I worked with trauma and addictions first as a social worker on Vancouver's downtown East Side, as I completed my undergraduate degree in International Development from Simon Fraser University. After a number of years working with non-profits, I moved to teaching History and Geography in International Schools in multiple countries. I hold an additional undergraduate degree in Education from the University of British Columbia, as well as numerous additional trainings focusing on education and working with teenagers and their parents not mentioned here. 

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After the birth of my first daughter, I was diagnosed with Postpartum Anxiety & Depression. A few years later, I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. These diagnosis caused me to reevaluate my life, dive deep into various healing modalities, and renegotiate my relationship with myself. Among other things, I realized I was a Highly Sensitive Person, found an incredible somatic therapist and trained in Internal Family Systems. I started orienting to the beauty and joy that existed all around me, as well as safely exploring the painful emotional experiences I had worked so hard to resist for years. I went back to school and am currently completing my graduate degree in counselling psychology, practicing as a student under clinical supervison.

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I believe that in order to heal, you have to develop - or most times, remember - the capacity to move - through emotion, through change, and through life, while retaining the ability to love yourself, others, and the world around you. Thus, Move Love Heal was born. It is a virtual private practice offering therapy and coaching for other Highly Sensitive individuals.

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Education, Certifications​, Additional Trainings

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• Somatic Experiencing Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced levels

• Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certification (Embody Lab)

• Internal Family Systems Level One Certification

• Internal Family Systems Program Assistant (Multiple trainings) 

• Embodied Internal Family Systems Workshops I, II, and III (Ruth Culver)

• IFS and Case Conceptualization Workshop (Jodie Keeso - The Play Clinic)

• IFS and External Constraints Workshop (Michael Fitzgerald)

• Positive Psychology Coaching Certification (ICF-verified)

• Trauma-Informed Registered Yoga Teacher (Yoga Farm Ithaca)

• ASIST Suicide Prevention

• M.A.C.P. Counselling Psychology, (Yorkville), ongoing

• B.Ed Intermediate/Senior Education (UBC)

• B.A. Hons International Development (SFU)

• Member, Ontario College of Teachers, 

• Member, Canadian Registered Psychotherapy Association

• Member, Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association

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