My interest in psychotherapy has roots in my undergraduate work in anthropology. Here, my fascination with how people find meaning, creativity and fulfillment in life fuelled my fieldwork on the religious rituals and community-building practices of southern Spain. My more direct involvement in psychotherapy grew out of time I spent as a psychotherapy client after these studies. This life-changing experience led me to formal psychotherapy training. I began at the Psychosynthesis Institute of San Francisco and then completed a three-year Master’s program in Counseling Psychology at John F. Kennedy University in Orinda, California. Since then I have continued to explore ways to help people find meaning and fulfillment. Professionally, I have trained in relational psychotherapy, narrative therapy, and Buddhist perspectives on psychotherapy. Personally, I have practiced Zen and explored the ways art, nature, and ritual can enrich and transform life.
I have been a psychotherapist since 1996 working privately and in various community settings. I have offered extensive training and supervision to other psychotherapists as a founding member of the Narrative Therapy Centre of Toronto and as a director of the practicum training program in psychotherapy at the University of Toronto Counselling and Psychological Services. I continue to work part-time at U of T.
