Melanie is a Registered Psychotherapist and Registered Nurse with over 15 years of experience working in public health. Most recently, Melanie spent the past three years working as a high risk perinatal home-visiting nurse. Her unique combination of nursing and psychotherapy experience allows her to bring a compassionate, holistic, and practical perspective to her work with clients.

Melanie has specialized training and experience supporting women during the perinatal period, trauma, anxiety, depression, and neurodivergence. She particularly enjoys helping clients navigate struggles with self-esteem, anxiety, people pleasing and shame.

From her own experiences and those closest to her, Melanie believes that mental health exists on a continuum and that what impacts a person’s mental health is a unique experience. Life circumstances, relationships, experiences, and the ways we understand ourselves can all shape our mental health. She believes that while everyone will experience challenges to their mental health at some point, some at multiple points, with the right support, everyone has the capacity to achieve mental health.

At the heart of Melanie’s approach is the belief that every behaviour stems from a need. Rather than judging ourselves for the ways we cope, Melanie works collaboratively with clients to understand what lies beneath their thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. By understanding and uncovering these underlying needs and their roots, clients can begin to release shame, develop greater self-compassion, and create meaningful change.

Melanie’s goal is to create a safe, accepting, and non-judgmental space where you can be your authentic self. Together, she will help you develop insight, build on your strengths, and create sustainable change that can bring greater joy, peace, connection, and excitement into your life. 

Melanie brings warmth, compassion, authenticity, and empathy to her work. She is a mother of three children under the age of 13 and a fur mama to an Australian Shepherd/Border Collie named Gracie and a Bernese Mountain Dog/Australian Shepherd/Golden Retriever mix named Marley.

Outside of her professional life, Melanie enjoys spending time with her family, exploring the outdoors, hiking, reading, and travelling.