Multiracial Therapists in Nepean, ON
The stress of daily responsibilities, relationships, work, and emotions can be overwhelming. Maybe you're at the start of a new job or a new city is feeling unfulfilling. Perhaps you’re coming out of a relationship or just getting into one and feeling nervous. Maybe you’re tired of putting the needs of others ahead of your own. Have you been asking “Who am I” or “Where do I go from here”? Perhaps it’s a little bit of everything, all at once.
I understand the burden of these situations as well as the stress and anxiety they bring with them. It's possible to find clarity and peace.
The stress of daily responsibilities, relationships, work, and emotions can be overwhelming. Maybe you're at the start of a new job or a new city is feeling unfulfilling. Perhaps you’re coming out of a relationship or just getting into one and feeling nervous. Maybe you’re tired of putting the needs of others ahead of your own. Have you been asking “Who am I” or “Where do I go from here”? Perhaps it’s a little bit of everything, all at once.
I understand the burden of these situations as well as the stress and anxiety they bring with them. It's possible to find clarity and peace.
I am dedicated to providing compassionate, supportive care—both in-person and online—for individuals seeking assistance. As a BIPOC professional with expertise in trauma, anxiety, depression, addictions, stress management, and life transitions, I bring extensive experience and deep understanding to our work together. My approach is grounded in evidence-based practices, integrating Positive Psychology, Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Attachment Theory to support you on your therapeutic journey.
I am dedicated to providing compassionate, supportive care—both in-person and online—for individuals seeking assistance. As a BIPOC professional with expertise in trauma, anxiety, depression, addictions, stress management, and life transitions, I bring extensive experience and deep understanding to our work together. My approach is grounded in evidence-based practices, integrating Positive Psychology, Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Attachment Theory to support you on your therapeutic journey.
Families created through adoption, fostering and donor-assisted reproduction and blended families have unique histories and experiences which differ from families created through birth alone. All have experienced losses and the trauma of broken birth bonds. These experiences can provoke conscious or unconscious feelings such as grief, anger and shame which have significant impacts on self-value, behaviours, relationships and intimacy. If you are a part of such a family, accessing & understanding your experience & grieving your losses, are necessary before personal change and deeper interpersonal connections can be made.
Families created through adoption, fostering and donor-assisted reproduction and blended families have unique histories and experiences which differ from families created through birth alone. All have experienced losses and the trauma of broken birth bonds. These experiences can provoke conscious or unconscious feelings such as grief, anger and shame which have significant impacts on self-value, behaviours, relationships and intimacy. If you are a part of such a family, accessing & understanding your experience & grieving your losses, are necessary before personal change and deeper interpersonal connections can be made.
Do you consider anxiety, depression, grief, and stress to be negatively impacting your life? Or are neurodiverse conditions such as autism, ADHD, or learning difficulties impacting your ability to function? Do you feel that these symptoms and conditions are overwhelming and pose as obstacles on your way to living a more fulfilling and happier life? My goal is to assist you during this explorative journey to find strategies that work for you and can make your life better. I create a safe and inclusive space and develop a therapeutic relationship where respect, trust and professionalism prevail.
Do you consider anxiety, depression, grief, and stress to be negatively impacting your life? Or are neurodiverse conditions such as autism, ADHD, or learning difficulties impacting your ability to function? Do you feel that these symptoms and conditions are overwhelming and pose as obstacles on your way to living a more fulfilling and happier life? My goal is to assist you during this explorative journey to find strategies that work for you and can make your life better. I create a safe and inclusive space and develop a therapeutic relationship where respect, trust and professionalism prevail.
I completed my MSW in 2017 at Carleton University, where I now work during the school year as a counsellor to racialized students.
You’re ready to focus on one specific issue... anxiety, low mood, burnout, or a life transition... and you want meaningful change over a defined period. You may be new to therapy and looking for structure, clarity, and a therapist who understands the layered realities of identity: race, faith, culture, family roles, or being first-generation. You want practical insight, cultural awareness, and a space where your lived experience is understood, not explained.
I completed my MSW in 2017 at Carleton University, where I now work during the school year as a counsellor to racialized students.
You’re ready to focus on one specific issue... anxiety, low mood, burnout, or a life transition... and you want meaningful change over a defined period. You may be new to therapy and looking for structure, clarity, and a therapist who understands the layered realities of identity: race, faith, culture, family roles, or being first-generation. You want practical insight, cultural awareness, and a space where your lived experience is understood, not explained.
Our emotions can sometimes feel intimidating to pay attention to, and the process of supporting yourself during difficult times can feel especially daunting when you’re facing it alone. I believe in the immense power of the therapeutic relationship and hope to provide a safe space where you and your emotions feel supported, valued, honoured, and respected every step of the way. Whether we’d be exploring your relationship with anger, anxiety, grief, or substance use, my hope is that our work together might help you to better understand and trust your inner world, giving you the confidence to move towards the life you want to live.
Our emotions can sometimes feel intimidating to pay attention to, and the process of supporting yourself during difficult times can feel especially daunting when you’re facing it alone. I believe in the immense power of the therapeutic relationship and hope to provide a safe space where you and your emotions feel supported, valued, honoured, and respected every step of the way. Whether we’d be exploring your relationship with anger, anxiety, grief, or substance use, my hope is that our work together might help you to better understand and trust your inner world, giving you the confidence to move towards the life you want to live.
Are you feeling disconnected in your relationship, overwhelmed as a parent, or noticing your child or teen struggling emotionally? I provide a compassionate and supportive space for couples, children, teens, and adults to navigate life’s challenges.
Whether you’re hoping to rebuild communication and trust in your relationship, support your child through anxiety or emotional outbursts, or find greater balance and self-understanding, therapy can help. I use a blend of evidence-based approaches including play therapy, sand tray, CBT, and emotion-focused techniques to create meaningful change and connection.
Are you feeling disconnected in your relationship, overwhelmed as a parent, or noticing your child or teen struggling emotionally? I provide a compassionate and supportive space for couples, children, teens, and adults to navigate life’s challenges.
Whether you’re hoping to rebuild communication and trust in your relationship, support your child through anxiety or emotional outbursts, or find greater balance and self-understanding, therapy can help. I use a blend of evidence-based approaches including play therapy, sand tray, CBT, and emotion-focused techniques to create meaningful change and connection.
I enjoy working with people of all ages who may be experiencing some mental health symptoms due to family, social, or interpersonal issues. I can be a support along side people to figure out what tools benefit them and where they are at in their journey, that can be adapted as they grow and move through life. Coming from a trauma-informed lens is critical to meeting people where they mentally and emotionally are. In applying a polyvagal understanding I aim to create a supportive and healing environment for all of the people I work with.
I enjoy working with people of all ages who may be experiencing some mental health symptoms due to family, social, or interpersonal issues. I can be a support along side people to figure out what tools benefit them and where they are at in their journey, that can be adapted as they grow and move through life. Coming from a trauma-informed lens is critical to meeting people where they mentally and emotionally are. In applying a polyvagal understanding I aim to create a supportive and healing environment for all of the people I work with.
We are a Canadian virtual mental healthcare clinic offering integrated care across Canada with psychotherapy, psychiatry, family medicine, psychological assessments, and neurological assessment services. No referral is required for psychodynamic psychotherapy. OHIP-covered services, including psychiatric assessments, medication support, and therapy, are available by a family doctor or nurse practitioner referral.
We are a Canadian virtual mental healthcare clinic offering integrated care across Canada with psychotherapy, psychiatry, family medicine, psychological assessments, and neurological assessment services. No referral is required for psychodynamic psychotherapy. OHIP-covered services, including psychiatric assessments, medication support, and therapy, are available by a family doctor or nurse practitioner referral.
Life can present its share of challenges, and we all encounter bumps along the road, whether in our personal lives, relationships, family, or careers. These hurdles might feel overwhelming at times, making it tough to discover joy in everyday moments. But with the right support, healing and embracing peace and happiness are absolutely within reach. I genuinely believe that each of us carries inner wisdom that can light our way through life's journey. By partnering together, we can tap into your unique strengths and insights, helping you gain clarity, heal from past experiences, enhance your mental well-being,
Life can present its share of challenges, and we all encounter bumps along the road, whether in our personal lives, relationships, family, or careers. These hurdles might feel overwhelming at times, making it tough to discover joy in everyday moments. But with the right support, healing and embracing peace and happiness are absolutely within reach. I genuinely believe that each of us carries inner wisdom that can light our way through life's journey. By partnering together, we can tap into your unique strengths and insights, helping you gain clarity, heal from past experiences, enhance your mental well-being,
We are a Canadian virtual mental healthcare clinic offering comprehensive, interdisciplinary care across psychotherapy, psychiatry, family medicine, psychological assessments, and neurological assessments. No referral is required for psychodynamic psychotherapy. OHIP-covered services, including psychiatric assessments, medication support, and therapy, are available by a family doctor or nurse practitioner referral.
We are a Canadian virtual mental healthcare clinic offering comprehensive, interdisciplinary care across psychotherapy, psychiatry, family medicine, psychological assessments, and neurological assessments. No referral is required for psychodynamic psychotherapy. OHIP-covered services, including psychiatric assessments, medication support, and therapy, are available by a family doctor or nurse practitioner referral.
Welcome—I am so glad you found your way here!
Therapy is deeply personal, and I am here to help you through life's challenges. I value a collaborative counsellor-client relationship and support clients in reaching their full potential and have a particular interest in working with children.
I help clients navigate PTSD, trauma, intellectual and developmental disabilities, family conflict, behavioural issues, abuse and more. I have also worked with high level professionals such as lawyers. I offer care in English, am LGBTQIA+ friendly, use a culturally responsive lens and have 4+ years experience using Applied Behaviour Analysis.
Welcome—I am so glad you found your way here!
Therapy is deeply personal, and I am here to help you through life's challenges. I value a collaborative counsellor-client relationship and support clients in reaching their full potential and have a particular interest in working with children.
I help clients navigate PTSD, trauma, intellectual and developmental disabilities, family conflict, behavioural issues, abuse and more. I have also worked with high level professionals such as lawyers. I offer care in English, am LGBTQIA+ friendly, use a culturally responsive lens and have 4+ years experience using Applied Behaviour Analysis.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck?
Do you feel disconnected from yourself or others?
Do you find it hard to manage everyday stress or emotions?
Are you struggling with past trauma or painful memories?
Is your child or teen facing emotional or behavioral challenges?
Have relationships in your life become a source of stress or conflict?
Are you battling addiction or harmful coping patterns?
Have recent life changes left you feeling lost or uncertain?
Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck?
Do you feel disconnected from yourself or others?
Do you find it hard to manage everyday stress or emotions?
Are you struggling with past trauma or painful memories?
Is your child or teen facing emotional or behavioral challenges?
Have relationships in your life become a source of stress or conflict?
Are you battling addiction or harmful coping patterns?
Have recent life changes left you feeling lost or uncertain?
If you are experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, interpersonal, work-related or some other challenges, engaging in an emotion-focused lens can help us clarify the root cause while establishing a mindful and compassionate environment. Together, we explore how your inner world, shaped by early experiences, relationships, family dynamics, and life events have influenced your thoughts, feelings and ability to relate to others. By working with emotions directly, we can identify internal barriers and support meaningful, lasting change.
If you are experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, interpersonal, work-related or some other challenges, engaging in an emotion-focused lens can help us clarify the root cause while establishing a mindful and compassionate environment. Together, we explore how your inner world, shaped by early experiences, relationships, family dynamics, and life events have influenced your thoughts, feelings and ability to relate to others. By working with emotions directly, we can identify internal barriers and support meaningful, lasting change.
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Accepting new clients - Life can feel heavy at times. Anxiety can feel paralyzing, ADHD can leave you feeling misunderstood or “not enough,” and ongoing stress can make even everyday tasks feel exhausting. You may be navigating relationship challenges, life transitions, identity, self-esteem concerns, bicultural or BIPOC experiences, or patterns that keep showing up despite your best efforts. Therapy can provide a supportive space to explore these experiences, gain insight, and move forward in a way that feels more aligned with your needs and values. I aim to offer a space where we can work through these concerns together.
Accepting new clients - Life can feel heavy at times. Anxiety can feel paralyzing, ADHD can leave you feeling misunderstood or “not enough,” and ongoing stress can make even everyday tasks feel exhausting. You may be navigating relationship challenges, life transitions, identity, self-esteem concerns, bicultural or BIPOC experiences, or patterns that keep showing up despite your best efforts. Therapy can provide a supportive space to explore these experiences, gain insight, and move forward in a way that feels more aligned with your needs and values. I aim to offer a space where we can work through these concerns together.
Many of the people I work with have spent years trying to fit into environments never designed with them in mind. They may be navigating trauma, exploring identity, living with chronic illness or neurodivergence, or exhausted from adapting to everyone else's expectations. Some are children or teens understanding themselves for the first time; others are adults facing big life questions. Many have masked or lived in survival mode, and though they've read the books and tried therapy, they still ask, "Why do I feel this way?" They're not looking to be fixed, but to be understood and supported in building a life that feels authentic.
Many of the people I work with have spent years trying to fit into environments never designed with them in mind. They may be navigating trauma, exploring identity, living with chronic illness or neurodivergence, or exhausted from adapting to everyone else's expectations. Some are children or teens understanding themselves for the first time; others are adults facing big life questions. Many have masked or lived in survival mode, and though they've read the books and tried therapy, they still ask, "Why do I feel this way?" They're not looking to be fixed, but to be understood and supported in building a life that feels authentic.
You look like you're managing. You show up for work and family and keep going, but inside you feel overwhelmed, anxious, irritable, or stuck, and may struggle to put it into words. Many of my clients are high-functioning adults, parents, professionals, and men facing family or relationship pressures, often dealing with burnout, perfectionism, low confidence, or anger and shutdown. They've tried to push through and want something more practical. Together we'll create a space where you can be honest without judgment, slow things down, understand yourself, and build real-life skills for stress, relationships, emotions, and growth.
You look like you're managing. You show up for work and family and keep going, but inside you feel overwhelmed, anxious, irritable, or stuck, and may struggle to put it into words. Many of my clients are high-functioning adults, parents, professionals, and men facing family or relationship pressures, often dealing with burnout, perfectionism, low confidence, or anger and shutdown. They've tried to push through and want something more practical. Together we'll create a space where you can be honest without judgment, slow things down, understand yourself, and build real-life skills for stress, relationships, emotions, and growth.
I work from a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach to support clients experiencing anxiety, stress, low mood, or unhelpful thought patterns that interfere with daily life.
Together we explore practical strategies and coping tools to help you feel more in control, reduce distress, improve day-to-day functioning, and create meaningful change.
I integrate client-centred methods, with an emphasis on measurable change, and skills clients can use outside of sessions in their everyday life.
I work from a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach to support clients experiencing anxiety, stress, low mood, or unhelpful thought patterns that interfere with daily life.
Together we explore practical strategies and coping tools to help you feel more in control, reduce distress, improve day-to-day functioning, and create meaningful change.
I integrate client-centred methods, with an emphasis on measurable change, and skills clients can use outside of sessions in their everyday life.
NEW patients welcome. Are you experiencing addiction or feelings of anxiety, depression, frustration or grief? Do you find yourself stuck in a pattern of behaviours that are negatively impacting your life such as substance use or gambling? Are you finding it difficult to deal with racing thoughts & unpleasant emotions that become debilitating? I am here to offer support & guidance as you embark on your journey of self-exploration and growth. I have 5+ years of experience working in addictions & mental health and am pleased to provide low cost therapy services.
NEW patients welcome. Are you experiencing addiction or feelings of anxiety, depression, frustration or grief? Do you find yourself stuck in a pattern of behaviours that are negatively impacting your life such as substance use or gambling? Are you finding it difficult to deal with racing thoughts & unpleasant emotions that become debilitating? I am here to offer support & guidance as you embark on your journey of self-exploration and growth. I have 5+ years of experience working in addictions & mental health and am pleased to provide low cost therapy services.
Are you in a relationship you desperately want to make work, but lately it feels like you’re talking at each other instead of with each other? One of you keeps trying to fix things, pushing for conversations that end in tears, blowups, or shame. The other shuts down, avoids the talks, and just wants things to go back to how they were. Evenings are quiet and disconnected — scrolling, Netflix, video games, separate corners of the couch — because trying to connect feels awkward, tense, or pointless. No one’s needs are being met, but no one is leaving either.
Are you in a relationship you desperately want to make work, but lately it feels like you’re talking at each other instead of with each other? One of you keeps trying to fix things, pushing for conversations that end in tears, blowups, or shame. The other shuts down, avoids the talks, and just wants things to go back to how they were. Evenings are quiet and disconnected — scrolling, Netflix, video games, separate corners of the couch — because trying to connect feels awkward, tense, or pointless. No one’s needs are being met, but no one is leaving either.
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Why might mixed race or multiracial identity be important to address in therapy?
Mixed race or multiracial identity can shape how you understand yourself and relate to others around you, so it is natural that this identity may be important to speak about in therapy. If you identify as mixed race, you may find it helpful to speak with a therapist about identity, belonging, racism, cultural disconnection, or feeling pressure to “choose” one part of your background over another. A therapist who understands or shares your mixed race identity may be better able to support conversations about your experiences. A shared background may also strengthen the therapeutic alliance, which refers to the working relationship between you and your therapist and is tied to positive therapy outcomes.
How can a mixed race therapist support couples counselling or family therapy?
Like other therapists, mixed race therapists can support couples and families with a broad range of concerns, including communication challenges, conflict, parenting, life transitions, and relationship stress. However, therapists who personally identify as mixed race may be especially helpful when race, culture, or ethnicity are part of the concerns being discussed, such as when partners come from different cultural backgrounds and are navigating differing personal or community expectations. A mixed race therapist may also help couples and families explore how identity shapes each person’s experience in the relationship. Family members, for instance, may not experience race or culture in the same way, even within the same household. Therapy can offer a space to talk through these differences.
How might I inquire about a therapist's experience working with mixed race or multiracial clients?
The initial consultation, which is typically a brief phone or video call, can be a good time to ask about a therapist’s experience working with multiracial clients. You can ask specific questions, such as “Do you have experience working with multiracial clients?” or broader questions, such as “How do you approach cultural identity in your practice?” As sessions begin, it can be helpful to notice how the therapist responds to your concerns. A good therapist should respond with respect, curiosity, and cultural humility. If you feel dismissed or misunderstood, or if you find yourself having to explain your beliefs or cultural context constantly, it may be worth considering another therapist.
Who is included in Psychology Today's directory of mixed race therapists?
The directory of mixed race therapists includes therapists who have shared their mixed race or multiracial identity in their profiles, as well as therapists who indicate that they have extensive experience working with mixed race clients, regardless of their own background. Not all therapists choose to disclose this information on their profile, and these individuals may not appear in search results for this reason.