You may be craving peace, clarity, or simply a softer way to meet what hurts. I’m here to support your return to wholeness — gently, deeply, and at your own pace.
Healing isn’t about fixing, it’s about remembering who you are.
I’m Carmen — the Bridge Walker.
I live at the threshold between science and spirit, the clinical and the cosmic, the seen and the unseen. I’m a psychotherapist, mystic, mother, witness, and daughter of the healing line. I guide those who are ready to interrupt ancestral patterns, reclaim their voice, and come home to themselves — body, mind, and soul.
From a young age, I’ve been drawn to the inner landscapes of others. People often came to me with the unspoken: their grief, their longings, their quiet truths. That gift became my life’s work.
As a Registered Psychotherapist, Reiki Grandmaster, and Spiritual Director, I hold space for those navigating trauma, transformation, identity shifts, burnout, and the ache of not feeling at home in their own story. I integrate evidence-based care — like EMDR, mindfulness, somatic inquiry, and DBT — with intuitive healing tools and spiritual insight.
My approach is trauma-informed, emotionally attuned, and heart-centered. I help people metabolize pain, interrupt old patterns, and reconnect to their inner wisdom — with reverence for both neuroscience and the soul.
I’m not just trained in the clinical. I’m fluent in the unsaid.
I work especially well with those who identify as the cycle breakers — the first in their lineage to set boundaries, speak their truth, and feel the feelings their ancestors had to suppress. My own roots in the SWANA diaspora shape my approach: I understand what it means to carry generational grief and to long for a future you’ve never seen modeled. I know what it takes to rebuild safety from the inside out.
You do not have to be fixed.
You get to be felt — held, seen, and met in the fullness of who you are.
Our work together isn’t about perfection. It’s about reclamation. It’s about helping you metabolize what’s no longer yours to carry, and gently return to your own essence — tender, powerful, and whole.
If you’re navigating big emotions, burnout, ancestral pain, or simply a yearning for something more honest and alive… you’re in the right place.
This isn’t surface-level self-help.
This is sacred, relational healing.
“The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door.”
- Clarissa Pinkola Estés
For the ones who feel “too much.” For the ones holding it all together. For the ones ready to soften — I’m here.
What I Integrate in Our Work Together
I weave together science and spirit, practical tools and sacred insight, to meet the whole of you. Each modality is chosen with care, attuned to your story, your body, and what’s ready to heal.
PRACTICE-BASED DBT - (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy) — Helps bridge the gap between emotional sensitivity and grounded action. Especially supportive for navigating relationships, boundaries, and emotion regulation.
MINDFULNESS - A practice in staying with the moment. You’ll learn to meet difficult emotions without being overwhelmed by them.
EMDR - A powerful, evidence-based therapy that helps the brain reprocess traumatic experiences. We’ll use it to transform painful memories into adaptive ones, helping your nervous system feel safer in the present.
SOMATIC INQUIRY - A gentle, body-based approach to understanding your emotions, needs, and triggers. You’ll learn to listen to your body’s wisdom and reconnect to your felt sense.
Reiki + Spiritual Integration — I also bring the option of subtle energy work and spiritual reflection for clients who feel called to incorporate these tools.
I am here whenever you feel ready to get started.
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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I wish to acknowledge this land on which I live and operate. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, Tkaronto is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island. I am grateful to be a treaty person and to have the opportunity to co-create with this land.