Mercedes is an African American-Irish-French-Danish-Native American-mixed race-hetero-cisgendered-fat bodied-able bodied-middle aged-female identified human who grew up on the unceded land settlers call Vancouver.
She is a psychotherapist, writer, performing artist, instructor and facilitator. Mercedes relishes deep dives into the known unknown, the numinous and exploring liminal spaces. Mercedes delights in embodied practices that support reintegrating mind-body-spirit experiences…
In her practice she supports folks who are struggling to navigate issues around body image/radical body acceptance; trauma; living in a racialized or marginalized body; grief & loss & chronic illness/pain. In addition to her training in Somatic Experiencing, she is also trained as an Adlerian therapist and finds that the two modalities in combination with her experiences and practices as a theatre artist provide a useful integrated lens for healing work.