I grew up in Saskatchewan in a home shaped by alcoholism. What that gave me wasn't stability — it gave me an early, bone-deep sense that something was wrong. Music saved me as a teenager - I found people naming emotions that nobody in my house would touch.

I made it to university, then spent years traveling to Europe, Asia, Costa Rica, South America, Cuba, Mexico - partly out of curiosity, mostly trying to outrun anxiety, depression, and a loneliness that followed me.

From Taiwan, I wrote a letter home admitting, for the first time, that something was wrong with how I felt inside. That letter changed my life. Taking responsibility for my inner world sent me headfirst into therapy, yoga, meditation, group work, and hundreds of books on the human condition. It was Gestalt Therapy that finally dissolved the chronic loneliness I'd carried my whole life.

I became a therapist because of what therapists did for me. I know what it's like to feel stuck, ashamed, and cut off from other people — and I know the specific relief of having that change. If you're carrying something you haven't been able to put down, I'd like to help you with that.