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I work with: Individuals (18+), Couples, Relationships, Groups
My approach is: Somatic (body-based), Trauma-Focused, Compassionate, Spiritually-Integrated, Anti-Oppressive & Justice-Oriented, Queer/Trans-Centered, Nature-Based, Arts-Integrated, Client-Centred & Consent-Based, Gentle, Strengths-Based, Holistic/Transpersonal
I have trained in: Integrative Somatic Therapy Practice™, Somatic Bodywork, Holistic Nervous System Care, Trauma & Attachment, Trauma Yoga, Full-Spectrum Somatic Birthwork, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, Subtle Body Energy Work, Queer & Justice-Oriented approaches, Anti-Racist Eco-Spirituality, Ancestral Healing Practices and Therapeutic Ceremony ​
I draw from: Somatic attachment-focused therapies, trauma-informed mindfulness therapy, experiential therapy, parts work, arts and play based approaches, polyvagal theory, spiritual/ transpersonal/ancestral therapies, somatic eco-therapy, grief work, birth and death work
I offer: In-person body psychotherapy & somatic bodywork, group psychotherapy, peer consultation, workshops & trainings in CycleSomatics.
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Supporting folks with:
ADHD/ASD/Neurodivergence
Ancestral, Cultural & Intergenerational Trauma
Anxiety, Depression & Numbness
Attachment Ruptures & Developmental Trauma
Chronic Stress & Urgency
Cyclical Living & Menstrual Mental Health
Ecological Attachmet, Eco-anxiety & Climate Grief
Embodied Relationships, Boundaries & Conflict
Empaths, Highly Sensitive People, "Giftedness"
Gender, Sexuality & Queerness
Generative Masculinities
Grief, Loss & Death/Dying
Pain, Illness & Discomfort
Pregnancy, Postpartum, Fertility & Pelvic Wellness
Spirituality & Embodied Consciousness
Trauma, PTSD/C-PTSD
About Em (she/they)
Hello! It's an honour to have you here. Here's some more about me if you're interested:
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I am a Registered Psychotherapist with a Master’s Degree in Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy from Wilfrid Laurier University and an Honours Degree in Human Rights and Gender Studies from Carleton University. I am a transpersonal somatic therapist, somatic birthworker/deathworker and cycle educator, trauma yoga teacher, and researcher in queer feminist theology. I've been leading community ceremonial practices in somatics and embodied spirituality for 10+ years.
The Feeling Space is the expression of almost two decades of thoughtful meandering. After being diagnosed with PTSD in my teens, I set my heart to finding loving and embodied ways of tending to trauma. This brought me to trauma yoga, birthwork, expressive arts, ritual, ceremony, and earth-based practices for digesting trauma and building resilience. It is a joy and an honour to now share this work in my community.
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In my personal life, I am an artist and musician, a parent, a nature-lover, an Earth-based spiritual practitioner, and a neurodivergent (AuDHD) nerd who loves all things magic, fantasy, and folklore. When I'm not in the therapy office, I'm probably researching ancestral spiritual-somatic-ecological practices, blending modalities, thrifting, snuggling and wrestling my friends, or revelling in nature with my partner and kiddo.​​
Arms Wide on a Fallen Tree - Vancouver, BC, 2024
​In my practice, I work experientially to support folks in connecting to their body as a key source of wisdom and healing. I have completed 1000+ hours of training in practice-based approaches to healing trauma: 500+ hours of trauma yoga and polyvagal education, and several years of training in Integrative Somatic Therapy Practice (ISTP™) with Ratha Chek, RCC, in Vancouver, BC. I am currently studying 200hrs of Integrative Somatic Bodywork Practice (ISBP™) for trauma recovery, which I blend with my experience in hands-on birthwork, and training in touch skills for developmental trauma with Dr. Kathy L. Kain and Dr. Aline LaPierre. I also study and practice eco-ancestral therapies, expressive arts, and other mind/body trauma processing methods, with a key focus on embodied spiritualities and ecological and ancestral attachment repair. I am inspired by creative and embodied ways of healing, and love to work eclectically, blending modalities to incorporate gentle arts, play, spiritual, and nature-based approaches into my body psychotherapy work.​ The next frontier I am exploring in this ever-evolving work is study in spiritual journeying and Depth Hypnosis™, which I am beginning with Dr. Isa Gucciardi through summer 2025. ​
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Prior to completing my Master’s degree in Psychotherapy, I was a full-spectrum birthworker and somatic childbirth educator specializing in cyclical consciousness and supporting survivors of trauma and their families through all stages of the perinatal experience. In this work, I developed a special appreciation for working with 2SLGBTQ+ folks and families as they navigate experiences of conception, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and parenting. I love to work with families navigating experiences of gender transitioning, coming "out", family-building, meaning-making in the context of queer identity, and finding and embodying queer joy.
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I am a settler here on Turtle Island, currently living and working in so-called Guelph on the traditional home of the Chonnonton (Attiwonderon) and Haudenosaunee First Peoples. I am of Irish and Scottish descent and have strong eco-spiritualist values that root me deeply into loving and reciprocal relationships with my ancestors and their traditional practices, as well as the land I am currently on. I seek to do this work with humility, love, and justice, and my core values are compassion and collective liberation for all. I believe that by healing our bodies and our nervous systems, we can move toward deeper, more intimate expressions of our selves, which will support us in dreaming new futures for the world we want to build together. It is my honour to walk alongside you in this work.
Contact
Rate: $175/hr for individuals, $200 for couples
Hours: Monday-Thursday. 9 am-2pm
Location: In-person in Guelph, ON