Emotional and behavioural patterns rarely shift through insight alone. Many individuals understand their history and coping strategies, yet continue to experience reactivity, mood instability, anxiety, trauma responses, or relational difficulty.
My work focuses on resolving the underlying structures that maintain these patterns.
I use a coordinated clinical framework that integrates structured psychotherapy with targeted subconscious and nervous system processing. Rather than applying techniques in isolation, treatment is delivered through a deliberate, cohesive model designed to support durable psychological change.
"My clients do not simply feel better.
They experience clarity, emotional steadiness, self-trust, and a life that feels fully aligned."
Sessions are calm, contained, and paced carefully. The emphasis is not on intensity, but on precision.
CLINICAL ORIENTATION
INTEGRATIVE METHOD
This approach draws from established, evidence informed frameworks, including:
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) for structured emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and behavioural stabilisation.
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Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) for psychological flexibility, values aligned action, and reduced experiential avoidance
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Clinical Hypnosis for structured subconscious pattern reorganisation
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EMDR for processing trauma and reducing conditioned reactivity
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Somatic therapy to stabilise nervous system functioning
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Inner-Child Work to address early relational conditioning
These methods are not used as separate interventions. They are coordinated within a structured therapeutic rhythm aligned to your presentation, goals, and capacity.
The aim is steady, sustained change rather than short term symptom relief.
HOW I WORK
My approach is steady, structured, and deeply human. Many people arrive feeling discouraged or uncertain why patterns continue to repeat. My role is to help you understand what is happening beneath the surface and approach it in a way that feels clear and workable.
I take time to understand the person behind the symptoms. Therapy is not driven by labels, but shaped around your history, personality, strengths, and goals.
Sessions are focused and client-centered. Emotional depth is welcomed, never pushed. I am direct and genuine in how I work, and where appropriate, I incorprate humour to create both perspective and ease. Clients often share that they feel able to speak openly, including about parts of themselves they have not felt safe expressing elsewhere.
I hold a strong belief in the strengths people carry, even when they struggle to see them. Therapy is not only about addressing pain. It is about restoring resilience, strengthening self trust, and supporting you in living more fully in alignment with your values.
The space is calm, respectful, and steady, allowing meaningful change to develop without pressure or intensity.
All sessions are conducted virtually through secure video, allowing clients to engage in the work from wherever they feel most comfortable and private.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
My training reflects a commitment to depth, structure, and clinical precision.
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Registered Psychotherapist, College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO)
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Accredited Psychotherapist, British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)
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Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, National Board for Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists (NBCCH)
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Certified Dialectical Behaviour Therapist (C-DBT)
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MSc Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy, University of Derby, UK
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BSc Psychology, York University, Canada
I maintain ongoing professional development and adhere to the ethical standards of the regulatory bodies with which I am registered. This includes informed consent, confidentiality, collaborative pacing, and clear scope of care.
While no therapeutic process can promise specific outcomes, my commitment is to thoughtful, evidence informed work designed to support meaningful and lasting change.
PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE
Before becoming a psychotherapist and clinical hypnotherapist, my path included a range of experiences that shaped how I understand people and change.
Earlier in my career I worked as a professional dog trainer and behaviourist and created and starred in the television programme The Dog Dudes. While the focus was on dogs, much of the work involved helping people understand behaviour, communication, and the patterns shaping their relationships. In many ways, this was an early lesson in how meaningful change actually happens.
Like many people drawn to this field, my interest in psychology was also shaped by personal experience navigating periods of depression, relationship challenges, and stress earlier in life. Those experiences deepened my curiosity about how people move through difficulty and build resilience.
My perspective has also been shaped by a life lived across cultures and communities. I am Serbian-Canadian and an immigrant, and I have lived in Asia, Europe, and North America while travelling to more than thirty countries. I am also part of the LGBTQ+ community and have been married to my husband for sixteen years.
These experiences have given me a deep respect for the many ways identity, culture, and life circumstances shape how people understand themselves, and they continue to inform the openness, empathy, and curiosity I bring into my work with clients.
AREAS OF FOCUS
My work addresses patterns that shape emotional experience, behaviour, relationships, and overall psychological functioning, including:
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Trauma, PTSD and Complex Trauma
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Depression and Mood Disorders
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Anxiety Disorders
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ADHD and Neurodivergence
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Borderline Personality Disorder
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LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapy
These areas often overlap. Therapy is guided by how patterns function in your life rather than by labels. The consultation clarifies priorities and determines the most appropriate direction for care.
PROGRAMME OPTIONS
Therapy is offered through structured programmes designed to support different depths of work.
Each programme follows a consistent therapeutic rhythm, typically including two sessions per week. One focused on psychotherapy and integration, and one dedicated to deeper subconscious and somatic processing.
Foundation Shift - 3 Weeks
Focused support for clearly defined emotional or behavioural patterns.
Deep Integration - 6 Weeks
For recurring emotional, behavioural, or relational patterns requiring deeper therapeutic work.
Profound Renewal - 12 Weeks
For long-standing or complex patterns shaped by trauma, developmental history, or identity.
