Hi! I’m Helena, a human, writer, therapist and social worker based in Toronto. I am also many other things, a lover of animals (especially my own two cats), a person deeply connected to nature. I am a writer and creative, and lover of all things art, music and design. I am forever curious and a constant learner and student. I am an avid poetry reader and seeker of what soothes and speaks to my soul. I am most comfortable in, around or near water. And, most importantly I am a fellow human, multi layered, complex and changing.

I am deeply honoured I get to do this work, and be on this journey with so many wonderful fellow humans. I am not an expert, but a fellow human guide. My hope is always to create and share work and a space to allow others to safely explore their own worth and step into their full humanity, creating a life of meaning and wholeness for themselves. 

I hope you may find something in my work that may resonate with you, or help to guide you back to your unique, wonderful whole humanity, and open up a door to compassion and acceptance of you. 

• Compassion

• Deep reverence and awe for the natural world

• Acceptance

• Curiosity

• Rest

• Unlearning and relearning stories

• Community care

• Allowing and accepting messiness and imperfection

• Believing in cycles and journeys and not complete destinations and end points

• Being outside in nature or anywhere in or by water

• My cats :-)

• Oat milk cappuccinos

• Connection and presence in relationship with others

• Watching others connect with their full humanity with compassion

• Candles, music and tea

• Writing

• Reading poetry outside

• Art and design

• Observing others exploring and sharing their creativity

Helena is a registered Social Worker and Psychotherapist located in Toronto. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from York University and a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Toronto, completing her clinical internship at Women’s College Hospital. In addition to her private practice she works on research studies at Mount Sinai Hospital and Toronto General Hospital. She also volunteers as a peer-support counsellor at the Distress Centres Survivor Support program for individuals bereaved by suicide.

Helena takes an approach to therapy that is intersectional, feminist, client-centered, strength-based, trauma-informed and anti-oppressive. She is affirming of LGBTQ2S+ identities. She uses an emotion-focused, compassionate lens using gentle curiosity and acceptance of self to encourage looking inward for answers and exploring patterns. Helena views clients as the experts of their own experience and aims to create a collaborative relationship that can foster healing, growth and empowerment.