In my practice my greatest clinical influences have been: Gabor Mate MD, Peter Levine, PhD,  Richard Schwarz PhD, Esther Perel, and Bessel van der Kolk MD. Their wisdom informs my practice in countless ways. I believe that coaching (engaging with clients as equals to co-create change) can be a very powerful modality for healing when it is accompanied by a trauma-informed neuro-somatic component and practiced in a manner informed by research, personal experience and non-judgement. To claim expertise about another person's subjective experience is inherently dis-empowering; I would rather teach skills that allow my clients to become experts on themselves and work side by side to achieve their goals. I hold a collection of knowledge, and tools unique to my education and experience that I offer with the intention of equipping my clients with skills that allow them to regulate themselves and continue on their journey without the need of my services.

My greatest teachers and allies outside of academic learning have been in nature, plants, animals and fungi who have helped me connect to my own roots. Roots that do not end at my mind, body and spirit, but are my connection to land, community and ancestry. I have come to learn the value of our present and inter-generational contexts as individuals, from both a spiritual perspective and a clinical one. This means the stories we are told by our culture and community, the stories we tell ourselves, as well as the stories that we have forgotten. Trauma and resilience never start with us, and nor do they start with our parents or communities either. It can be helpful to place our challenges in a greater context where we see that we do not bear our burdens alone in space or in time. When you work with me you also work with the wisdom that has been imparted to me by folklore, indigenous teaching, my community, my ancestors, and plant medicines.