About Me
I am a registered social worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers and hold Masters degrees in Social Work (McGill University) and Critical Disability Studies (York University).
My academic and professional experience have led me to specialize in a therapeutic approach called narrative therapy, which aims to help people separate themselves from their problems in order to have a different relationship with them. This involves identifying, understanding, and reducing the influence of the problems, and develop new insights based on people’s values, strengths and needs. With grief, this approach is less concerned with “letting go” and instead focuses on identifying and maintaining enduring connections.
Narrative therapy also considers how social attitudes about issues such as gender, race, and inequality may contribute to problems. This creates distance from the problems and an opening for new possibilities and preferences.