Health at Every Size® Healthcare Provider Listing

My approach to therapy is grounded in compassion, collaboration, and curiosity. I believe that healing happens when people feel safe, respected, and truly heard. I work relationally and from a trauma-informed perspective, drawing on psychodynamic, mindfulness-based, and Internal Family Systems frameworks, while integrating body-based awareness and anti-diet principles. As a Health at Every Size® (HAES) provider, I support clients in moving away from weight-focused, rule-bound ideas of health and toward a more flexible, sustainable relationship with food, body, and self. Practicing from a HAES perspective means honoring body diversity, challenging harmful cultural messages about weight and worth, and focusing on health behaviours (if desired by client) rather than numbers on a scale. I also recognize that much of clients’ pain comes not from their bodies themselves, but from living in a culture shaped by weight stigma, diet culture, and broader systems of oppression that disconnect people from their inherent worth. In practice, this looks like helping clients explore the roots of their struggles with food, body image, and self-criticism, while also noticing strengths, resilience, and new possibilities. Whether I am working with women navigating perinatal transitions, or with those healing from disordered eating and body shame, I aim to foster self-compassion, attunement, and trust in their own lived experience.