Casandra employs a client-centred and play-based approach to counselling with children. Casandra’s goal is to provide a warm, empathic, and safe space for her clients to explore their challenges and share their concerns.

Casandra uses a variety of therapeutic interventions, including: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused, Strengths-Based, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

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Stephanie is a registered Social Worker with a Bachelor of Social Work degree. She approaches her work with a strengths-based and trauma-informed lens. Her goal is to meet you where you are, offering a compassionate, warm, and safe space where you can feel truly heard and understood.

Together, you’ll work to develop new skills and set therapeutic goals that foster self-awareness and resilience. Drawing from a variety of experiences, Stephanie uses an integrative approach that is anti-oppressive and always tailored to your unique needs. Stephanie is here to support you in navigating personal challenges and exploring the larger systems around you, all through a non-judgmental and empathetic lens.

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Hilary McCulloch is a Registered Psychotherapist in good standing with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). Hilary obtained her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University.

When meeting with her clients, Hilary prefers to utilize a range of therapeutic approaches that best meet the needs of each client as a unique individual. Some of the primary approaches that Hilary draws from include acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), person-centred therapy, compassion-focused therapy (CFT), mindfulness, and cognitive-based approaches. In addition to traditional therapeutic approaches, Hilary practices from an intersectional, anti-oppressive, and holistic lens to ensure that clients feel safe, respected, and understood.

Hilary sees clients 18 years of age and older.

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Emina works with clients age 16+.

Emina works collaboratively with clients on their self-identified goals using a trauma-informed lens and a client-centred framework while employing therapeutic models suited to the client’s needs. Emina has worked with people experiencing a wide range of mental health conditions, substance use disorders, trauma, grief, and chronic illness. She is versed in various therapeutic modalities including cognitive behavioural therapy, narrative therapy, and dialectical behavioural therapy.

Emina is a caring and empathetic clinician who strives to provide a safe and welcoming space that helps clients build resilience and promotes healing. Using solution-focused, strengths-based therapeutic interventions, Emina hopes to help clients skillfully navigate their personal challenges and co-construct meaningful solutions.

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Stacey is passionate about providing a non-judgemental and confidential space to explore the challenges and complexities that life can bring. She has an eclectic approach to counselling, drawing on various skills, training, and experiences. Stacey strives to work collaboratively with individuals in creating goals and achieving new skills which can bring meaningful change, self-awareness, and personal growth.

Therapeutic approaches that Stacey uses include Motivational Interviewing, CBT, Solution Focused and Narrative Therapy, all the while coming from a trauma informed lens.

Please Note Stacey sees clients 14 years of age and older.

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Amy has experience working with children, adolescents, individuals, and families. Amy is passionate about providing a caring, warm, and creative space to promote compassionate early intervention to children and youth.

She is a proud ally of the 2SLGBTQ+ community and works to provide a safe space by building a strong therapeutic relationship with clients. Amy practices collaboratively with her clients using a variety of therapeutic approaches and interventions with the belief that therapy should be tailored to the individual’s needs and goals.

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Erik is passionate about helping others improve their lives through setting meaningful, realistic goals and assisting with overcoming the barriers that inevitably arise when moving toward them.

Throughout his career, Erik has worked with people experiencing trauma, addiction, severe and persistent mental illness, depression, anxiety, grief, and loss. He approaches counselling from a place of mutual discovery, creating an environment of curiosity where you can explore difficult situations together and arrive at agreeable solutions to those challenges.

Erik looks forward to meeting with you so that you can discuss how his approach can match with your unique needs and desires in the counselling relationship.

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Rana uses a strength-based approach that is trauma informed and attachment informed and applies a variety of strategies including CBT, DBT, ACT, Solution-focused and Mindfulness. Rana is diligent on providing a warm and nurturing environment to help clients grow and flourish while on their journey to wellness. Counselling services are provided in English and Arabic.

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PLEASE NOTE: Ivanna is not taking new clients at this time.

Ivanna is a Registered Social Worker who earned her BSW at York University and her MSW at Wilfrid Laurier University. She has been practicing in the field of social services for 5 years. During this time, she had the opportunity to work with at-risk youth, young mothers, newcomers, job seekers and children. She dedicates her practice to encourage, serve, support, empower and advocate.

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Dana Cressman is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. Dana’s work with clients is deeply influenced by the belief that youth, individuals, and families each possess strengths which contribute to their own healing journeys.

Considering the impact of trauma, stress, and relational conflict on the body and mind are integral to Dana’s work with clients. Through talk-therapy, body-based therapy, or artistic expression, Dana will explore with clients’ avenues which promote healing, personal growth, and wholehearted living.

Dana is informed by polyvagal theory, ecological systems theory, and attachment theory. She uses Somatic Body-Based techniques, Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Emotional Disorders (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Motivational Enhancement, and Narrative Therapy techniques.

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Rose utilizes a person-centred approach, drawing on and integrating anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, 2SLGBTQIA+-inclusive, strengths-based, task-centred, solution-focused, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), mindfulness, narrative, critical disability and critical social work practice.

Rose brings over two decades of experience working with persons of all ages, with a focus on supporting youth and adults living with mental health concerns, disabilities, substance use, family conflict and relationship issues.

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Lirondel offers a safe, compassionate and confidential place to talk through the problems and challenges that life brings. She works with couples and individuals through a strength and resilience based approach, to ultimately help clients discover more satisfying ways of being and relating. Lirondel takes a number of approaches to counselling, depending on the needs of the client, including narrative, solution-focused, cognitive behavioural and emotionally focused therapies. Lirondel invites you to share your stories with her, and looks forward to working with you to explore new possibilities and preferred futures.

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PLEASE NOTE Tara is not accepting new clients at this time. If you are looking for a counsellor please contact us at 519-208-2256 or email us at info@calmingtree.ca

In her work, Tara draws from a diverse range of therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Solution Focused Therapy (SFT) and always from a strengths-based, person-centered, trauma-informed perspective. Her primary goal is to build a meaningful and trusting therapeutic relationship to support clients to process their thoughts, feelings and behaviours in order to foster positive change in their lives.

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PLEASE NOTE: Melissa is only seeing supervision clients at this time. If you are looking for counselling please contact us at 519-208-2256, or send an email to info@calmingtree.ca.

Melissa employs an empathetic, integrative approach to creating a confidential, safe and caring environment for clinician’s to explore, reflect and grow.

Therapeutically, Melissa works from a strength-based perspective while providing supportive guidance as clinicians examine complex cases, engage in self reflection and determine their future goals.

Some of the therapeutic modalities that Melissa is trained in, include Narrative Therapy, EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Attachment Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

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PLEASE NOTE: Sarah is not taking new clients at this time.

Sarah is passionate about the importance of working collaboratively with individuals and families to support them in achieving positive mental health outcomes and optimal functioning in their daily lives. Sarah believes in the ability of empathetic, collaborative, and strengths-based counselling to optimize the trajectory for children and adolescents’ growth and development.

Sarah draws upon Cognitive Behavioral, Dialectical Behavioral, trauma-informed, and attachment therapies. Sarah believes in the importance of meeting clients where they are at, and utilizes a variety of art, play, and talk-based interventions when working with children and adolescents.

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