Expressive Arts Therapy (ExAT) is an inter-modal therapeutic method that puts creativity at the centre of the human experience and at the centre of a human's ability to work towards a different way of being. In working Inter-modally, I offer visual arts, movement, voice, writing, music, and even drama as therapeutic tools we can work with. I also have additional training that supports my use of tools from Narrative Therapy, Relational Cultural Theory and Internal Family Systems.

As an Expressive Arts Therapist, I work within a psychotherapeutic framework as well as with the philosophical principles of Poiesis - "the activity in which a person brings something into being that did not exist before" (Levine, 2011)

I work within a trauma informed framework and continue to unlearn and learn in order to offer a therapeutic setting that is anti-oppressive, anti-racist and anti-ableist.

Perinatal Mental Health Therapy focusses on supporting all birthing and non-birthing parents and caregivers who are struggling with their mental health during the journeys in family building or choosing not to build families.

This can includes:
- fertility
- abortion
- pregnancy and pregnancy loss (miscarriage, or medical termination)
- intersectionality (including parents with disabilities)
- reproductive trauma, birth trauma, past sexual trauma
- systemic discrimination, obstetric violence
- surrogacy journeys (gestational carriers or parents to be)
- all stages of the postpartum period - no age limitation.
- single parenting.
- adoption and fostering transitions.
- deciding not to have children.

I work with gender queer, non-binary, trans, inter-sex parents, parents with disabilities, and parents of all races and ethnicities. I practice through a trauma informed, anti-oppressive, anti-racist and anti-ableist lens. I can offer services in english and french, and can work with language interpreters when needed.

Together: For Perinatal Mental Health Waterloo Region engages families, health care providers, and community partners to increase perinatal mental health care in Waterloo Region. Together we recognize that family structures are diverse and wide ranging and that anyone can be affected by Perinatal Mental Health struggles.

You can request a consult to find out how we can work with your organization to help increase Perinatal Mental Health Supports for the families you work with.

We believe that informed care is imperative to proper perinatal health care. We support organizations, mental health care workers, and our community in gaining education and/or training in Perinatal Mental Health. Through our partnership with Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Trainings, you can book us to offer foundational training in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders to your staff and management.

We support all parents who experience perinatal mental health struggles during their perinatal journey. We bring parents and peers together to offer support during any and all transitions. From making decisions as to whether to start a family or not, trying to conceive or adopt, through pregnancy and pregnancy loss, be it chosen or otherwise, and into the postpartum period.

Our Peer Support Groups are facilitated by a trained Peer Support Worker and all participants gain access to our Together: Waterloo Region resources and community partner offerings.