Atlas is a drama therapist who bases their work in client-centered wholistic healing to work alongside clients through their therapeutic journey. Starting with an undergraduate background in neuroscience and theatre, Atlas obtained their master’s degree in Creative Art Therapies (Drama Therapy Option) from Concordia University. Atlas’ approach to therapy incorporates their knowledge about the biological ways the brain develops, the benefits of expressing one’s self both verbally and through physical movement, and cultural values.

Indigenous culture, wisdom, history, and knowledge live in the core of Atlas’ personal and professional life. Atlas’ cultural values are woven into many aspects of their work, and they strive to understand and value the different ways in which lived experience, intergenerational trauma, cultural events, and colonization have affected Indigenous communities across Turtle Island.

Atlas has experience working with clients from many different backgrounds but particularly has experience working with neurodivergent adults and children. They have worked with people struggling with anxiety, bullying, attention difficulties, trauma, grief and loss, immigration, cultural trauma, and many more topics. Atlas’ work focuses less on a diagnostic approach and more on the natural healing that can occur within one’s self when working alongside an open, understanding therapist in a trusted, safe-enough space.