Social Worker (MSW)
Serenity Counselling
Toronto, Ontario
With a background in social work (MSW) and as a member of both the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) and the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW), I take a compassionate, person-centered approach that meets you where you are.
Whether you’re navigating trauma, adjusting to life changes, or coping with chronic pain, I create a safe and open space to gently touch your pain and facilitate healing through evidence-based therapies. As someone with lived experience of chronic pain and a physical disability, I bring both professional insight and deep empathy to our journey together.
I use a client-centred, strengths-based approach and draw from a variety of evidence-based techniques, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). However, my primary and most transformative tool is Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT).
I favour Emotion-Focused Therapy because we cannot leave any (distressing) emotion without first arriving at it. The way "out" is "through". My role is to support you and facilitate your journey to pass through the emotional pain so that you can get out of it.
