Integrative Body Psychotherapy Practitioner
Gentle. Supportive. Educative.
As an Integrative Body Psychotherapy (IBP) practitioner, I offer a gentle, supportive, and educative approach to emotional and physical healing. I am a passionate and caring educator dedicated to guiding you on a journey to rediscover your vitality, release tension, and connect more deeply with your true Self.
What Is Integrative Body Psychotherapy (IBP)?
Integrative Body Psychotherapy weaves movement, breath, and sensory awareness to help you reconnect with your body and open pathways toward self-discovery and inner expansion. This somatic therapy approach supports the regulation of your nervous system, helping to release emotional and psychological blockages that contribute to stress, anxiety, and disconnection.
The Power of Body Awareness and Emotional Integration
Together, we’ll explore the language of your body, how emotions, experiences, and defences are stored within you, and learn how cultivating awareness through movement and breath nurtures healing and awakens vitality, resilience, and freedom. This process helps you stay present, grounded, and connected, allowing for deeper transformation and self-understanding.
Yoga and Mindfulness
Movement, Breath, and Awareness
With over fifteen years of yoga teaching experience, I bring a deep understanding of yoga and mindfulness into my Integrative Body Psychotherapy (IBP) sessions. Through a mindful blend of postures, breath work, and body-based awareness practices, I support your journey toward balance, vitality, and self-connection.
My approach draws from multiple yoga traditions, including Hatha, Restorative, Prenatal, Post-Natal, and Yoga for Cancer Survivors. Each session is personalized to your unique needs, offering an accessible, trauma-informed, and body-aware practice that helps you reconnect with your breath and cultivate inner stillness.
Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of teaching in a variety of environments, from therapy centers and yoga studios to private sessions and community organizations. This diverse experience allows me to meet people where they are, adapting each practice to enhance emotional well-being, body awareness, and nervous system regulation.
Psychosocial Support
Inclusive Compassionate Care
My approach to psychosocial support is inclusive and affirming, ensuring that every individual, regardless of background, identity, or lived experience, feels seen, heard, and respected. Rooted in queer-centered, feminist, and humanist principles, I create a safe and supportive space for authentic exploration and personal growth.
In Integrative Body Psychotherapy (IBP) sessions, I offer psychosocial and emotional support through active listening, sensory awareness, and collaborative problem-solving. This approach helps clients regulate their nervous system, integrate experiences, and build resilience through presence and compassion.
With professional experience as an Intervenor at a sexual assault center and within reintegration programs for individuals experiencing homelessness, my work is deeply informed by trauma-sensitive, body-based care. I have accompanied survivors and those working to take responsibility for harm through gentle, trauma-informed processes that emphasize understanding, accountability, and emotional integration.
Integrating Education, Empathy, and Growth
As an Educator in Special Education Techniques, I guide my students to meet each person exactly where they are, with patience, creativity, and respect for their unique process. This same philosophy shapes my Integrative Body Psychotherapy practice, where I help individuals reconnect with their bodies, navigate challenges, and foster emotional healing and growth at a rhythm that feels safe and sustainable.
