‘Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.’

Viktor Frankl

Since I was a child I have been curious about the human experience, how we all share the same fundamentals of what it is to be, yet are completely unique to one another.

My 20 year career in the creatives arts fostered a passion for community work, I loved harnessing the power of many to create spaces, experiences, and change, that improved the lives of those in and around the community.  This fueled my passion to help people on an individualised and interpersonal level, which has led me here. I believe we all possess the strength and courage to make the most of our brief time that we are gifted on this space rock and I consider it a privilege if I can support someone in some small way to reach that goal.

My passion and curiosity about the human experience began at an early age, first through reading poetry, then moving on to some of the original radical minds in the mental health field such as Carl Jung and Carl Rogers, to modern innovators such as Gabor Mate and Bessel van der Kolk. What they all share is a belief in the power of people to not only endure but overcome and thrive through whatever they experience.

I am also curious about the parts of our experience that are harder to explain, like the Celtic tradition of Samhain, where the veil between here and other places becomes thinner, and how this can lead to exploring deeper parts of ourselves.

I am a licensed Social Worker and have a Masters of Social Work from the University of Calgary. I have training in specific modalities that include Narrative Therapy, CBT, IFS and DBT, as well as suicide prevention and non-violent crisis intervention.

Location: #313, 9488 51 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6E 5A6

Currently reading:

What my Bones Know by Stephanie Woo

‘Powerful, enlightening, and hopeful, What My Bones Know is a brave narrative that reckons with the hold of the past over the present, the mind over the body—and examines one woman's ability to reclaim agency from her trauma.’

Powerful, enlightening, and hopeful, What My Bones Know is a brave narrative that reckons with the hold of the past over the present, the mind over the body—and examines one woman's ability to reclaim agency from her trauma.

Ephemera by Sierra DeMulder

‘If every experience lasted forever there would be nothing to immortalize in writing. In Sierra DeMulder’s melancholic yet hopeful poetry collection, Ephemera, she writes with the wisdom of someone who has learned to love and lose.’ Button Poetry

Currently listening to:

On Being with Krista Tippett: Nick Cave - Loss, Yearning, Transcendence

‘Here are some experiences to which Nick Cave gives voice and song: the “universal condition” of yearning, and of loss; a “spirituality of rigor”; and the transcendent and moral dimensions of what music is about. This Australian musician, writer, and actor first made a name in the wild world of ’80s post-punk and later with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. He also underwent public struggles with addiction and rehab.’

Haley Blais - Wisecrack

‘Haley Blais paints a portrait of a person equally frustrated with and in love with themselves, at once desperate for validation and exhausted by others.’ Dominionated