Amie is delighted to take over Cedar Cottage Counselling as the new Owner/Operator. She is a Registered Psychotherapist with 20 years of experience in Addictions and Mental Health, focusing on behaviour change, trauma and relationships. Amie can help you navigate difficulties with confidential, warm and compassionate support.
Stephanie commits to working with people experiencing anxiety, depression and is a proud Dual Diagnosis specialist with over 20 years of Professional disability experience. Stephanie has a patient and professional approach.
Tayra provides clinical counselling services for all ages and has experience in grief, gender, and adjustment related issues. She enthusiastically helps people reach understanding and ways to improve daily living.
Alicia strives to help clients develop an understanding of how their past impacts them in the present and supports them in using this knowledge to promote sustainable change in their lives. Using her passion for CBT and EMDR, Alicia specializes in trauma and relationships, working alongside clients to support them in connecting with their inner resources of wisdom, knowing and strength.
John is a Registered Psychotherapist with more than 30 years of experience working in Mental Health and Addictions. Over the course of his career, he has worked with youth and adults dealing with a wide range of challenges, including mental health concerns, substance use, trauma, relationships and life transitions. John believes that good therapy starts with feeling comfortable, heard and genuinely understood. His approach is warm, straightforward and collaborative. He doesn’t believe there is a “one size fits all” approach to counselling and works with each person to understand what they need and what might help them move forward.
Marcelina believes you are the expert on your own life. As someone trained to listen closely, notice patterns, and hold space, she works in step with you — with compassion and curiosity — so you can understand yourself more clearly and find your own sense of peace and strength. She works primarily with women, with a particular focus on life transitions and the emotional load that can come with them.