — drawing on whichever combination of these approaches best fit your needs, life stage, and goals. We will discuss what approaches fit best for your goals after initial assessment.
PRICING
Initial Assessment (70 – 90 minutes) – $185
50-minute Counselling Session (individual or family) – $165