Maryam is a Licensed Psychologist with a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology. Maryam views psychotherapy as a collaborative and dynamic journey that helps people realize unleashed capacities, heal wounds and develop better relationships. During the process of psychotherapy, we deeply explore unresolved issues, unwitting interferences, or repressed trauma. She strives for a therapeutic environment wherein you experience being supported, understood, and encouraged. Maryam’s expertise is in depression, anxiety, interpersonal issues, childhood trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, personality disorders, complex grief, loss, and bereavement.

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Maria is a licensed social worker. She has over 15 years experience working with families, youth, young adults, individuals and couples. Maria has a vast experience in mental health including depression and anxiety, divorce, behavioural difficulties and trauma.

Maria has extensive training in Crisis Intervention and Trauma Recovery. Maria’s compassion, understanding and empathy can help guide you through your difficult times.

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Denisha strongly believes that taking care of our mental health should be a priority for everyone. She is passionate about mental health care for all. Denisha has a Masters degree in Social Work from McGill University. She is well-versed working with children, youth, and young adults. She has experience and knowledge regarding anxiety and depression, and how this can affect a person in their day to day life. Additionally, Denisha has expertise and specializes in working with 2SLGBTQIA+ identified people, and do so with understanding and empathy.

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Sara is a professional social worker with over 20 years of experience working with various clients in her field. She enjoys helping people improve, and making an impact in their lives. She specializes with anxiety, depression, relationship challenges and trauma. She is a member of l’Ordre des travailleurs sociaux et des thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec (OTSTCFQ) Sara provides counselling for children, teenagers, adults and elderly.

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Police Officer and registered Social Worker. She has over 19 years of experience in frontline intervention in the following fields: legal/law, child protection (D.Y.P.), mental health, personality disorders, addictions, conjugal violence, interpersonal relationship counselling, trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and youth work.

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Danica is a Registered Nurse, Psychotherapist who takes a holistic approach to counselling to include both mind and body with influence from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. She has experience counselling adolescents with focus on anxiety and depression, counselling in a women’s health clinic including advocacy for women’s rights as well as experience in acute psychiatry. She focuses on relationship with Self by: increasing your feelings of self worth, self-confidence, self-acceptance and independence. This will be done by exploring how your thoughts, experience, behaviours and emotions influence your day to day, and how that can be explored to achieve your personal goals.

Please check with your provider to determine your coverage for nurse psychotherapy.

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Licensed Social Worker with over 20 years of experience who is passionate about accompanying individuals of all ages, families and couples through the life/relationship challenges that they may be experiencing in order to regain balance/ functioning and overall well-being.

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Megan is a dedicated, licensed social worker with a Bachelor of Social Work degree from McGill University. She is currently furthering her education by pursuing a Master of Arts degree in Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University. With seven years of professional experience, Megan specializes in providing intervention and counselling services to youth, young adults, and their support systems. Recognizing the significance of building strong therapeutic relationships, Megan employs person-centered and strengths-based approaches in her practice. She prioritizes her clients’ self-actualisation, offering compassionate and goal-oriented care. Her expertise extends to supporting individuals and families navigating challenges such as anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, conflict, emotional regulation difficulties, and providing affirming care for 2SLGBTQIA+ clientele. Megan is welcoming new clients and eagerly anticipates the opportunity to support them in fostering positive change and reaching their full potential.

Megan est une travailleuse sociale agréée et dévouée, titulaire d’un baccalauréat en travail social de l’Université de McGill. Actuellement, elle poursuit ses études en vue d’obtenir une maîtrise en psychologie du counselling à l’Université de Yorkville. Ayant sept années d’expérience professionnelle, Megan se spécialise dans la fourniture de services d’intervention et de counseling aux mineurs, jeunes adultes, ainsi qu’à leurs réseaux de soutien. Elle comprend l’importance de bâtir des relations thérapeutiques solides et privilégie une approche centrée sur la personne et sur les forces. Son objectif principal est l’auto-actualisation de ses clients, en leur offrant des soins faisant prevue de compassion et axés sur leurs objectifs. Elle possède une expertise dans le soutien aux individus et familles confrontés à divers défis tels que l’anxiété, la dépression, les idées suicidaires, les conflits, les difficultés de régulation émotionnelle, ainsi que dans la fourniture de soins affirmatifs à ses clients de la commuauté 2ELGBTQI+. Megan accepte de nouveaux clients et attend avec impatience l’opportunité de les accompagner dans la réalisation de changements positifs et dans l’atteinte de leur plein potentiel.

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Emily is a Licensed Social Worker who is devoted to helping clients overcome anxiety, depression, relationship/family conflicts, self-esteem, and trauma. She works with clients of all ages.

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Tiffany is a licensed social worker. She started her career nearly six years ago as an Emergency room social worker. Her clientele ranged from elderly patients needing relocation to drug use/abuse to a variety of patients dealing with mental health diagnoses. The fast pace and diverse climate of the ER quickly got her ready for a position as a Crisis Social worker in outpatient Psychiatry where she worked daily with actively suicidal and anxious patients.

Tiffany also gained experience working in various Family Medicine Clinics with a predominant focus on clients suffering from anxiety and depression.

She looks forward to continuing to connect with people in need and furthering her experience as a social worker.

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Natasha has experience working with children, youth, and adults. Viewing your concerns from a trauma-informed lens, Natasha will incorporate elements from different approaches such as play therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical therapy. Natasha strives to create a safe and nurturing space for you to explore your needs and goals. She is currently accepting new clients at our Ottawa location.

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Myles, a graduate of McGill University holding a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work and Cybercounseling certification, brings his knowledge to the forefront in addressing anxiety, health anxiety, stress management, and burnout. Additionally, he specializes in promoting well-being through the establishment of healthy boundaries in both personal relationships and the workplace. In his therapeutic environment, Myles nurtures personal development and resilience, offering clients a transformative and enriching experience.

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Jessica is a registered Social Worker in Quebec (online and in person) and Ontario (online only) and holds a Masters of Social Work. She is passionate about social justice and guiding people on their evolutionary path to self-actualization. She specializes in crisis interventions, working with extreme or altered mental states, often known as psychosis, and attachment-based theories, but she also has experience in couples interventions, interpersonal relationship improvement, and an intercultural approach. She has worked in residential treatment centers as well as with crisis intervention units and in youth empowerment. She works with empathy, sensitivity and a nonjudgmental attitude to help each person achieve their therapeutic goals.

Jessica est une travailleuse sociale qui est passionnée par la justice sociale et par guider les personnes sur leur chemin d’évolution vers l’actualisation de soi. Elle est spécialisée dans l’intervention de crise, travailler avec les états mentales altérés ou extrêmes, autrement connu comme la psychose, et la mobilisation des théories basés sur l’attachement, mais a aussi de l’expérience en intervention de couple, l’amélioration des relations interpersonnelles et une approche interculturelle. Elle a travaillé en ressource d’hébergement, dans une équipe d’intervention de crise et dans l’empowerment des jeunes. Elle travaille avec l’empathie, la sensibilité et le non jugement afin d’aider chaque personne à atteindre leurs objectifs thérapeutiques.

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Welcoming Lisa Spillman, a certified life coach, Certified Brain Trainer (certified in Neurofeedback technology), and a certified personal trainer, as the Director of Holistic Wellness at RISE Anxiety and Depression Clinic Toronto. With a profound commitment to supporting individuals facing mental health challenges, Lisa has transformed personal adversity into a beacon of hope.

Passionate about holistic wellness, her dedication lies in empowering individuals to achieve well-being through an emphasis on the vital connection between gut health and the mind-body relationship.

Through compassionate care, her goal is to assist individuals in breaking barriers that hinder their pursuit of a fulfilling life. Your journey towards well-being begins here.

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Rogena is a Licensed Social Worker. She helps people facing complex life situations which have compromised their emotional stability. Her speciality is general anxiety, stress management, and depression. She works with adults facing difficult life stressors including relationship challenges, divorce, trauma, substance abuse, and grief. Rogena helps clients in an empathic way which fosters self-awareness and positive change.

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Robert Wise is a Certified Life Coach and Founder of RISE Anxiety & Depression Clinic. He has effectively employed a blend of education, work experience, and an insatiable passion for success to help people achieve their goals. He is also a Mental Health instructor at McGill University.

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Nancy is a full member of the Ordre des Criminologues du Quebec and a bilingual Certified Addiction and Trauma Specialist with over 25 years of experience working directly with people. She assists people in addressing issues related to addictions, trauma and mental health. Nancy’s expertise is in working with individuals and those closest to them suffering from addiction as well as counselling for anxiety, depression, relational, emotional and behavioural problems, self-esteem problems and stress management. Nancy uses a client-centred holistic approach, incorporating elements of different types of therapy such as CBT, DBT, Structured Relapse Prevention and Mindfulness, along with other modalities, in order to create a treatment plan that addresses particular needs and helps her clients to achieve their goals. Nancy also has experience in developing programs and treatment plans for individuals and groups. She has delivered many presentations on addiction and mental health.

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