Karen’s Bio

Therapies Practiced: EMDR, Trauma Focused, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Mindfulness, Interpersonal Neurobiology

Populations Served: Individuals and Couples

Services Offered: Couples Therapy & Individual Therapy

Treatment Specialties:  Trauma and PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, Relationship Issues, Emotion Regulation, Divorce/Separation, Child Abuse, Shame, Anger, Self-esteem

Languages Spoken: English

Insurance Information: Please check with your insurance provider to see if your benefit plan covers a Registered Psychotherapist

Consultation Offered: 60 minute, in person

Session Fee : $125 (Including HST)

A Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario, Karen can help you learn how to navigate life’s challenges in a healthy and balanced way. She appreciates that for many people it is uncomfortable talking about how they are experiencing life because they have learned to suppress their emotions in a culture that has taught that they should not be too emotional. Karen helps her clients understand that emotions are intended to simply guide us toward that which is pleasant and away from that which is unpleasant or dangerous.

Karen is an experienced emotional and trauma focused therapist who has a gentle and compassionate approach to understanding every client’s individual needs. One of Karen’s strengths is teaching clients how their nervous systems functions. By bringing awareness to what is going on inside, her clients learn how to remove judgement and shame as well as how to regulate their emotions and connect with others in a satisfying and supportive way. She helps them to appreciate how the effects of past experiences may trigger them, possibly resulting in emotional overwhelm or shut down.

Karen holds a Diploma in Spiritual Psychotherapy from Transformational Arts College and a Bachelor of Commerce from McMaster University. She continues to stay current in her field and has completed formal training in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Internal Family Systems, Compassionate Inquiry, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Structural Dissociation, and Mindfulness. Karen integrates these different therapeutic modalities into her client focused therapeutic approach to ensure that each client has the tools, techniques and resources that will enable them to navigate their life challenges moving forward.

To learn more or to schedule an appointment with Karen:

Phone: 905-483-6021

Email: [email protected]

Website: karenspenukcounselling.ca

Caroline’s Bio

Therapies Practiced: CBT, DBT , Narrative, Solution-Focused Brief, Play and Art-based Therapy, EFFT.

Populations Served: Children 6+, adolescents, parents/caregivers and families.

Services Offered: Individual and Family Therapy

Treatment Specialties: Emotion Regulation, Anxiety, Depression, Self-Esteem, Family Transitions, Parenting Challenges.

Languages Spoken: English and French

Insurance Information: Please check with your insurance provider to see if your benefit plan covers a Registered Social Worker.

Consultation Offered: Yes,15 minutes phone consult.

Session Fee : $125

Caroline is a Registered Social Worker (MSW, RSW) Her experience includes working with children, adolescents and families. She supports clients that are experiencing anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, parenting challenges, traumatic life events, issues with family transitions, adjustment to school, and peer relationships.

Caroline uses an integrated practice approach (interventions from Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Narrative, Solution-Focused, Brief, Play and Art-based, Emotion-Focused Family Therapy) that is grounded in an attachment-based framework. She offers an environment where a secure and supportive relationship enables children and adolescents to develop a sense and richer understanding of who they are and why they function the way that they do in their relationships.

Caroline’s goal is to help clients explore the continuum between change and acceptance, by balancing the need for targeted strategies with meaningful reflective work. She offers a safe place to develop different perspectives on presenting problems, and to make sense of big emotions so children and parents can feel brave and empowered in their daily life. With her compassionate, strength-based and warm approach, she walks alongside her clients to help them find their way back to their self-aware and authentic selves.

Caroline completed her Master’s degree at University of Toronto and is registered with the Ontario College of Social Workers. She remains engaged in her professional development and is currently enrolled in the 5 Year Training Program at the Gestalt Institute of Toronto.

To learn more or to schedule an appointment with Caroline:

Phone: 416-567-5548

Email: [email protected]

Website: carolinelegaultmsw.com

Lise’s Bio

Therapies Practiced: Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Trauma Focused, Solution Focused

Populations Served: Adults 18+

Services Offered: Individual Therapy

Treatment Specialties: Trauma, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Depression, Anxiety, Relationship Issues

Languages Spoken: English

Insurance Information: Please check with your individual insurance provider to find out if you have coverage for a Registered Psychotherapist

Phone Consultation Offered: Yes, 15 minute phone consult.

Session Fee : $140

Lise believes in creating a strong alliance and connection with her clients that is based on support and trust. She also realizes the importance of self-compassion while working through issues in therapy. Her goal is to empower clients to tap into their own self-awareness and help them to build on their strengths.

Lise specializes in working with Adults experiencing difficulties with substance abuse, addictions, trauma, anxiety, depression, life transitions, and relationship issues. She integrates aspects of Cognitive Behavioral, Trauma Informed, and Solution Focused modalities. She graduated from Governors State University with a Master of Arts in Psychology, and is a member of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO).

To learn more or to schedule an appointment with Lise:
Phone: 905-223-2596
Email: [email protected]
Website: lisefitzsimmonstherapy.com

Susan’s Bio

Therapies Practiced: Client Centred, Solution Focused, Strength Based, Mindfulness

Populations Served: Adults 18+

Services Offered: Individual, Couple and Family Counselling

Treatment Specialties:  Relationships, Couple Connection, Separation and Divorce, Blended Families, Self Esteem & Confidence, Life Transitions, Grief and Loss, Spirituality, Infertility, LGBTQ2+ Allied

Languages Spoken: English

Insurance Information: Please check with your insurance provider to see if your benefit plan covers a Registered Social Worker

Consultation Offered:  Yes, 20 minute phone consult.

Session Fee : $140

Susan is a co-founder of Oakville Centre for Counselling. She is a compassionate, empathetic and skilled therapist who has been successfully helping clients explore and honor their feelings, while creating change and achieving a greater sense of their own worth. She has over 15 years of experience providing individual, couple and family counselling.

Susan draws from several treatment modalities including Client Centered, Cognitive Behavioral, Emotionally Focused and Solution Focused therapy. She works from an Anti-Oppressive and Strengths based approach. She feels honored to help clients shift from living with thoughts of sadness, worry, negative beliefs and difficult circumstances, to helping her clients be more present, exploring and working towards a happy life with healthy boundaries, prioritized self care and an increased sense of fulfillment.

Susan also works with couples who come to counselling for a variety of reasons. Often couples come into counselling after they experience a relationship injury, when trust has been broken or they feel disconnected. Susan works with couples to understand their patterns, and how to connect differently. Susan explores with partners how to express and hear each other’s needs, creating a deeper emotional connection.

Susan has worked for McMaster University providing counselling for students for the past 14 years, and has been working in her own practice for the past 9 years. She graduated from York University with an Undergraduate degree in Psychology and an Undergraduate degree in Social Work. She also graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University in 2005 with her Masters of Social Work. She regularly attends ongoing professional development. Susan is a member in good standing of The Ontario Association of Professional Social Workers and the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. She is responsible to adhere to the standards of practice set by the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.

To learn more or to schedule an appointment with Susan:

Phone: 905-827-2121

Email: [email protected]

Website: ockrantcounselling.com

Jessica’s Bio

Therapies Practiced: Narrative, Emotion Focused, Trauma Informed, Dialectal Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Gottman Couples Therapy.

Populations Served: Children 6+, youth, adults

Services Offered: Individual, Couple and Family Therapy

Treatment Specialties: Anxiety, Depression, Communication and Relationship Issues, Separation and Divorce, Life Transitions, Self Esteem/Self-image, Parenting Support, Social and School related concerns, Emotion Regulation

Languages Spoken: English, Punjabi, Hindi

Insurance Information: Please check with your individual insurance provider to find out if you have coverage for a Registered Psychotherapist.

Consultation Offered: Yes, 15 minutes phone consult.

Session Fee : Individuals $140; Couples/Families $160

Jessica is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario, as well as a member of the Canadian Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Jessica received her Masters of Science degree from the University of Guelph in the Couple and Family Therapy program.

Jessica’s previous clinical experience includes working with children, youth and families in a children’s mental health agency in Toronto. During this time, Jessica also worked as an independent contractor in a busy private practice collective in Toronto. Currently, she is working as an ongoing therapist in a children’s mental agency in Milton, while also hoping to build her own private practice. In Jessica’s experience working with children, youth, adults, couples, and families, she has supported clients who present with an array of concerns such as: depression, anxiety, relationship conflict, traumatic life events, etc.

One of the values that Jessica holds important in her work with clients is working from a systemic approach, as she believes that humans do not exist in a vacuum and our environments are constantly influencing us. She strives to create an inclusive space and explore with clients the impacts of social location, power and privilege on their lives. 

Jessica has received extensive training in EFT, Narrative, Solution-Focused, and DBT. She also attended an intensive sex therapy course in 2014. Jessica integrates aspects of these different modalities in her work with clients while maintaining a client-centered and collaborative approach. More recently, she has been completing training in trauma assessment and treatment. She continues to engage in professional development by attending various workshops and training’s.

To learn more or to schedule an appointment with Jessica:

Phone: 289-813-1994

Email: [email protected]

Natalia’s Bio

Therapies Practiced: Mindfulness, Play Therapy, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Brief Therapy, Trauma Focused Therapy, Attachment Based Therapy

Populations Served: Infant to adult (18 +)

Services Offered: Individual, Couple, Child and Family Therapy

Treatment Specialties: Relationship Issues, Separation and Divorce, Life Transitions, Spirituality, Self-esteem, Empowerment, Depression, Trauma, Parent-Child Issues, Behaviour Issues, Parenting, Attachment, Adoption.

Languages Spoken: English

Insurance Information: Please check with your individual insurance provider to find out if you have coverage for a Registered Social Worker.

Phone Consultation Offered: Yes, 15 minute phone consult.

Session Fee : Please inquire.

Natalia Buchok received her Masters in Social Work from the University of Toronto in 1993 while simultaneously completing certification in Gestalt Therapy. She then worked on a pilot project in South Carolina aimed at helping disadvantaged women struggling with addictions, and then went on to work in the Middle East and later rural Arkansas, working with children and teens, and training in play therapy. She returned to Canada to work at the Reach Out Centre For Kids in Halton. During her ten years at ROCK, she sat on the Halton Violence Prevention Council, and provided consultation to Halton Child and Development Services.

Her work with children and families led to an interest in couples therapy and subsequently Natalia began training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. She is now an advanced practitioner working on her certification in EFT. Currently Natalia practices psychotherapy out of her private practice in Oakville and Carlisle, as well as providing consulting and training to agencies and individuals in the GTA.

Natalia is deeply committed to creating a safe, caring, non-judgemental environment for her clients, be they adults or children, in which they can explore and work to resolve the dilemmas that bring them into therapy. She approaches her work with clients humbled and honoured; grateful that they share their stories and invite her to be part of their journey. She endeavours to help them see from a new perspective, challenging old perceptions or ways of coping that no longer serve them, helping them “connect the dots” so that newfound clarity and understanding can be theirs. She is committed to helping clients find the treasure within, so that they can move forward with clarity, faith in themselves and hope for a brighter future.

To learn more or to schedule an appointment with Natalia:

Phone: 416-908-1540

Email: [email protected]

Website: thetreasurewithin.ca