Casandra is a Registered Social Worker with her Master of Social Work degree from Dalhousie University. She received a Bachelor of Social Work degree from the University of Waterloo and her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Wilfrid Laurier University. Casandra will mainly be working with youth and children at Calming Tree and she is passionate about providing a warm, empathic, and safe space for her clients to explore their challenges and share their concerns.

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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 and attended Queen’s University where she earned her Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Biopsychology. As part of her Master’s degree, Hilary completed an educational practicum at Cambridge Memorial Hospital where she provided individual therapy to adult clients in the outpatient mental health clinic.

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Rose strives to create helpful and supportive therapeutic conversations with the people she works with. She collaborates with clients to co-construct goals in counselling, while facilitating their discovery of insights, capacities, and resources to address the challenges they are experiencing, and finding practical strategies to improve aspects of their lives. Rose utilizes a person-centred approach, drawing on and integrating anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, 2SLGBTQ⁺-inclusive, strengths-based, task-centred, solution-focused, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), mindfulness, narrative, critical disability and critical social work practice.

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Stacey is a counsellor and a registered social and received her undergraduate degree in Child and Youth Studies and went on to complete her Bachelor of Social Work at the University of Waterloo. In her love for continuing education, Stacey received an Addiction Certification from Wilfred Laurier while also completing her Master of Social Work from Dalhousie University. Stacey enjoys working with individuals navigating complex mental health or addictions in addition to those who are looking to strengthen their overall mindset and mental health.

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Tara is a Registered Social Worker with a Master of Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University. She has worked with adults of all ages, families and couples in a variety of roles within community and hospital settings. Tara is passionate about walking alongside those she works with and is honoured to support their mental health, relationships and quality of life. Tara’s focus in her practice is to ensure clients feel safe, heard and is a proud ally of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.

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Rana Shami is a counsellor and Registered Social Worker in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) and has a Master’s degree in Social Work. Rana received her Bachelor and Master degrees in Social Work from the University of Waterloo. Rana is a member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW) and the Canadian Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (CAMFT) and is a registered Circle of Security parenting coach (COSP). Rana has extensive experience in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and has CBT certification from Wilfrid Laurier University.

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Sarah Tremblett is a Registered Social Worker and is in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers & Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) and the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW). She holds a Master of Social Work degree from McGill University in addition to a Bachelor of Social Work Degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland. Sarah is also completing her PhD in Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University. Sarah has experience working with children, adolescents, individuals, and families facing mental health challenges, transitions, and relational challenges.

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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.

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Dana Cressman is a Registered Psychotherapist and a graduate of Martin Luther University College (affiliated with Wilfrid Laurier University) with a Master of Theology in Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy. She has completed her first Basic Unit as a Psychospiritual Therapist from the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care/Association canadienne de soins spirituels (CASC/ACSS). Conversations around faith and spirituality are welcome, should they be important aspects of a client’s journey.

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Amy is a Registered Social Worker in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW). She has experience supporting children, youth, adults and families experiencing mental health challenges, facing life transitions, experiencing family conflict, and childhood trauma. 

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Erik Bodendorfer is a counsellor and registered social worker who is passionate about helping others improve their lives through the counselling relationship. He believes in assisting his clients to set meaningful, realistic goals and to establish strategies in navigating lifes barriers and obstacles. Erik approaches the therapeutic relationship from a place of mutual discovery, creating an environment of curiosity to explore reactions, emotions and behaviours and arriving with the client at agreeable solutions to challenges.

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