Melanie helps young adults nurture healthy relationships in their lives. She can help you strengthen your communication, conflict resolution, and boundary setting skills. She’ll support you to navigate complex family dynamics, romantic partnerships, friendships, co-workers, and other relationships. Her goal is to help you develop relationships built on trust, safety, joy, and respect.

Melanie understands the challenges of ADHD. She can help you break down overwhelming tasks so they’re easier to accomplish. Melanie can also help you learn new skills and navigate feelings like overwhelm, lack of motivation, and difficulty concentrating. 

Melanie’s background in domestic violence work and crisis intervention helps her understand how trauma can affect patterns of behaviour. She worked at Kids Help Phone, where she empowered kids, teens, and young adults in crisis to channel their internal strengths, resilience, and resourcefulness.  She brings a strength-based approach to her practice. She’ll motivate you to develop a brighter vision for the future, and support you to learn the skills you need to achieve it. 

Melanie tailors her approach to you and your needs. She believes that strong feelings like anxiety shouldn’t keep you from living the life you want and deserve. She’ll meet you where you’re at, actively collaborate with you, and empower you to move at a pace that suits your needs.