About Me: I am a registered Occupational Therapist in Ontario with extensive experience in assessing and supporting a wide range of clients, often when trauma and complexities are involved. I am also a certified trauma-informed yoga teacher. I have experience working with those struggling with sensory processing, disruptive behaviours, self-regulation, and attachment issues related to adverse childhood experiences and complex developmental trauma.

Who I Work With:
• Children
• Teenagers
• Parents
• Caregivers (including kin and foster)

My Approach: My trauma-sensitive practice focuses on supporting children and adolescents to develop self-understanding and self-regulation in safe, effective, and kind ways. I use sensory- and motor-based therapy to help clients increase body awareness and restore the body to a regulated state.

How I help: My goal is to support clients in developing self-regulation and body awareness, fostering a sense of safety and resilience.

Tools I Use:
• Registered Yoga Teacher
• Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher
• The Shanker Method® 101 (Focusing on the 5 Steps of Shanker Self-Reg®)
• Somatic Experiencing (Beginner I & II)
• Ayres Sensory Integration® (ASI, Module 1)
• Psychosensory Processing Intervention (Kim Barthel, OTR)
• An Interoception-Based Approach for Supporting Traumatized Learners (Kelly Mahler, OTD, OTR/L)
• Anxiety Certification: Integrate CBT and Exposure & Response Prevention for Treatment of GAD, Panic Disorder, OCD, • Social Anxiety, & Phobias
• Veterans Yoga Project: Mindful Resilience for Trauma Recovery