Meet Rebecca!

My path into this work has been shaped by both academic inquiry and lived experience. I studied Philosophy, Medical Ethics, and Buddhist Studies, and spent time living in a monastery in China studying alongside monks. I am currently completing my Master’s in Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University. These experiences grounded me in a deep exploration of suffering, impermanence, and the conditions that give rise to both distress and healing.

I have also known suffering personally - and through that, I have come to understand that change is not only possible, but inevitable when we turn inward and begin to accept, trust, love, and forgive ourselves. Like an onion, healing unfolds one layer at a time.

In my clinical work, I bear witness to the most vulnerable aspects of my clients’ inner worlds and meet them with unconditional positive regard and acceptance. Guided by the work of Carl Rogers, Susan Johnson, Bessel van der Kolk, and Richard Schwartz, I support clients in gently unburdening wounded parts and healing core attachment injuries. My aim is to help you align with your authentic Self-supporting autonomy, healthy boundaries, and a felt sense of inner safety and freedom.

I work from a relational, trauma-informed lens, understanding attachment as a fundamental human need that imprints on the body and mind: we cannot downplay the importance of interpersonal relationships and a human desire to belong. Relational wounds—such as rejection, breakups, childhood neglect, or abuse—can shape our nervous systems, rewire our brains and keep us stuck in patterns that once protected us but no longer serve us. But the good news is we can heal together.

Together, we can move toward:

• Greater self-attunement, awareness, and emotional coherence

• A more compassionate and integrated relationship with all parts of yourself

• Healing and re-parenting of early attachment wounds

• The capacity for secure connection, both internally and with others

• A deeper sense of safety, agency, and authenticity

My approach is integrative and trauma-informed, grounded primarily in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and somatic, polyvagal-informed practices. I also draw on mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and practical tools to support emotional awareness, readiness, and pacing. In my work with couples, I am trained in The Gottman Mathod.

I believe that when all parts of the self are welcomed into awareness and met with compassion, the system naturally reorganizes toward healing. Healing is not about becoming someone new, but about restoring relationships with the parts of you that had to be left behind.

It would be an honour to walk alongside you in this process.