Individual Therapy
Individual therapy provides a safe and confidential space for folks to explore their thoughts, feelings, and behaviours in the ongoing work towards personal growth and healing. Talk therapy isn’t advice; it’s a tool for self-discovery and deepening your relationship with yourself. Talk therapy provides the environment to gain deeper insights into your thoughts, emotions, values, patterns, and beliefs. As your therapist, I am here to support you in setting and achieving goals, improving self-esteem, and enhancing overall life satisfaction.
Every individual therapy experience is unique; it relies heavily on the dynamic between you and your therapy. Together, the therapy space creates a place for exploration, growth, and vulnerability, along with a sense of creativity and humour.
Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare
-Audre Lorde
- Frequently Asked Questions
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Individual therapy is for everyone. Therapy can help you work through states of anxiety, depression, or grief. Therapy can help you process complex emotions like shame or anger. Therapy can help you examine and understand patterns in your life that are contributing to a feeling of being “stuck.” Ideally, therapy is a place to learn more about yourself and then use that knowledge to implement positive change in your life.
My practice welcomes a broad and inclusive spectrum of folks to be seen and heard. I am LGBTQ+ affirming and culturally sensitive. You are welcome in this practice, and I will do my best to make you feel seen and understood.
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Working together, you can expect an approach that is entirely tailored to you - because you are the expert in your own life. I work with clients to identify and clarify goals that allow them to create a life in which they are thriving. This looks different for everyone, but you can trust that we will check in with each other every time we meet to ensure that the work you are doing feels like it is bringing you closer to your goals and to designing a rich, full, meaningful life.
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The duration varies based on your personal goals. For specific, short-term issues, clients might see results in 10 to 20 sessions, while deeper, long-term patterns take more time.
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I often provide between-session exercises—often called "self-work"—such as journaling, tracking thoughts, or practicing new coping mechanisms in your daily life.
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Yes, all sessions are virtual.
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Individual therapy sessions are 55 minutes long.
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Meeting consistently at the start helps build a strong therapeutic relationship, creates momentum, and provides space to work through challenges in a meaningful way.
As therapy progresses, we can adjust the frequency based on your goals, needs, and schedule. Some clients choose to move to biweekly sessions, while others continue meeting weekly for ongoing support. Together, we'll regularly check in to make sure the pace of therapy feels right for you.
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Yes, my services are covered under insurance providers who provide coverage for social workers.
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Yes, sessions are strictly confidential. A therapist is only legally permitted or ethically required to break confidentiality if there is an imminent risk of harm to yourself or others, or in cases of child abuse.