Individuals 16+
Virtual
Insurance Covered
Weekend Appointments Available
$150 or an agreed upon rate per session
As a Registered Social Worker at Health and Wellness Professionals, I support individuals navigating body image concerns, appearance-related distress, trauma, and Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
You may find yourself spending a significant amount of time thinking about perceived flaws, comparing yourself to others, checking or avoiding mirrors, seeking reassurance, or withdrawing from situations where you may feel seen. Even when others try to reassure you, the distress may continue to affect your confidence, relationships, routines, and ability to feel present in your life.
My understanding of body image is informed by both my professional background in social work and medical anthropology and my own early experiences. I was born with a congenital anomaly and spent much of my childhood attending medical appointments, undergoing surgeries, and navigating hospitalizations. Although I received excellent medical care, there was little support for the effects these experiences had on body image, self-confidence, identity, and experiences of bullying.
These experiences helped shape my commitment to supporting the whole person, including how past experiences and social messages can influence the relationship you have with yourself today.
Empathetic · Insightful · Collaborative · Supportive · Grounded
I strongly believe that the relationship between counsellor and client is the foundation of meaningful therapy. Developing trust and creating a space where you feel understood are central to my approach.
I work from a trauma-informed lens and draw from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), complex trauma frameworks, short-term solution-focused therapy, narrative approaches, and mindful self-compassion.
Together, we may explore the thoughts, experiences, and internalized messages that have shaped how you see your appearance and understand your worth. CBT can help you recognize patterns that reinforce distress, comparison, checking, avoidance, or harsh self-criticism. Trauma and narrative approaches can help you understand where these patterns came from and begin separating your identity from painful experiences and messages you may have absorbed.
Our work is not focused on convincing you that you should feel differently about your appearance. It is focused on helping you understand your distress, respond to yourself with greater compassion, and create more freedom to participate in your life.
Body image distress can affect more than how you feel about your appearance. It may influence your emotional health, relationships, sleep, eating patterns, confidence, identity, and willingness to participate in everyday life.
At HWP, counselling may be supported by collaboration with coaching and complementary wellness services. When helpful, these additional supports can help you carry therapeutic progress into your routines, relationships, and broader wellbeing.
The goal is not to achieve a perfect body image or never experience insecurity. It is to help appearance-related thoughts take up less space so you can live with greater stability, self-trust, and freedom.
Monday to Friday, from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. PT
Saturday, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. PT
I lived in Uganda for two years while completing my PhD research and brought home a bamboo bicycle frame. My cycling friends built it into a unique road bike that brings back fond memories of Uganda whenever I ride it.
You are more than the way you see your appearance. With compassionate support, you can begin relating to yourself with greater understanding and create more room for the life, relationships, and future that matter to you.
Individuals 16+
Insurance Covered
Virtual
Weekend Appointments Available
$150 or an agreed upon rate per session
As a Registered Social Worker at Health and Wellness Professionals, I support individuals navigating body image concerns, appearance-related distress, trauma, and Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
You may find yourself spending a significant amount of time thinking about perceived flaws, comparing yourself to others, checking or avoiding mirrors, seeking reassurance, or withdrawing from situations where you may feel seen. Even when others try to reassure you, the distress may continue to affect your confidence, relationships, routines, and ability to feel present in your life.
My understanding of body image is informed by both my professional background in social work and medical anthropology and my own early experiences. I was born with a congenital anomaly and spent much of my childhood attending medical appointments, undergoing surgeries, and navigating hospitalizations. Although I received excellent medical care, there was little support for the effects these experiences had on body image, self-confidence, identity, and experiences of bullying.
These experiences helped shape my commitment to supporting the whole person, including how past experiences and social messages can influence the relationship you have with yourself today.
Empathetic · Insightful · Collaborative · Supportive · Grounded
I strongly believe that the relationship between counsellor and client is the foundation of meaningful therapy. Developing trust and creating a space where you feel understood are central to my approach.
I work from a trauma-informed lens and draw from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), complex trauma frameworks, short-term solution-focused therapy, narrative approaches, and mindful self-compassion.
Together, we may explore the thoughts, experiences, and internalized messages that have shaped how you see your appearance and understand your worth. CBT can help you recognize patterns that reinforce distress, comparison, checking, avoidance, or harsh self-criticism. Trauma and narrative approaches can help you understand where these patterns came from and begin separating your identity from painful experiences and messages you may have absorbed.
Our work is not focused on convincing you that you should feel differently about your appearance. It is focused on helping you understand your distress, respond to yourself with greater compassion, and create more freedom to participate in your life.
Body image distress can affect more than how you feel about your appearance. It may influence your emotional health, relationships, sleep, eating patterns, confidence, identity, and willingness to participate in everyday life.
At HWP, counselling may be supported by collaboration with coaching and complementary wellness services. When helpful, these additional supports can help you carry therapeutic progress into your routines, relationships, and broader wellbeing.
The goal is not to achieve a perfect body image or never experience insecurity. It is to help appearance-related thoughts take up less space so you can live with greater stability, self-trust, and freedom.
Monday to Friday, from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. PT
Saturday, from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. PT
I lived in Uganda for two years while completing my PhD research and brought home a bamboo bicycle frame. My cycling friends built it into a unique road bike that brings back fond memories of Uganda whenever I ride it.
You are more than the way you see your appearance. With compassionate support, you can begin relating to yourself with greater understanding and create more room for the life, relationships, and future that matter to you.
You don’t have to walk this path alone—let’s take the next step together.
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