Michelle

Michelle has experience with individuals and families who have experienced crisis and challenges in their lives. She has experience clinical private practice; in the criminal justice system; and over a decade of frontline child welfare. Michelle's therapeutic approach is holistic and trauma-informed. She believes in the power of authenticity and the power of the therapist-client alliance to create meaningful change in one's life.

Michelle has a Bachelor of Social Work and Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the prestigious McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. She obtained her Masters of Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario. She completed her Somatic EMDR training through The Embody Lab. 

Michelle has completed trainings in Traumatic Bereavement; Trauma and the Body: Fundamentals of Somatic Experiencing; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Narcissistic Abuse Treatment; Intimacy and Infidelity in Couples Therapy (Esther Perel); Veteran and Military Mental Health; Integrative Sex and Couples Certification (Tammy Nelson); The Gottman Method to Treating Affairs and Trauma; Supporting Bereaved Parents After a Pregnancy Loss or Death of a Child; Bereavement Support Groups: Advanced Facilitator Training; Complex Trauma Certification.

Michelle uses an eclectic approach to therapy including somatic therapy; cognitive processing; EMDR; strengths-based and solution-focused. She works with individuals and couples, including working around issues of infidelity and relationship strain.

Michelle is an avid forest lover and is always looking for a new trail to explore. She has been in the gym since the age of 11 years old (may or may not have lied about her age to get past the front desk) and has been practicing yoga for over 12 years. She has stacks of books she anticipates reading and hopes to one day be able to stop moving them back and forth between the night table and the bookshelf. You can find her folding her family's laundry 7 days a week.