My background is in education. I hold an Honours B.A. in English and History, and a B.Ed., both from the University of Toronto. A 15 year career teaching English Literature and Dramatic Arts at a downtown Toronto high school enriched my life in many significant ways. Working with adolescents, I became sensitive to the challenges we continue to face as adults, expressing our individuality, finding acceptance and taking our rightful place in the context of a larger system, whether it be partners, family, in the workplace, in society, and finally as ourselves.

As for my psychotherapy training, I am a graduate of the Toronto Institute for Relational Psychotherapy, a three year post graduate training program which is recognized by the Ontario Society of Psychotherapists, the Canadian Association of Psychodynamic Therapists and the Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychometrists and Psychotherapists. As well, I have additional training in couples therapy. I belong to the Ontario Society of Psychotherapists, an organization dedicated to advancing the principles of psychotherapy and its practice. I have volunteered my time to contribute to the organization and I abide by its strict code of ethics. My commitment is to the well being of my clients.