I know what it feels like to not quite fit.

I’m a racialized, queer, neurodivergent person born to immigrants and raised in Canada. I’ve navigated the quiet exhaustion of code-switching and masking, the disorientation of not having a name for the way your brain works, and the particular loneliness of showing up in spaces that weren’t designed with you in mind.

On the outside, I looked like I had it together: a decade in corporate environments, building teams, hitting targets, running businesses. On the inside, I was still figuring out who I actually was underneath all of it.

Therapy changed that for me. And it’s why I do this work.

My approach is relational, real, and built around you.

I start by getting to know who you are, the many experiences, identities, and systems that have shaped you. I’m not interested in fitting you into a framework. I’m interested in understanding you, and building something collaborative from there.

My work is trauma-informed and grounded in the belief that you are the expert of your own life. Together, we’ll explore how your thoughts, emotions, patterns, and body are connected, and gently begin to shift what’s no longer serving you. There’s always room for reflection, humour, grief, and joy in the work we do together.

I draw from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), and somatic and motivational approaches, woven together based on what you need, not a one-size-fits-all formula.

A little about me beyond the therapy room.

I’m a forever student, and my community will confirm it. When I’m not in session, you’ll find me cooking new recipes while podcasts play in the background, tending to my house plants, being bossed around by my cat, watching anime or taking on whatever project I have convinced myself I can finish in a weekend. I’m passionate about community care, mutual aid, and creating spaces where people can show up fully and without apology. That’s why I created KD Counselling.