Yvonne is a registered Social Worker with Ontario College of Social Workers in Ottawa, ON. She holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from Carleton University in Ottawa, ON, a Bachelor of social work degree from Mansfield University in PA, USA, and a Diploma in counselling from Ottawa, ON
Yvonne uses empathy, and collaborative approach. She also believes that every child/family will do well if they can, and if not, it means there’s someone, or something getting in their way.
Yvonne has been working with children, families, youths, and adults for about 10+ years. She brings extensive experience in child and family therapy, including doing her work placement with (CHEO) Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario’s children mental health department
Yvonne has worked with a wide range of mental health challenges such as: ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, Low self-esteem, Challenges at school, Sibling rivalry, Bereavement and grief, Trauma base therapy, OCD, Interpersonal struggles, Self-esteem struggles, Sensory related challenges, Family conflict, Suicide thoughts, School challenges, Impulsivity, Sadness, Aggression, and Bullying.
She is trained in Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS Empathy approach) Trier 1 & 2, Emotional Focused Therapy, Eating Disorder, ADHD training, Anxiety, Circle of Security (COS), Autism, TF-CBT Trauma base, Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS), and Nonviolence crisis intervention (NVCI)
Yvonne uses a caring, supportive and none-judgmental approach. She believes that “everyone will do well if they can”. She provides clients with a warm, supportive, respectful and compassionate space where everyone can feel supported in through their journey.
Outside of work, Yvonne enjoys hanging out with her children, cooking, visiting parks, watching action and comedy movies, traveling, music and arts. She is also a community coach, and she’s has been a guest speaker to many community events and has talked about strategies for a healthy mental health, etc.
Yvonne is a registered Social Worker with Ontario College of Social Workers in Ottawa, ON. She ho...
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Selena is a Registered Psychotherapist and a good-standing member of the CCPA, OSRP, and CAMFT. Selena graduated with an MA in Counselling, Spirituality, and Psychotherapy from a joint program with the University of Ottawa and Saint Paul University. Selena also graduated from Carleton University with an honours degree in Psychology, concentration in Forensic Psychology, and has her SSW (Social Service Worker) diploma. Selena’s training focused on individual, couple, and family therapy.
Throughout her career, Selena has worked with a multitude of issues such as grief, parenting conflict, emotion regulation difficulties, and has previous experience working with individuals struggling from an array of mental health concerns (i.e. anxiety, suicidal ideation, depression…). Selena’s therapeutic intention is to focus on working with individuals and families to help them heal and process emotions in a supportive, non-judgmental, and safe environment. She tends to take an empathetic approach to treatment concentrating on theoretic lenses best suiting Humanistic, Person-centered, Systemic, and Emotion-focused therapy.
Selena finds integrating treatment approaches very useful for emotion recognition and regulation, along with providing insight into understanding thought processes and the perspective of others. She believes that integrating facets from other modalities will allow for the unique needs of her clients to be best supported
and met.
Selena appreciates having the opportunity to support and work collaboratively with her clients, many of whom are experiencing a diverse and/or complex array of concerns for their mental health needs and/or well-being. Selena strives to offer a safe and supportive environment where her clients can feel secure in exploring their thoughts, feelings, and concerns.
Appointments are available in person Mondays & Wednesdays (accommodations may be available if needed).
Selena is a Registered Psychotherapist and a good-standing member of the CCPA, OSRP, and CAMFT. S...
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David is a registered psychotherapist and child/youth worker who is available to support families who are struggling with anxiety, depression and parent child conflict.
Dave brings his extensive experience working with families and thrives in providing a safe, open and non-judgemental environment where individuals can feel supported in their journey.
Dave has excelled in crisis management for families in conflict and believes in building safe and trusting relationships with his all of his clients. He practices from a collaborative and solution focused framework and is a Tier 2 Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS)practitioner. David uses a variety of treatment approaches including Narrative Therapy and CBT to support his clients in moving forward.
Dave has working extensively with children, youth, and families in Ottawa’s community and clinical settings for over 15 years.
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As a registered psychotherapist, parenting mediator/arbitrator and collaborative family law professional, I help individuals cope and prioritize through all stages of the divorce process.
From contemplating divorce all the way to finalizing your settlement, I can help keep you focused on what matters and support you in creating a new relationship with your former spouse. I help people identify new communication strategies as well as help them manage the range of emotions that can often contribute to a lengthy divorce process. I help clients identify the best dispute resolution process to achieve their goals, prioritize interests as well as prepare for difficult conversations such as finances and parenting.
Through my coaching practice I help clients prepare for mediation (and other various dispute resolution models), develop new communication strategies, begin the healing process from the emotional turmoil of separation as well as emotionally prepare to interact with your former spouse on a new level.
In addition to my coaching practice, I assist separating couples with developing developmental and age appropriate parenting plans that are practical and child focussed.
Through our work together you will develop tools and insight which will help you feel more confident as you navigate this process. My hope for all of my clients is that they generate hope for their future and all that it holds.
Melissa is currently accepting new coaching clients from anywhere in Ontario, Canada.
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