Hi! I’m Kenzie

MSc., Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)

she/her, elle

The people I work with often want something to feel different but aren’t sure how to get there. For couples, this might mean feeling caught in recurring arguments, missing the closeness you once shared, or trying to rebuild trust after betrayal. For individuals, it may be anxiety that’s difficult to quiet, pressure to get everything right, or concerns about substance use that feel hard to talk about.

My experience in addiction treatment, hospital settings, and private practice has shaped my curiosity about how our relationships and life experiences influence the ways we cope. I want to understand what you’re carrying, what has helped you get through, and what you hope could change.

My approach is relational, collaborative, and grounded in compassion. With couples, we can make room for each partner’s experiences and work toward greater emotional support, intimacy, and repair. With individuals, we can explore the patterns behind worry, self-criticism, or addiction and find ways forward that reflect your needs and values.

You don’t need to have a clear explanation or know exactly what you want from therapy. We can begin with what feels most important to you, build understanding together, and move at a pace that allows you to feel heard and involved in the process.

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My Approach to Therapy

is warm, collaborative, and curious. You can show up as you are, without having everything figured out or feeling you need to be a certain way. Together, we can have honest conversations, deepen your understanding of your emotions and relationships, and gently question patterns that may no longer serve you. Through this work, I hope to support greater self-trust and self-compassion, helping you make choices that reflect your needs, values, and the life you want to build.

  • The Gottman Method helps couples strengthen friendship, navigate conflict, and build a deeper sense of connection. Together, we’ll explore how you communicate, respond to each other’s needs, and reconnect after disagreements. This approach offers practical tools to support trust, emotional closeness, and a shared sense of meaning in your relationship.

  • Your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours influence one another. When you’re feeling anxious, you may anticipate the worst, judge yourself harshly, or avoid situations that feel uncomfortable. These responses can be understandable attempts to protect yourself, even when they keep you feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps you recognize these patterns, consider other perspectives, and practise new ways of responding that support your needs and goals.

  • Psychodynamic therapy explores how past experiences and relationships shape the way you feel, cope, and connect today. Together, we’ll explore recurring patterns and emotions you may not fully understand, helping you make sense of your experiences and create more choice in how you respond. This approach can support people navigating self-criticism, relationship difficulties, or a persistent sense of feeling stuck.

  • Inner child or parts work invites you to gently reconnect with younger parts of yourself that may still carry unmet needs, painful experiences, or memories of feeling unseen. Rather than pushing these parts away, we learn to meet them with curiosity and compassion. Over time, this can soften self-criticism, strengthen self-trust, and help different parts of you feel more understood and integrated. This work can be especially supportive for people healing from childhood emotional neglect, persistent guilt, or patterns such as people-pleasing and putting others’ needs before their own.

  • A trauma-informed approach means therapy moves at your pace, with safety and agency at the center of every session. You’ll never be pushed to revisit painful memories before you’re ready. Instead, we focus on building regulation, resilience, and trust in your body’s capacity to heal.

    This framework supports clients experiencing anxiety, burnout, or emotional overwhelm—especially those healing from complex or cultural trauma.

Therapy with me can help you:

For couples, therapy with me can help you:

  • Understand recurring conflicts and communicate in ways that help each partner feel heard

  • Strengthen emotional connection, intimacy, and mutual support

  • Explore ways to rebuild trust and repair after hurt or betrayal

  • Navigate differences and life changes with greater understanding

  • Clarify what you each need and how you want to move forward together

For individuals, therapy with me can help you:

  • Make sense of anxiety, overthinking, and worries about how others see you

  • Soften self-criticism and the pressure to get everything right

  • Explore your relationship with substances or pornography without judgment

  • Understand how past experiences and relationships shape your ways of coping

  • Build self-trust, express your needs, and make choices that reflect your values

What Therapy Feels Like

  • Beyond the Surface

    We don't just look at what's happening; we get curious about why. Together, we explore the underlying patterns, experiences, and beliefs that may be contributing to what you're experiencing today.

  • Depth meets Practicality

    Therapy isn't just about talking. Alongside deeper exploration and self-understanding, we incorporate practical tools, somatic work, strategies, and exercises that you can bring into your everyday life.

  • Come as you are

    You don't need to have the right words, know where to start, or have everything figured out. There is room for all parts of you, including the ones you're still learning to understand.