Meet Our South Team
Learn more about our therapists who operate from our South Side location to find out who might be the right fit for you!
Dr. Amanda Stillar
Registered Psychologist
Currently on Maternity Leave
Dr. Stillar works from a client centred perspective, which means that she values that her client's are the experts of their own lives. Dr. Stillar works collaboratively with clients to develop a treatment approach that meets the specific needs of each client she works with.
She provides individual counselling to children, teens and adults. She also works with couples and families. Dr. Stillar is trained in Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) for individuals and couples. She also uses EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, Dialectical-Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and Compassion-Focused Therapy.
Dr. Stillar recognizes the benefits of taking a family approach to treatment, as parents and caregivers can be tremendous supports when a loved one is struggling with a mental health concern. Dr. Stillar uses Emotion-Focused Family Therapy to help parents and caregivers support their loved one's recovery.
Dr. Stillar specializes in working with eating disorders across the lifespan. She aims to help clients achieve life long recovery through addressing the underlying issues of their symptoms while also helping them gain insight into their struggles and develop alternative healthy coping strategies.
Dr. Stillar works with a variety of mental health concerns including: depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, trauma, anger issues, emotional dysregulation, communication issues, relationship conflict and infidelity, self-esteem, body image, self-harm, boundaries and assertiveness, perfectionism, sleep issues, and family conflict.
Dr. Thea Comeau
Registered Psychologist
Current Clients Only
Offering Online Sessions Only
Dr. Comeau believes every client has the wisdom and resilience they need to live meaningful and fulfilled lives, including healthy, vibrant relationships. She sees her role as a supportive scaffold, which stands strong to enable her clients to embrace the vulnerability needed to heal both personally and within their relationships. Each client’s journey is informed by their mind and body; she incorporates information from both of these as she navigates the therapy process with her clients. Thea draws upon Existential-Humanist approaches to therapy, merged with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to support clients in achieving real change in their lives. Thea finds meaning in supporting clients facing struggles with the issues of existence, including growth towards self-awareness and self-acceptance, identifying choicefulness, and enacting meaningful behavioral change. She enjoys working with individuals, especially those facing trauma and life transitions (such as leaving home/going to college, entering/exiting the workforce, changes in relationship status, and issues of death/grieving), couples, folks in poly relationships, and the LGBTQ2S+ community.
Dr. Comeau completed her Ph.D. in Counselling Psychology at McGill University, and her Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology at the University of Alberta. She has trained and taught about therapy at world-class universities across Canada and the United States. Through her work as an Assistant Professor at Concordia University of Edmonton, Thea is committed to conducting and publishing research that promotes the well-being of therapy clients and therapists alike.
Petra Wood
Registered Psychologist
Accepting New Clients
Online and In Person Sessions
Petra works with children over the age of five, teens, and adults.
Petra is a trauma informed, compassion focused therapist who uses a client-focused lens in session. She has training in treating complex trauma and has certificates in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for working with both adults and children. She also has training in Polyvagal Theory, Self-Compassion, Solution Focused Therapy (SFT), and Narrative Therapy. Further, Petra incorporates psychoeducational information, mindfulness, and body-based techniques, and increasing affect tolerance to best support her clients.
When working with children, Petra incorporates a variety of techniques including EMDR, psycho-ed, play, art, and stories with the goal of both supporting the child and increasing their ability to learn from themselves and feel confident in their abilities.
Petra provides counselling to adults, teens, and children with a variety of experiences and needs, including: trauma, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem/low self-compassion, panic attacks, emotional dysregulation, neglect, attachment wounds, grief, relationship concerns, and boundary development.
Petra has a special interest in working with people who are experiencing trauma, anxiety, low self-esteem, emotional overwhelm, and family of origin concerns.
Kayla Lucas
Registered Psychologist
Accepting New Clients
Offering Online and in Person Sessions
Kayla is a client-centred therapist who strives to ensure that each client feels safe,
supported and empowered as they move towards healing. She values creating a
collaborative working relationship with each client, and recognizes the benefit of
collaboratively creating a treatment plan to meet the unique needs of each client she
works with.
Kayla offers individual counselling to children, adolescents, and adults. In addition,
she offers family/parent-child dyad counselling. Kayla is trained in Trauma-Focused
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy [TF-CBT], and Eye Movement Desensitization and
Reprocessing [EMDR]. Kayla also integrates aspects of Compassion-Focused
Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, neuroscience research, family/systems
approaches, attachment theory, play therapy, sand-tray therapy and relevant
cultural/spiritual practices, in order to help clients and their families meet their
therapeutic goals.
Kayla specializes in working with childhood trauma, and with the impacts of
intergenerational trauma within families. She has extensive experience working
with children, and adolescents who have experienced sexual abuse/assault. In
addition, she has experience working with Indigenous families to address the
impacts of intergenerational trauma stemming from colonization. Kayla aims to help
clients and their families gain insight, build healthy coping strategies, and deepen
their relationships with both themselves and with others.
Kayla works with a variety of mental health concerns including: trauma, anxiety,
depression, emotional dysregulation, body-image, self-harm, shame, perfectionism,
identity development, boundaries, family conflict, communication issues, substance
use, neurodevelopmental disorders and trauma/stressor related disorders. In
addition, she works with mental health concerns stemming from aging,
immigration/refugee experiences, and experiences of homelessness.
Kenneth Murdoch
Registered Psychologist
Current Clients Only
Offering Online and in Person Sessions
Kenneth is a client-centered therapist who integrates psychodynamic, compassion-focused, and cognitive-behavioral approaches into therapy. Kenneth believes that people have the inner resources and strength to flourish but sometimes difficult feelings and patterns from the past can make us feel stuck. A supportive therapy relationship can help you work through difficult feelings while reconnecting with the personal strengths that can help you improve your life. Kenneth has a deep respect for the wisdom and understandings people bring to therapy which means he will work patiently and collaboratively with you to find a path forward.
Kenneth incorporates process-outcome monitoring into therapy. Process-outcome monitoring gives you and Kenneth the ability to tailor treatment to your needs and monitor progress toward your goals.
Kenneth works with people with anxiety, depression, interpersonal issues, guilt, shame, self-criticism, perfectionism, and low self-esteem. Kenneth is trained in
Exposure with Response Prevention for OCD and Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD.
Kenneth works with adolescents (age 14+) and adults of all ages.
Noreen Sibanda
Registered Provisional Psychologist
Current Clients Only
Offering Online Sessions and In Person Sessions
The best adage that illustrates Noreen’s approach to counselling is one by Theodore Roosevelt,
“people do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
Noreen uses a person-centered and strength-based approach with her clients. This means she focuses on building a strong rapport and sense of understanding for what her clients are going through. Noreen aims to understand the biological, psychological and social components of her clients’ struggles. She values each client’s world view and life experiences. Noreen prides herself on walking graciously with each of her clients into uncharted territories at a that pace feels safe and comfortable to them. Drawing on solution-focused strategies Noreen helps to highlight and amplify each client’s unique inner strengths and innate capacity for resilience.
Noreen has a special passion for working with individuals who are transitioning. She also works with couples and families. She has experience working in a school setting and helping diverse clients from all walks of life.
Noreen works with teens, adults, and couples.
Noreen has specliazed training in Gottman Couples Therapy, EMDR, Narrative Therapy, Emotional Focused Family Therapy, DBT, and Synergy Play Therapy
Jasmine Nathoo
Registered Psychologist
Accepting New Clients
Offering Online Sessions and In Person Sessions
Jasmine aims to create a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental space in therapy where clients can feel empowered to work towards their goals. She has a client-centered focus, meaning that she will meet you where you are at and work collaboratively with you to find the approach that fits best for you.
Jasmine works with teens (13+), adults, and couples. She works with a range of concerns including: anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, self-esteem, body image, disordered eating/eating disorders, relationship issues, cross-cultural concerns, and communication issues.
Jasmine incorporates evidence-based approaches including Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). She also has specialized training in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD, Eye Movement Desentization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) for Eating Disorders.
Jessica Johansson
Registered Provisional Psychologist
Current Clients Only
Offering In-Person and Online Sessions
Jessica works with children, adolescents and adults using a collaborative, person-centered approach. She understands that everyone has a unique and personal perspective of their life and experiences, which can play a key role in healing and recovery. Jessica incorporates clients’ self-knowledge and their distinctive perspectives along with her training, experience, and knowledge, to collaboratively work with client’s to achieve their goals.
Jessica uses evidence-based treatment methods to treat a variety of mental health concerns, including trauma, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, body-dysmorphia, emotional dysregulation, behavioural concerns (children), relationship conflict, communication issues, anger, LGBTQ+ concerns.
She has training in and experience with Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
Jessica understands and appreciates that everyone holds diverse worldviews and has personal preferences and beliefs about health and wellbeing. She strives to keep this at the forefront of her work to help provide each client with a therapeutic experience of feeling heard, understood, supported, and empowered to reach their therapeutic goals.
Karen MacMullin
Registered Psychologist
Accepting New Clients
Offering In-Person and Online Sessions
Karen is a Registered Psychologist who works together with clients to find ways to navigate moving toward their hopes and goals. She believes that living in our world is challenging and that having a supportive place to land can help. Karen is passionate about hearing clients’ stories and collaborating to make change.
Karen provides individual counselling to teens and adults. Karen is trained in emotion-focused therapy (EFT) for individuals. She also uses acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) and elements of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Karen also works with couples and families and primarily uses an emotion-focused approach with attention to communication styles and strategies.
Karen has extensive experience working with people who are recovering from concussion and brain injury and people who live with chronic pain. She strives to support people to gain understanding of their injuries, to find acceptance, and to take steps toward engaging more fully in their lives. Karen is a provider of the Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP), developed by Canadian behavioural health researchers to help people return to work and activity when physical or mental health conditions have been keeping them from the lives they want. Karen also works with families and caregivers of adults and youth with mental illness or brain injury to support their loved ones recovery and take care of themselves.
Karen works with issues including anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts and self-harm, complex mental health concerns including personality disorders, coping with strong emotions, identity concerns, and issues with attachment, communication, and boundaries. Karen is experienced working with people from the LGBTQ+ community and with newcomers to Canada.
Ruchelle Mendes
Registered Provisional Psychologist
Accepting New Clients
Offering In-Person and Online Sessions
Ruchelle is a Registered Provisional Psychologist who strives to create a warm, supportive and safe environment for clients to discuss their concerns. Using a client-centered and trauma informed approach, she supports her clients in exploring how their experiences and environments have influenced their beliefs and shaped their lives. She values collaboration with her clients and enjoys working with people from different cultures and backgrounds.
Ruchelle works with children, teenagers and adults.
Ruchelle has specialized training in working with children and teens using Play therapy, Sand tray and Art interventions to help them express their emotions and concerns. She works with children and teens ages 12 and older who may be experiencing anxiety
depression, sleep issues, trauma, emotional dysregulation, Self-esteem, grief, and who identify as LGBTQ+.
Ruchelle also provides counselling to adults who are experiencing trauma, depression, anxiety, OCD, sleep, relationship issues, stress, grief, self-esteem, identity issues, phobias, domestic violence, guilt & shame, LGBTQ+ related issues, panic attacks, and eating disorders. Her approach incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP) and Solution Focused Therapy (SFT)
Ruchelle has a special interest in working with clients who are experiencing trauma, anxiety, domestic violence, OCD, relationship concerns and self-esteem issues.
Darien Zwicker
Masters Counselling Student
Accepting New Clients
Offering In-Person and Online Sessions
Darien works with adolescents and adults using a strength-based and person-
centered approach. She views clients as the experts of their own experiences
and aims to create a safe and non-judgmental space for clients to share their
story. Darien values each client’s unique experiences and worldviews and uses a
collaborative approach to work with clients to meet them where they are at.
Darien’s therapeutic approach is integrative, and she draws on modalities such
as Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT),
Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT), mindfulness, and attachment-based
approaches.
Darien has a special interest in working with adolescent and adult clients
struggling with body image concerns, body-dysmorphia, and eating disorders.
Darien works with a variety of mental health concerns including eating disorders,
perfectionism, depression, anxiety, self-harm, emotional dysregulation, grief, and
LGBTQ+ issues.