Fiona is certified as both a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario and a Provisional Registered Drama Therapist with the North American Drama Therapy Association. She holds a Master’s Degree in Drama Therapy from Concordia University and a Honors Bachelor degree in Psychology and Theatre from the University of Ottawa.

Fiona offers deeply compassionate client-centered services for children, adolescents, adults, and families. Trained in the evidence-based models of psychodynamic, ACT, CBT, and Narrative therapy as well as the Creative Arts Therapies (Role theory, Psychodrama, Puppets, Improv) Fiona interweaves exercises and techniques to best suit an individual client or family. Her therapy approach goes beyond talk therapy, to also be embodied and explorative, interactive, and somatically based. In this way emotions, memories, and presenting issues are explored and processed not only with words but with movement, metaphors, play, and body relaxation techniques.

Before becoming a therapist, Fiona worked as a professional actress and somatic therapeutic practitioner for 12 years. She brings her creative skills and extensive knowledge of the human body and nervous system into her practice.

Fiona specializes in working with those experiencing grief and loss, identity challenges, family conflict, and anxiety and depression. She believes greatly in creating a safe space throughout the therapy journey and brings a trauma-informed and anti-oppressive lens to her practice. Her approach is strength-based and empowering, while evoking insight and transformation.

For child clients, Fiona brings extensive experience working with children aged 3-18 years of age in schools, clinical settings, and creative community centers. Fiona is able to create a comfortable, positive, and playful environment for children to explore within. The Creative Arts Therapies intersect with Play Therapy and child psychology approaches and allow Fiona to help children achieve not only emotional and mental health goals but behavioral changes and interpersonal development.

Having worked both in clinical settings and creative centers, practicing psychotherapy, drama therapy, and dance movement therapy for children, adults, and those with developmental disabilities, Fiona is a mature practitioner who inspires and nourishes her clients.