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:

• Sensory Attachment Intervention (SAI, ebsaic) framework for complex trauma
• Child Attachment and Play Assessment (CAPA, Module 1)
• The Just Right State Children’s Programme and Parent Programme® (JRS, certified facilitator)
• Ayres Sensory Integration® (ASI, Module 1)
• Psychosensory Processing Intervention (Kim Barthel, OTR)
• Interoception-Based Approach for supporting complex trauma
• Somatic Experiencing (Beginner I, II and III)
• Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher (TIYT, certified)
• Veterans Yoga Project: Mindful Resilience for Trauma Recovery
• Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)