Why did I get into a helping profession? I get asked this question all the time. The first time I stepped into a therapist’s office, I was fifteen, I was afraid, the therapist seemed unrelatable, I was still in shock, and I was not ready. It was for this reason that I wanted to learn how to help people and be the person that I needed when I was fifteen.

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I was so alone, I was so lost, I was so insecure.

I was stuck in the same pattern until I began to look within myself and to see my own resilience,

and a part of that resilience was being a woman.

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The loss of a family member served as the catalyst to look deeply at who I was, figure out what I wanted from life, and unpack past trauma to learn from it and become secure in myself.

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Once I decided that I wanted to be in a helping profession, I completed a degree in psychology and quickly moved on to obtain an Art Therapist designation. I was drawn to this form of therapy because of my belief that art is an amazing way to communicate thoughts and feelings. I continued my educational journey by obtaining a Masters in Counselling Psychology to give me additional tools to help people.