About Meredith

I am a white, cis-gender woman in my mid-40s.

I am a Canadian immigrant to the United States and I come from a middle class background. I am also chronically ill and dynamically disabled, which means that my level of disability varies over time.

I am also a part of the fat-positive community. Many of my clients seek my services in order to have a counseling experience free from weight bias. Before I became a counselor I worked as a fat-positive coach for 6 years, helping clients learn to accept their bodies and heal from chronic dieting.

I feel so grateful to get to meet so many wonderful people through this work. I delight in learning what things light my clients up most, and I feel deeply honored to accompany them to the painful places inside them that need care and support.

My first career was at the intersection of technology and people: I helped companies create easy-to-use websites for 12 years as a user experience designer and researcher. I am very nerdy at heart and have a computer engineering degree.

It’s important for me to acknowledge that I have many unearned privileges in life, such as being white, having had access to higher education, and being smaller than many others on the spectrum of fatness.

I have lived in Portland with my husband since 2017. We have two young cats, Wilfred and Charlie, whose passions include turning off light switches and chewing everything in sight.

In my spare time, I take piano lessons, I love crosswords and jigsaw puzzles, and I enjoy cycling around my neighborhood when my body is up for it!