I’m Gillian. I’m a social worker/psychotherapist specializing in maternal mental health, women’s reproductive health and parenting. I’ve spent over 20 years in field, helping individuals and families through some of the hardest, darkest days.

I’m also a mother. I’ve experienced some big struggles - unexpected life transitions, fertility challenges, and parenting a super feeler. I’ve had to circle back to myself, asking questions about my belief systems and how I got them. I’m in the trenches every day support my child’s mental and emotional wellbeing while simultaneously undoing patterns of trauma that were handed down to me. It’s a big job, so I get what you are trying to do, and why the stakes are so high.

In all my years, I’ve learned a few important lessons.

Working with a therapist is for everyone. It’s like going to the gym or exercising for our body. Every single person can benefit from the learning and personal growth that happens behind the closed doors of a therapy session. The old stigma about therapy being only for when something is wrong is just that…old. Outdated. And if we keep holding onto that belief, it’s only us that misses an opportunity.

Next, is that there’s too much information for parents to sort through. Social media, books, and podcasts seem helpful but the problem is they only give tidbits of general information which encourages us parents to try different things without context and without fully understanding. Sometimes this helps, but other times it falls short. It’s not enough, it’s incomplete and leaves us feeling overwhelmed and ineffective.

You can feel clear and confident in what to say to your kids so you know you are caring for your children’s emotional & mental health, and things in your household actually feel different and better. I help parents get through to their children when they haven’t been able to before. I help you soften and diffuse problematic behaviour, and even repair old wounds that happened in the past that still come up today.