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.

Please use the filter to help find a counsellor who is a great fit for you!

You can select multiple choices on each drop down menu, however please note that only counsellors who offer every item you have checked will show.

If you prefer a personalized recommendation, please use our counselling match form below and we will recommend a counsellor for you within 24-48 hours.

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Amanda Lertzman
Amanda Lertzman

She/Her
Registered Clinical Counsellor

Offers Online Counselling Only

“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.

Specializes In:
Emotional Awareness & Expression
⁠Relationship Challenges (Communication, Vulnerability, Boundary Setting)
Childhood Trauma
Attachment Wounds
⁠Stress and Burnout
Chronic Pain and Illness
Self-Esteem, Self-Worth & Self-Criticism
Personal Development and Growth
Life Transitions
Spiritual Exploration

Loves Supporting:
⁠Individuals looking to explore and strengthen their mind-body-spirit connection.
Individuals hoping to better understand the role they play in relationship dynamics.
⁠Individuals seeking to find balance while managing chronic illness.

Hannah Adam
Hannah Adam

She/Her
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Art Therapy Specialty

Offers Online Counselling Only

“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.”

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

Yuan Zhou
Yuan Zhou

She/Her
Registered Clinical Counsellor

“The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.”

--Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart

Specializes in:
Depression & Anxiety
Complex & developmental trauma
Family of origin trauma & Conflict
Self-understanding & identity exploration
Self worth & Self-esteem
Existential distress
Life transitions
Grief & loss
Relational challenges

Also Loves Supporting:
Neurodivergence
Clients with Perinatal Challenges
Folks of Asian Canadian heritage
Clients with immigration/refugee backgrounds
Those in interracial marriages & relationships
Parents & Parenting Challenges

Claire Kimbley
Claire Kimbley

She/They
Registered Clinical Counsellor

“We’re all just trying to be comfortable, and well fed, and unafraid.”
- Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built"

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

Aliza Rothman
Aliza Rothman

She/Her
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Expressive Arts
EMDR Practitioner

“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

Donna Hutchinson
Donna Hutchinson

She/Her
Registered Clinical Counsellor
EMDR Practitioner
Certified Yoga Instructor
Personal Trainer & Fitness Instructor

Offers Online Counselling Only

“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“

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.

Kristina Kirschner
Kristina Kirschner

She/Her
Registered Clinical Counsellor

“When I can accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
- Carl Rogers

Specializes in:
LGBTQ2IA+ clients
Anxiety & Depression
Body Image challenges
Relationship challenges & attachment wounds
Non-monogamy
Self Worth
Burnout
Infidelity
Shame

Also Loves Supporting:
Highly Sensitive People
Clients wanting to explore relationships from a sex positive lens
Clients exploring mind-body connection and/or spiritual identity

Sophie Baker (Intern)
Sophie Baker (Intern)

She/Her
Yorkville Student Completing
MA Counselling Psychology

"Healing is a beautiful journey of self-discovery, where each step forward reflects your incredible resilience and strength. Healing is not one size fits all.”

Esther (Intern)
Esther (Intern)

She/Her
CityU Student Completing
Master of Counselling

Esther’s warm approach to counselling is rooted in a belief that you matter. By building a safe and trusting relationship with clients, she aims to help them feel understood and welcomed on a heart-level, releasing clients’ inner abilities to heal and grow.

Tori Keller (Waitlist)
Tori Keller (Waitlist)

She/Her
Registered Clinical Counsellor, CCC

Online Counselling Only
Waitlist for New Clients

“We all just want and deserve to be seen, heard and accepted for all of who we are.”

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

Saffron W. Rose (Waitlist)
Saffron W. Rose (Waitlist)

She/Her
Registered Clinical Counsellor

Waitlist for New Counselling Clients

“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

Intern / Low Cost Counsellors

(Please note that the challenges our interns are not included in the search / filters above)

Sophie Baker
Intern Counsellor

Yorkville Student
MA Counselling Psychology

"Healing is a beautiful journey of self-discovery, where each step forward reflects your incredible resilience and strength. Healing is not one size fits all.”

Ester Wei
Intern Counsellor

CityU Student
Master of Counselling

”Esther’s warm approach to counselling is rooted in a belief that you matter. By building a safe and trusting relationship with clients, she aims to help them feel understood and welcomed on a heart-level, releasing clients’ inner abilities to heal and grow.

Counsellors Not Taking New Clients at this Time

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Kristina Belyea (Full)
Kristina Belyea (Full)

She/Her
Registered Clinical Counsellor

“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)

Camille Labonté Raymond (Full)
Camille Labonté Raymond (Full)

She/Her
Registered Clinical Counsellor
EMDR Practitioner

“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

Natasha Zacher (On Leave)
Natasha Zacher (On Leave)

She/Her
Registered Clinical Counsellor

On Leave and not Taking New Counselling Clients

“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.”

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

Courtney Orser (Full)
Courtney Orser (Full)

She/Her
Registered Clinical Counsellor
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”

Specializes in:
Trauma and Complex PTSD
Neurodiversity (ADHD, Autism, AuDHD)
Anxiety & Depression
Self Esteem & Self Worth
Attachment Wounds & Relationships
Sexuality or Gender Exploration & Queer Identity
Typical, Alternative, Queer & Kink Relationships
Chronic Pain
Life Transitions

Also Loves Supporting:
Educators & Parents
Post-secondary students
Men who are excited about exploring their relationship to themselves and their own personal growth
Those wanting to examine relationship patterns that are feeling unhealthy (and possibly fit into relationship categories often described as toxic or codependent)

Morgan McKusick (Full)
Morgan McKusick (Full)

She/Her
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Founder & Clinical Director of New Tides

Certified Yoga Instructor
EMDR Practitioner

“You make sense, and you’re not alone. Let’s work together to build an understanding and appreciation of what’s happening within you”

Specializes In:
Trauma and Attachment
Anxiety
Self-Worth
Sexual Trauma
Emotion Regulation
Identity Formation
Body and Emotional Awareness
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