EFT works from a simple idea: emotions are not the problem, they are information. Rather than managing feelings from a distance, we work with them directly in session — naming what you feel, understanding what it is asking for, and helping stuck responses, such as shame or fear, begin to shift. It is one of the approaches I use most, because lasting change tends to happen when something shifts emotionally, not just intellectually.
Schema therapy addresses long-standing patterns formed early in life — deep beliefs such as “I am not enough,” “I will be abandoned,” or “my needs come last.” These patterns made sense once, and they tend to outlive the situations that created them. We work to recognize your patterns, understand where they came from, and meet the needs underneath them in healthier ways.
CBT is one of the most researched forms of psychotherapy. It focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and behaviours feed one another, and on the specific loops that keep anxiety, low mood, and avoidance running. Together we identify those loops and practise concrete ways of interrupting them.
CBT-E is the leading evidence-based outpatient treatment for eating disorders in adults. It is a personalized treatment that targets what keeps the eating problem going — such as strict dietary rules, binge-restrict cycles, and self-worth that has become tied to shape, weight, and control over eating. I have provided CBT-E across eating disorder presentations, including with post-operative bariatric surgery patients.
ACT builds the skill of making room for difficult thoughts and feelings rather than fighting them — because the fight itself often becomes the problem. From there, the work turns toward what you value, and toward acting on it even while discomfort is present. The goal is a fuller life, not an empty mind.
DBT skills are practical tools across four areas: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. I weave these skills into therapy when they fit — for getting through intense moments without making them worse, and for building steadier day-to-day emotional footing.
WET is a brief, structured treatment for post-traumatic stress: five sessions built around guided writing about the traumatic experience, with a specific protocol behind each session. Research shows it can work as well as longer trauma therapies for many people, with lower dropout — a meaningful option if you want trauma treatment that is contained and time-limited.
PE is a gold-standard treatment for post-traumatic stress. Avoidance is what keeps trauma powerful, so PE works by gradually and safely approaching the memories, places, and situations you have been avoiding, until they lose their grip. The pace is set collaboratively, and you are never pushed past what you have agreed to.