Meet Our West Team
Learn more about our therapists who operate from our West location to find out who might be the right fit for you!
Heather Sinclair
Registered Psychologist
Current Clients Only
Offering Online Sessions and In Person Sessions
When we feel stuck or overwhelmed, reaching out to talk to someone about what we are going through is hard. It takes courage to trust someone enough to share our pain. That is why Heather's aim in therapy is to create a safe space to meet her clients as they are. The counselling experience with Heather involves clients' active participation, because each client brings the expertise of their own life. As humans we are hardwired for connection; you don’t have to do this alone!
Heather is a Registered Psychologist and works with children, youth and adults as well as families and couples. Some of the client concerns she has experience working with include: grief and loss, divorce/separation, suicidal ideation and self-harm, emotional dysregulation, developmental trauma, anxiety, depression, parent-child relationship, parenting concerns, and relationship conflict.
Heather is trained in Gottman Couples Therapy and is a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist®. She also has specialized training in Emotion-focused Family Therapy.
Larissa Brosinsky
Provisional Psychologist
Current Clients Only
Offering Online & In Person Sessions
Larissa works from a client-centered lens, which means that she chooses whichever therapeutic approach seems to fit best with her client’s concerns. Within this lens she often incorporates aspects of Emotion-Focused Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, and Compassion-Focused Therapy.
Larissa works with children, teens, adults, and couples.
In addition to her work with anxiety and depression, Larissa has a special interest in working with clients who are experiencing concerns related to diversity, including LGBTQ+, cross-cultural, and adoption experiences, among others.
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.
Chelsea Hobbs
Registered Provisional Psychologist
Current Clients Only
Offering In-Person and Online Sessions
As a Registered Provisional Psychologist, Chelsea works from a client-centred approach. She values individuals’ expertise on their own lives and believes that developing a strong relationship is essential in supporting client change.
Chelsea creates a safe, supportive, and collaborative environment to increase client hope and achieve their unique goals. Chelsea acknowledges that people are part of a larger social network and works to explore how different systems may influence a client's lived experience.
As a scientist-practitioner, Chelsea utilizes evidence-based approaches and interventions, including Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). She incorporates client feedback to help inform the direction of therapy and to help monitor client progress.
Chelsea specializes in working with reproductive and maternal mental health concerns, including perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (e.g., postpartum depression & postpartum anxiety). She also often works with anxiety, depression, interpersonal and relationship issues, emotion dysregulation, life transitions, and grief and loss.
Chelsea works with teens, adults, couples, and families.
