1-on-1 Therapy / Psychological Counselling at Embodied Psychology

At Embodied Psychology, I offer 1-on-1 therapy that is somatic, relational, feminist and experiential.

What this work is about

When we sit together, I’m most interested in helping you listen to yourself—your body, your parts, your deeper knowing. I also believe that many of our struggles are not individual failings, but responses to oppressive systems. Whether it's a healthcare system that dismisses your concerns, a school that can't accommodate your child, or internalized messages from early life experiences that you're "too much" or "not enough"—we'll name those forces and work together to reclaim your agency within them.

Throughout our sessions, we’ll listen to your nervous system, your emotions, and any body memories you’ve been holding and work to help them soften, integrate, and transform. We’ll do so with the warmth and groundedness that your nervous system needs and in a way that’s tender, grounded, and real. Sessions draw on approaches like Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Somatic Experiencing, existential/humanistic traditions, and parts-work methods. We’ll work with what’s alive in your body and your emotions in the moment in order to help you have a different experience of the here and now.

This is therapy for people who want to reconnect with themselves — with parts that got locked away, with sensations long ignored, and with inner wisdom that’s been waiting.

Who Might Benefit from This Work

You might be drawn to 1-on-1 therapy at Embodied Psychology if you:

• Are ready to deepen the insight-based work you've already done—especially if you understand your patterns and where they come from, but feel that insight alone hasn’t been enough to create the change you want
•  Want to reconnect with your body and your nervous system with compassion—learning to notice what you're feeling and what you need in real time
• Want support navigating: 
  • Chronic overwhelm, anxiety, or patterns of people-pleasing
  • Trauma recovery, life transitions, and grief
    
  • The gap between who you think you "should" be and who you actually are
    
  • Burnout from over-functioning or carrying too much alone
  • Parenting neurodivergent children while managing your own nervous system
• Want a therapist who understands power, context, privilege, and the systems around us (including capitalism, colonialism, ableism and patriarchy) and how they shape mental health—especially in relation to parenting, relationships, and self-worth
• Are curious about healing that doesn't rely solely on talking, but on feeling, sensing, and being seen and heard with compassion
• Are deep feelers, empaths, healthcare workers, therapists, or educators who want to hold onto their empathy while navigating moral distress, burnout, or vicarious trauma
  
• Had difficult childhood experiences that are still affecting you today. Sometimes the past feels alive in the present because there’s something more we need to process. I’m here to help guide that process so that we can honour the impact of the past while helping you feel more free in the present.

What to Expect in a Session

Our work together will likely include:

• Grounding and regulation practices tailored to your unique body—breath work, body awareness, orienting to safety, and learning to notice when you're moving into overwhelm or dissociation
• Somatic-informed processing: noticing where in the body emotions, tension, or sensations show up, and working with them slowly and carefully—without judgment
• Parts work (inner parts, protective parts, vulnerable parts): inviting internal dialogue with compassion and curiosity instead of shame or judgment. We'll meet the critic, the scared part, the one who knows what you need—and help them work together
• Relational depth: relational therapy recognizes that many of our wounds are relational, so the healing must also be relational. It addresses the inner wounds (like being dismissed, unsafe, made to feel unimportant) by actively offering missing experiences within the context of a trusting and authentic relationship
• Imaginal and metaphorical work: sometimes we meet parts of ourselves, memories, or inner resources through imagery—like recalling a compassionate mentor or imagining a "kind coach"
• A trauma-aware, anti-oppressive lens: we'll attend to how culture, ancestry, identity, context, and history shape your experience—your nervous system, your body, your coping. We'll also name when systems (like schools, healthcare, workplaces or societal norms) are disabling you, rather than assuming the problem is "in" you

 
Because this work is often slower, deeper, and more felt than "just talking," I encourage pacing, attunement, and regular check-ins. Although most people would describe our work as depth-oriented, I can be practical and specific when the situation calls for it—like filling out forms for long-term disability, navigating school and work accommodations, or figuring out what you are willing and able to do in caregiving tasks.

What I Hope You Walk Away With

In working together, I hope you begin to rediscover your capacity for softness, safety, and self-compassion. I hope you feel:

• Less fragmented, more embodied, more grounded 
• More able to trust your own intuitive knowing—even when it conflicts with what others expect
• More regulated in your nervous system, with tools to notice and respond to overwhelm before it becomes a crisis
• More deeply known—by yourself and by someone who sees the fullness of your humanity
• Able to come home to yourself, even amid the chaos of life demands like work and parenting
• Permission to make bold, values-aligned choices—like dropping the art class, taking a day off, or saying "this isn't working" without shame

 
I also hope you begin to see that your body's responses make sense—that freeze, dissociation, people-pleasing, or over-functioning were adaptive strategies that helped you survive. And that now, with support, you can begin to choose differently.

A Final Note on My Approach

This work is collaborative, curious, and compassionate. It's also real—I'll challenge you gently when I see you taking on responsibility for things that were never yours to begin with, and I'll celebrate with you when you take a brave step in the practice of listening to yourself.
 
If this resonates, I'd be honoured to walk alongside you.