About Me

  • A drama therapist that holds a trauma-informed, intersectional feminist, sex-positive, harm-reduction stance.

    I'm here for you

    When we speak, I am direct and compassionate. As a drama therapist I hold a trauma-informed, intersectional feminist, sex-positive, harm-reduction stance.

  • Hire a drama therapist to help you with your anxiety and stress

    I'm a pleasure activist

    I want you to feel safe in relation to your body and your sensory experience.

  • Hire a drama therapist to help you with your anxiety and stress

    My clinical interests include embodied emotional regulation as relief from stress and anxiety. My clinical framework is eclectic, blending humanistic, psychodynamic and behavioural interventions.

I'm a traveller, a shapeshifter, a force in motion. 

Hire a drama therapist who will help you embody big cat energy

Ways I can help you-

  • recognize and reduce stress and anxiety

  • find self-compassion and flexibility

  • assert kind boundaries in personal relationships

  • bring confidence to social situations

  • feel more at home in your body​

Meet your drama therapist

My Story

I am a theatre performer and visual artist from England. I grew up between London UK and Oshawa Ontario. I got into this line of work as an arts facilitator and adult sex educator in community settings. Since moving permanently to Canada eight years ago I have been an artist-activist in Toronto and Montreal. I make theatre, film, and puppetry with people who have dis/abilities, challenges with under-housing, and experiences in sex trade.

​I reach across artistic and mental health disciplines to explore how difficult memories become stuck in the body and ways playful physical movement can transform them. I have presented talks and art centred on creativity in sexuality, and the nervous system's role in emotional regulation.

​Outside of therapy sessions I enjoy hiking and cycling in nature. I am an avid reader of fantasy and fairytale. I fill any silence in my day with polyamory and sexuality podcasts. I am committed to a lifelong learning of anti-racism in both my professional and personal circles. 

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My Training & Experience

  • Professional Member of CCPA possessing a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) designation

    MA Creative Arts Therapies (Drama Therapy), Concordia University, Montreal

    BA Creative Writing, University of East Anglia, England

    Diploma of Art Foundations, Stroud College, England

  • I have provided counselling in Montreal's long-term care network with older adults and their families, supporting groups and individual in times of relocation and age-related transitions.

    In a university clinical setting I have offered group and 1-to-1 drama therapy as part of a clinical team to young adults struggling with anxiety and depression, often relating to academic pressure and social challenges.

    As a sex educator I have facilitated workshops for adults on consent, intimacy, and safer sex practices.

  • I have been a guest lecturer at Concordia University on creativity for resilience to trauma, and I have presented art and performance-based research at conferences about embodied responses to stress.

    I have facilitated public mental health seminars for students and professionals on LGBTQ+ issues, labour rights for sex workers, and the unique therapeutic needs of racialized and immigrant populations.

My knowledge & Experience

  • Professional Member of CCPA, Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC)

    Intensive Sex Therapy Training, Guelph University, Ontario

    MA Creative Arts Therapies (Drama Therapy), Concordia University, Montreal

    BA Creative Writing, University of East Anglia, England

    Diploma of Art Foundations, Stroud College, England

  • I have provided counselling in Montreal's long-term care network with older adults and their families, supporting groups and individuals to reconnect to pleasure and creativity at this developmental stage.

    In a university clinical setting I have offered group and 1-to-1 drama therapy as part of a clinical team to LGBTQ+ young adults struggling with anxiety and depression in intimate relationships and social dynamics.

    As a sex educator I facilitate group workshops on consent, intimacy, pleasure practices and safer sex.

  • I have been a guest lecturer at Concordia University on creativity for resilience to trauma, and I have presented art and performance-based research at conferences about embodied responses to stress.

    I have facilitated public mental health seminars for students and professionals on LGBTQ+ issues, labour rights for sex workers, and the unique therapeutic needs of racialized and immigrant populations.

TESTIMONIALS

  • That was a great workshop and I left very rejuvenated, energized and full of hope.

    - Bonnie

  • I didn’t know what to expect when I attended the workshop, but I am so glad that I went for it. Susie created a space that was inviting, non judgemental and that allowed us to be silly and dig into parts of ourselves to bring out our own Ferocious Femme.

    -Jen

  • I learned a lot; practical tools and powerful ways to make connections online. Both you and Ryan did a fabulous job holding the space/ keeping the session moving.

    -Simon

  • I feel like I had several ah-hah moments and it let me access this part I had been keeping secret deep within. Highly recommended.

    -JV

QUESTIONS? LET’S CHAT.

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