FAQs: Transforming Stress, Building Resilience, and Fostering Connection
How do our sessions support personal growth and community building?
Our sessions are tailored to your unique journey, integrating somatic practices and trauma-informed care to foster resilience and empowerment. Through personalized guidance, we aim to enhance your capacity for personal transformation and meaningful community engagement.
How accessible are your services?
Accessibility is a cornerstone of my practice. I offer sliding scale rates based on individual circumstances and provide pro bono sessions for those in need, ensuring that supportive resources are available to all.
What is the difference between your services and psychotherapy?
My services focus on where you want to go and what supports that growth. Unlike psychotherapy, which may involve diagnosing or treating mental health conditions, my approach centers on navigating challenges and achieving goals within a trauma-informed framework, respecting professional boundaries.
Are your services covered by insurance?
Typically, services like mine are considered personal development and are not covered by insurance. However, I strive to keep my offerings accessible through flexible payment options.
What ethical principles guide your work?
I care deeply about showing up with integrity, clarity, and a commitment to ongoing learning. My work is grounded in trauma-informed care principles that center safety, empowerment, and collaboration. I’m here to co-create a space that honours your unique path, meets you with respect, and supports your growth, at your pace.How can I tell if your services are the right path for me?
If you're feeling the pull to grow, reconnect with your body, or show up more fully in your life, this work might be a supportive fit. Whether you're seeking personal change, deeper leadership, or just more ease in how you move through the world, my services are here to meet you. You don’t need to have it all figured out—just a willingness to be curious and engaged in your own journey.
What can I expect in the first session?
The first session lays the foundation for our work together, focusing on goal setting, understanding your context, and how it relates to broader community and societal goals. It’s an opportunity to align on how best to navigate your path forward.
What is the Resilience Toolkit, and how can it benefit me?
The Resilience Toolkit is a system for reducing stress and growing resilience in individuals, organizations, and communities. It teaches folks how to recognize their own stress and relaxation cycles, understand when stress is helping or harming them, and develop effective tools to manage stress and build lasting habits.
What is Somatic Stress Release™, and how does it work?
Somatic Stress Release™ is a holistic approach designed to help you recognize, process, and release stress held in the body. Through guided body awareness exercises, movement, and self-reflection, this practice supports the completion of stress cycles, fostering greater resilience and well-being.
Who can benefit from your services?
Anyone committed to personal growth, especially those interested in incorporating social justice, inclusivity, and anti-oppression into their development journey. This includes individuals from the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, those who have experienced violence, professionals facing burnout, and anyone eager to contribute to meaningful change in their communities and beyond.
