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A soft place to land during menopause transition and midlife.

Helping you embrace change and connect with calm.

Midlife and menopause can bring anxiety, mood swings, grief, exhaustion, and changes in relationships. You might find yourself lying awake at night replaying conversations from the day, or feeling irritable and distracted at work because you didn't sleep well. If you feel overwhelmed, question yourself, and experience poor sleep, I understand. You are not alone. With support and understanding, things can get easier.

I provide a space where you can reconnect with yourself, find calm, and build resilience as you go through these changes. Everything we discuss is confidential, so you can feel safe and comfortable.

I work online in English and Portuguese. Contact me to book a free consultation.
Será um prazer te acompanhar nessa jornada.
 

Short-term and Open ended Therapy for:

Individuals

Insomnia

Couples

Groups

Frequently Asked Questions

In the first session, we will talk about your current problems, discuss your goals for therapy and what you envision as a positive outcome.
Then we can start building strategies together that fit your routine and will help you feel better. Always respecting your pace and context.
In case you feel off or don’t feel like yourself but don’t have clarity about specific goals in therapy, I can help you with that in the first session.
Though menopause transition (or perimenopause) and midlife are natural life processes which can be beautiful, they can also bring about changes that might have a great impact on your mental health. The hormonal fluctuations during perimenopause play a big role in women’s mental health during menopause transition and midlife.
 
This life stage might be accompanied by an extra dose of unpredictability. Forgetting things, including at work, being impatient or irritable with loved ones, and not being able to rest or function as before. So, if you tend to struggle with wanting to control your routine by the hour, anxiety may hit hard. At this life stage, you might have too many responsibilities and being stuck in a dark spiral of “what if” can feel destabilizing.
 
Psychotherapy can help you understand your concerns and learn new coping strategies because it is common that your old coping mechanisms are no longer helpful.
By combining Psychodynamic, Mindfulness, CBT, and DBT strategies, I can also support you in reconnecting with yourself and finding calm amidst changes.

Individual therapy (50min): $165

Couples therapy (60min): $200

Group therapy: TBD

Cancellations with less than 48 hours’ notice are subject to full fee payment.

Sleep is one of the pillars of good health, and during the menopause transition, it might be deeply affected. With the exhaustion from the lack of proper sleep comes difficulty thriving in all areas of your life.


Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is the first line of treatment for insomnia.

CBT-I is a structured, evidence-based therapy that teaches you practical ways to change unhelpful thoughts and habits around sleep. One of the many positive aspects of using CBT-I is that it is a flexible, collaborative protocol that feels aligned with how I work as a therapist.


Together, we will understand your current sleep patterns and ensure there are no other sleep disorders requiring other approaches. Then I will help you build habits and strategies to improve your sleep. Some strategies include sleep restriction, which helps you regulate your sleep window by limiting the time you spend in bed to match your actual sleep time, making your body more ready for sleep when you do lie down.


Also, we explore forms to reduce stimuli in your environment, focusing on strengthening the connection between your bed and restful sleep, encouraging you to go to bed only when you are truly sleepy and to get up if you’re unable to fall asleep after a certain period. These techniques can make the path to better sleep feel less mysterious and more actionable.


Remember that you start supporting your sleep from the minute you wake up until bedtime. It is a process that can be adjusted to your context.

Grief and loss are experiences that we all will experience at some point in our lives. During menopause transition and midlife grief and loss can have a profound impact on our perspective of life. 
You might feel that the big dream you've been holding on to may not come to fruition for reasons beyond your control. You might be going through the loss of a loved one and being hit with the pain of unprocessed grief. All while working hard because you’re the go-to person in your family. Not to mention the loss of the person you were or that you wish to be at this point in your life, while you deal with new physiological changes showing up every day.
It is not easy, and you don’t need to keep pushing through on your own.
Therapy can be incredibly helpful as a space to honour your grief and losses.
In therapy, you can explore not only the impact of loss but also learn to sit with and honour the present emotions. Additionally, we can tailor grief work according to your worldview, values, and faith. 
Therapy can help you to grieve without judgment. 
Therapy can also be a space to explore simple, small rituals that make sense to you and can support you in moving through the pain.

During midlife, with so much physiological and emotional change, tensions can run high between partners. You are not feeling like yourself, and the exhaustion can make you short-tempered or emotional about things that didn't bother you before. It is nobody's fault. As you age, it is natural to experience changes in your relationship, and it can be helpful to review the agreements you have with your partner.

Mismatched communication, unexpressed needs, or unrealistic expectations may lead to conflicts or isolation. You can thrive during the menopausal transition and midlife, and it is okay to need extra support to build strategies to reconnect with each other.

During this life stage, partners may benefit from reviewing their boundaries and needs, and from clearly communicating them to each other. Therapy can offer guidance and a safe space for this work.

Combining Psychodynamic therapy and the Gottman method, I invite you to have an honest look at your relationship and reconnect with your shared values and dreams so that you can enjoy life together. 

Group therapy is a professionally led space where you will be with others who are going through a similar experience.
 
Navigating midlife and menopause transition can bring up a profound feeling of isolation, so being part of a structured group can provide many benefits, including the relief of knowing you are not alone in your experience.

I offer short-term, small-group therapy to work through common themes of midlife and menopause transition.
Group therapy is also a way to offer a more affordable form of therapy.

Group therapy is not for everyone at any time. Some limitations vary by person and context. I will conduct a collaborative assessment with you to determine whether group therapy would be helpful. 

I offer psychotherapy services both in English and Portuguese (Brazil). You can do therapy with me in one of these languages or both, if you need to do so.


Doing therapy in your native language can help you feel more comfortable, especially as we get to know each other and build trust. It is also a different way to explore non-verbal experiences, your unconscious, family dynamics, and your emotions.


Also, when exploring the impact of immigration and changes in cultural contexts on your mental health and identity, expressing yourself in Portuguese can make it easier.

Psychodynamic psychotherapy is an evidence-based type of therapy which includes working with thoughts, behaviours, and emotional patterns. It also explores unconscious material (i.e., things one isn't aware of) as we gather information from early life experiences, core beliefs, dreams, and relational patterns, among other things.
At its core, psychodynamic psychotherapy is a person-centred approach that involves a deep exploration of your emotional experience. As such, it requires some self-awareness.
Psychodynamic therapy is a flexible approach that allows for a therapy that will include attachment and somatic exploration while also permitting space to add cognitive and behavioural techniques. It all depends on your unique context and therapy goals.
Although psychodynamic psychotherapy is traditionally a long-term form of therapy, it can be adjusted to be more solution-focused and short-term. 
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is not the first line of treatment if you’re experiencing a crisis involving substance use and/or if you’re actively suicidal. Psychodynamic psychotherapy can be used once you move away from the acute crisis with proper support.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is not recommended to treat psychosis.


Book a consultation

Take the first
step to reconnect
with yourself

We connect for a 15 to 30-minute video call to explore if we’re the right fit.

2. Fill Out an Intake Form

Between our consultation and the first session, I’ll invite you to fill out an intake form.

3. Start Experiencing Personalized Care

Together, we’ll explore your history, understand your goals, and build a treatment plan that feels true to your values.

Land Acknowledgment

I acknowledge that I am a guest on the lands in which I live and work. These lands are the ancestral and traditional territories of: 📍 Anishinaabe: Ojibwe, Odawa, Potawatomi, and Wendat Nation (Huron) - Ontario - native-land.ca

I am grateful for the opportunity to reside here, and I recognize these lands were settled through unjust means that continue to cause harm. Part of my accountability as a caring professional is to understand the impacts of colonization and to commit to practicing in ways that support decolonization and right-relationship.

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