Trauma-Informed Counselling & Psychotherapy Across Ontario

How I Work

At Singing Turtle Counselling, I believe therapy should feel human. My approach is grounded in humility, compassion, humour, honesty, and trust. You do not have to arrive with the right words or have everything figured out. We can begin with where you are.

I draw from evidence based and trauma informed approaches including Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy, EFIT, Internal Family Systems informed therapy, IFS, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, Cognitive Processing Therapy, CPT, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, DBT, and other relational and attachment focused approaches.

Rather than applying one method to every person, I integrate these approaches based on what you are experiencing and what feels meaningful to you. Our work may involve understanding emotional and relationship patterns, making sense of trauma, challenging beliefs that are keeping you stuck, developing practical coping skills, reconnecting with your values, or learning to approach different parts of yourself with greater curiosity and compassion.

I believe meaningful therapy is built through relationship. My role is not to position myself as the expert in your life, but to bring clinical knowledge, genuine curiosity, compassion, and sometimes humour into a space where you can feel safe enough to be honest. Trust is earned, and therapy should honour your strengths, experiences, identity, culture, and the knowledge you already carry.

The mission of Singing Turtle Counselling is simple, to offer thoughtful, trustworthy and compassionate psychotherapy where people can tell the truth about their experiences, understand themselves more deeply, and create meaningful change in their lives.