Halifax Counselling, Anxiety, Depression, Family Dynamics, Transgender support

I was born and raised in a small fishing town in Newfoundland and the third born of 7 children. Our parents taught us the value of hard work, the importance of giving to others and most important of all, (in my mind), that family relationships - those you are born into and those you choose along the way - are essential to shaping who we become.

I graduated from Memorial University with my BE.d in the fall of 1994 and travelled to British Columbia where I began my first teaching job. I moved back to Nova Scotia in the summer of 1997 and have been working as an Elementary Teacher with the HRSB since1998, teaching all grades Primary through grade 6.

In 2010, I began my masters in counselling through Acadia and graduated in the fall of 2013. As an educator, I have always worked hard to develop a good rapport with my students and their families. As a Counsellor, I value these family connections even more as they are an important layer to the “big picture” of understanding a client’s story and with building a trusting, genuine therapeutic relationship.