Meet Our Counsellors!
While each of our counsellors are unique, we all work holistically with emotions, the body & nervous system and beliefs using approaches based in relational and trauma-informed counselling, mindfulness, and attachment theory.
RCC
Expressive Arts
EMDR Practitioner
She/Her
“It’s not about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.”
- Anonymous
Specializes In:
Trauma
Self Esteem
Grief & Loss
Relationships
Coping Skills
Domestic Abuse
Anxiety & Depression
Life Transitions
Life Coaching
Stress
Loves Supporting:
- Parents
- Those experiencing pregnancy or pregnancy loss
RCC
She/Her
“When I can accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
- Carl Rogers
Specializes in:
Anxiety
Depression
Self Worth
Shame
Burnout
Body Image challenges
Relationship challenges & attachment wounds
Non-monogamy
Infidelity
Also Loves Supporting:
- Highly Sensitive People
- Individuals exploring BDSM, fetish & kink
- Clients exploring spirituality / spiritual identity
RCC
She/They
“We’re all just trying to be comfortable, and well fed, and unafraid.”
- Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built"
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Specializes In:
Trauma
Self-Worth
Body Image
Grief & Loss
Anxiety & Depression
Relationship Challenges
Gender & Sexual Identity Exploration
Indigenous Intergenerational Trauma
Childhood Emotional Neglect/Abuse
Life Transitions
Loves Supporting:
- Indigenous Clients
- LGBTQ2IA+ Clients
RCC
Art Therapy Specialty
She/Her
“My goal is to work side by side with you to co-create the most appropriate healing path for your unique concerns and goals...
towards both a sense of holistic wellness, and towards loving yourself for who you truly are.”
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Specializes In:
Art Therapy
Grief and Loss
Trauma Recovery
Religious Trauma
Sexual Abuse & Trauma, including Childhood
Substance Use & Addictions
Relationship Challenges
Anxiety & Depression
Loves Supporting:
- Individuals struggling with addiction
- Individuals struggling with changes related to aging and life stage transitions
Online Counsellors
RCC
EMDR Practitioner
Certified Yoga Instructor
Personal Trainer & Fitness Instructor
“I don’t see people’s limitations - I only see potential! I believe with the right guidance, a tailored approach and a growth mindset, change is possible“
- ONLINE ONLY -
Specializes In:
Anxiety & Depression
Self Worth & Self Criticism
Exploration of Identity (Including Gender & Sexuality)
Trauma & Attachment Challenges
Body Image Challenges and Disordered Eating
Relational Challenges
Also Loves Supporting:
- Action oriented clients who are ready to explore the boundaries of their comfort zone, stretch the limits of possibility with the goal of shedding the gunk that no longer serves them, and welcome in their new best self.
Tori Keller
RCC, CCC
She/Her
“We all just want and deserve to be seen, heard and accepted for all of who we are.”
- ONLINE ONLY -
Specializes in:
Anxiety & Depression
Relational Challenges
Self-Esteem & Self-Worth
Identity Exploration
Self-Compassion
Life Transitions
Grief & Loss
Career Counselling & Work Life Balance
Also Loves Supporting:
- Those exploring or working with spirituality and/or relationship to religious orientations
- Transgendered Clients
- Adolescents
Low Cost Counsellors
Amanda Lertzman
(Intern)
Yorkville Student in
MA Counselling Psychology
“Healing comes from learning to open ourselves up to a path forward and it is moving through these challenges that brings growth.”
Seeking support is a powerful step on this journey.
Counsellors with a Waitlist
RCC
She/Her
“Whatever has led you here, we will untangle the how and why of your feelings, find strategies that help to regulate both your mind and body, and uncover the way for you to find peace, clarity and move forward on the path to feeling your best. ”
Specializes In:
Self-Worth
Perfectionism
Identity Formation
Body Image Challenges
Trauma, PTSD & Complex PTSD
Relational & Attachment Challenges
Life transitions
Neurodivergence
Loves Supporting:
Front Line Workers
University Students
Mercedes Miller
RCC
Trauma Informed Yoga Instructor
EMDR Practitioner
She/They
“It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.”
-Ram Dass
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Specializes In:
Psychedelic Integration
Substance Use & Addiction
Identity Exploration (Gender/Sexuality)
Anxiety & Depression
Trauma & PTSD
Grief and Loss
Loves Supporting:
- Individuals facing life transitions, including relationships, career changes and more
- Individuals exploring or integrating a sense of spirituality and spiritual identity
M.Ed., RCC
She/Her
“If you evade suffering, you also evade the chance of joy. Pleasure you may get, or pleasures, but you will not be fulfilled. You will not know what it is to come home.”
Specializes in:
Anxiety & Depression
Self Esteem, Self Worth & Compassion
Suicidal Ideation & Self Harm
Borderline Personality Disorder
Complex and Childhood Trauma
Body Image, Fat Acceptance & Liberation
Gender & Sexual Identity Exploration
Chronic Pain
Grief & Loss
Loves Supporting:
- Those experiencing compassion fatigue & burnout as a result of oppressive systems / systemic issues (ie. frontline workers)
Counsellors not taking new clients at this time
RCC
EMDR Practitioner
“The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.”
- Maya Angelou
- Not accepting new clients at this time -
Specializes In:
Nature Therapy
Couples Counselling
Career Counselling & Transitions
Relational Trauma & Attachment
Relational Challenges, Conflict & Boundaries
Perfectionism, Self-Worth Challenges, and Exhausted High-Acheivers
Loves Supporting:
Adolescents
First Responders
University Students (identity & goals)
Counsellors & Counsellors in Training
Clients identifying as Highly Sensitive People
Men struggling with breakups, abusive relationships, family dynamics & expressing needs
RCC
- Not accepting new clients at this time -
“Your stories are yours; those past, present and those still unwritten. Even if some of your stories are tender, you have everything you need within you to be the author and creator you dream of.”
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Specializes In:
Expression and Self-Awareness
Anxiety, Attachment, Relationships
Trauma, Childhood Sexual Abuse,
Chronic Illness & Disabilities,
Medical & Rare Disease Advocacy,
ADHD, Autism,
Also Loves Supporting:
- Parents
- Adolescents
- Families
M.Ed., RCC
She/Her
“I am here to hold a space where you can show up just as you are, and invite you to experience your thoughts and emotions not as burdens requiring management but as evidence of your humanity”
Specializes In:
- Anxiety & Depression
- Self Worth & Self Criticism
- Exploration of Identity (Including Gender & Sexuality)
- Trauma & Attachment
- Chronic Pain & Illness
- Relational Challenges
- Self-Compassion
Also Loves Supporting:
- Clients in non-traditional relationships
- LGBTQ+ and Transgendered clients
- Clients facing life transitions, including loss, relationships, health, career and more
- Clients looking to be supported from a feminist/social justice lens
RCC
Clinical Coordinator of New Tides
“By working together, we can provide you with the tools and insight needed to bring you back into alignment with yourself”
- Not accepting new clients at this time -
Specializes in:
- Anxiety & Depression
- Self Esteem & Self Worth
- Attachment Wounds & Relationships
- Sexuality or Gender Exploration & Discovery
- Grief and Loss
- Chronic Pain
- Life Transitions,
Also Loves Supporting:
- Educators
- Post-secondary students
- Those curious about self-exploration & reflection
- Those wanting to examine relationship patterns that are feeling unhealthy (and possibly fit into relationship categories often described as toxic or codependent)
M.A., RCC,
Founder & Clinical Director of New Tides
Certified Yoga Instructor
EMDR Practitioner
- Not accepting new clients at this time -
“You make sense, and you’re not alone. Let’s work together to build an understanding and appreciation of what’s happening within you”
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Specializes In:
Trauma and Attachment, Anxiety, Self-Worth, Sexual Trauma, Body and Emotional Awareness, Emotion Regulation, Identity Formation, Relational Challenges (vulnerability; communicating needs; setting boundaries)
Also Loves Supporting:
- Dancers yogis & movers
- Counsellors in training & new counsellors
- Women who take pride in identifying as strong, independent and/or self sufficient