Location
Holding it Together
120 Carlton Street, Suite 215
Toronto, ON M5A
120 Carlton Street, Suite 215
Toronto, ON M5A
Offers online therapy
I will continue to offer remote sessions, even when / if the pandemic is deemed to be 'over'.
About
I work exclusively with autistic and neurodivergent queer & trans people. As an autistic, trans & queer therapist, I don't ‘treat’ autism or gender divergence. I treat the trauma caused by neurodisablism & sanism, cissexism & heterosexism. Instead helping you ‘adapt’ or ‘hide’ your ‘differences’ to “fit in” to neurotypical culture, I support you to diverge, to find your other way, and find your way to others. Together we can turn the tables on disablement & pathologization from the inside out and the outside in.
Some of the issues I work with people around are: developmental and complex trauma; autistic burnout; unmasking; inertia & flow states; gender, sexuality & relationships; navigating accommodations; understanding autistic & neurodivergent identity & experience; sensory resourcing; meltdowns & shutdowns; pre-diagnostic prep and post-diagnostic fallout; etc.
I am passionate about synthesizing research that challenges neurotypical bias and creating alternatives to prevailing pathologizing and disabling models of mental health - I work with survivors of autism, gender & sexuality conversion “therapies”, and those who have been harmed by other mental health 'treatments' designed by and/or for neurotypicals.
Holding it Together
“I focus specifically on providing trauma-informed, neurodivergent affirming care to gender non-conforming autistic people.”
Email Holding it Together for a free 15 minute consultation now
Finances
- Cost per Session: $185+
Qualifications
- Years in Practice: 9 Years
- Licence: Ontario / 003748
- School: University of Toronto
- Year Graduated: 2014
Psychotherapy & Counselling for autistics, by an autistic therapist.
Additional Credentials
- Certificate: College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario / Registration No. 003748
Endorsements
Registered Psychotherapist, RP
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, BA, BSW
Registered Social Worker, BA, BSW, MSW, RSW
Location
Holding it Together
120 Carlton Street, Suite 215
Toronto, ON M5A
120 Carlton Street, Suite 215
Toronto, ON M5A
Offers online therapy
Specialties
- Autism
- Trauma and PTSD
- Transgender
Issues
- ADHD
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Creativity & Work-Life Balance
- Depression
- Learning Disabilities
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppression, Exploitation, Discrimination
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Stress
Sexuality
- Bisexual
- LGBTQ+
- Lesbian
Client Focus
Age
- Adults
- Teen
Communities
- Bisexual Allied
- Body Positivity
- Gay Allied
- HIV / AIDS Allied
- Intersex Allied
- Lesbian Allied
- Non-Binary Allied
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Queer Allied
- Racial Justice Allied
- Sex Worker Allied
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Transgender Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
- Critical Thinking & Psychoeducation
- Existential
- Expressive Arts
- Feminist
- Integrative
- Narrative
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Somatic
- Systemic & Anti-Oppressive
- Trauma Focused
Modality
- Individuals
Last Modified: 12 May 2022