Registered Psychotherapy

I use assistive technology for psychotherapy sessions:

I require the use of assistive technology for accessibility in my psychotherapy workflow process in order to satisfy the professional requirements to maintain health record documentation. This means I use a local audio program to temporarily record psychotherapy sessions that I transcribe to assist me with note taking. Audio recordings are deleted immediately once the session documentation is complete. This usage complies with the standards of registered psychotherapy in Ontario, PHIPA and PIPEDA requirements. (See Privacy and Security for details).

My approach is experiential and body centred:

This is not traditional talk-therapy or only cognitive based therapeutic support. This involves an embodied framework where verbal communication is used to support conveying information, processing, guiding and debriefing, however we are directly engaging with the body’s sensations, movements, and whole body responses. This method focuses on sensorimotor processing, learning through doing and experiencing, allowing you to gain awareness and process information from the bottom up in addition to top down by focusing on your body’s own feedback systems. Instead of primarily using verbal dialogue alone, you actively explore what’s happening in your body in real time, using direct physical experience as the pathway to understanding and healing.

My perspective on healing and wellness:

My practice creates space for and welcomes all belief systems and cultural backgrounds. My approach integrates connection to spirit and ancestral memory as part of my African diasporic and multicultural framework. I don’t impose these beliefs or ask clients to adopt them—they simply inform how I understand healing and wellness. Our work will always centre your care, autonomy, and what feels right for you. Wherever you are at, your cultural beliefs and values will be honoured. I ask all prospective clients to consider how comfortable they are working with someone whose practice is informed by these perspectives.

Most insurance providers/health plans cover psychotherapy by a registered psychotherapist. It is advised that you check with your insurance/plan provider to determine your coverage.

It is best to confirm with me about direct billing availability for your specific plan. For plans where direct billing isn’t available, you’ll need to pay on the day of your session, and you’ll be provided with a receipt to submit your claims directly for reimbursement.

I offer somatic therapy as a gentle, body-centred approach that honours the deep connection between your mind, physical sensations and emotional experiences. Through bottom-up processing, we work with your body’s natural responses and movements to support emotional awareness, nervous system regulation, and therapeutic growth. This approach invites you to tune into your embodied experience. My role is to help you develop a compassionate relationship with your bodymind (through bottom-up and top-down processing) as we work together toward integration and felt sensations of safety and wholeness.

When you’re considering a psychotherapy session it’s helpful to know that in Toronto, Ontario psychotherapists are regulated by provincial law and must be registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). You can find detailed information about the practice standards on their website. Psychotherapy sessions are documented in your health record. Various health insurance plans in Ontario cover registered psychotherapists, however I’d encourage you to verify your specific coverage with your insurance provider for details.

In general psychotherapy focuses on supporting your awareness and insights into the psychosocial issues affecting your wellbeing. Rather than providing advice or diagnosis, I offer guidance and wellness plans that help build your capacity to engage with the challenges you bring forward. How this unfolds in our work together is shaped by my professional practice standards, my individual scope of practice, and the modalities I’m trained in. (You can find more details, under my About section.)

When you choose any other somatic services, it is important to understand they operate outside the regulatory framework mentioned above. My somatic service offerings are guided by the lineage of their respective modalities, my personal and professional ethics, grounded in years of praxis, continuous self-examination, and ongoing consultation with fellow somatic educators and practitioners. My expertise and training in these trauma-informed modalities, inform how I support you. Our sessions honour your privacy, confidentiality and consent, and are not subject to regulations surrounding documentation or overseen by an institution or government body. My role is to assess and guide you through processing and integration using body centred, movement based and expressive modalities. If you are seeking insurance covered services, you’ll want to check with your insurance provider or benefit plan to see if they offer coverage.

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Yes, there is still talking in somatic / experiential practices. The focus is mainly placed on embodying, learning through sensing, feeling and experiencing.

My somatic relational approach recognizes that healing happens through the safety and the trust we build together. This means I practice cultural humility and attunement by including my own socio cultural location as well as yours in our relational dynamic— As well as honouring your unique socio-cultural shaping your understanding of yourself and the world around you. Within the cultivated safety of our exchanges, you can gently explore your patterns of connection and discover new options and ways of relating to yourself and others. In essence our collaboration provides a living container where you can experience and practice more fulfilling ways of being in a relationship.