I became a psychotherapist after pursuing other careers - as an academic philosopher in the USA and as a screenwriter in the UK film industry. The thread connecting all of my life pursuits is my deep curiosity about what makes people tick.

Having lived in various countries, I have first-hand knowledge of diversity and difference, and of what it means to feel like an outsider. Sometimes people feel that they are ‘homeless’ - unsafe and ungrounded - even while living in their hometown surrounded by family and friends.

In the UK, I trained as a Relational Integrative Psychotherapist. With years of experience behind me, I draw on many modalities; for eg: psychodynamics, the impact of attachment wounds, mentalization, mindfulness, sensorimotor and body awareness, etc.

As a therapist, I specialize in complex childhood, and the symptoms that continue to impact our adult life. This aims at genuine healing rather than the more common, symptom-based, behavioural approaches such as CBT and DBT

I continue to engage with professional development, and abide by the ethical codes of the CRPO.

Selected Qualifications

MA (honours) & Advanced Diploma in Psychotherapy & Counselling, Regents University UK (5 years, full time training, including psychiatric placement)

PhD, Philosophy, University of Toronto

Certificate, Psychological Trauma, Mt Sinai Psychotherapy Institute

Certificate (level 1 ), Interpersonal Therapy, Mt. Sinai Psychotherapy Institute (this is an evidence-based approach that has been shown to be as effective for treatment of depression as CBT)

Certificate, Mentalization for Borderline Personality Disorder, Anna Freud Centre, London/ Yale Institute for Study of Children.

Certificate, Bowlby Centre, on Attachment Styles.

Multiple other trainings in trauma, dissociation, mindfulness, somatic practices, etc.

Registered Psychotherapist - CRPO  no. 007300

Member, European Society for Trauma and Dissociation (ESTD)

Clinical Member, Ontario Society of Registered Psychotherapist (OSRP)