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Elise has experience working with children, youth, and families across schools (including children with disabilities), residential care, psychiatric services, and in supporting victims of human trafficking and online child exploitation.

She brings empathy and compassion to her work with individuals facing trauma, developmental and mental health challenges and emotional regulation difficulties. Elise uses trauma-informed, strengths-based, and family-centred approaches. She provides unconditional acceptance of children and families, while intervening appropriately to ensure safety and prevent harm, always demonstrating patience and understanding.

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Currently Accepting New Clients

Divine is a graduate of the Child and Youth Care program at George Brown College. With over eight years of experience working in school, home, and clinical settings, Divine brings a well- rounded and compassionate approach to supporting children, youth, and families.

Throughout his career, Divine has worked closely with young people facing a range of social, emotional, and behavioural challenges, providing individualized, strengths-based support tailored to each client’s needs. Grounded in relationship-based practice, Divine is committed to creating safe, supportive environments where youth feel heard, empowered, and understood. His experience across multiple service settings has strengthened their ability to collaborate with families, educators, and interdisciplinary teams to promote positive outcomes and long-term growth.

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Currently Accepting New Clients

Amanda is a Child and Youth Worker that has over 10 years of experience supporting young people and their caregivers navigate complex mental health challenges. She does so through a trauma informed, strengths-based lens, meeting caregivers and young people where they are at. She has clinical experience working in school-based programs, live-in treatment centres, and within the hospital setting. She utilizes her strong knowledge base of Dialectical Behavioural Therapy and Emotion Focused Family Therapy to provide practical skills for both caregivers and young people to work through challenging emotions and the behaviours that have been adapted to support with these emotions.

Amanda has worked with young people who have struggled with school-related challenges, anxiety, low mood, disordered eating, trauma and emotion dysregulation. She provides an individualized, child-centred approach at every stage of the treatment journey, collaborating with young people and their families from a place of compassion. Her strength is her ability to build rapport and empower caregivers and young people to develop skills and strategies that support with getting through challenging moments while building connection and confidence in their ability to do so.

*Please note that if your child has been affiliated with the Eating Disorder Program at SickKids Hospital, we will look at matching you with an alternative Child and Youth Worker due to potential professional conflict of interest.

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Currently Accepting New Clients

Emily is a Child and Youth Worker with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology from Queen’s University. She brings a strong foundation in both clinical practice and research, with experience across private mental health clinics, forensic settings, and community-based youth support services. Emily has worked with children, youth, and adults, supporting individuals navigating anxiety, depression, behavioural challenges, and complex life circumstances.

Emily approaches her work through a trauma-informed, strengths-based, and client-centred lens. She has developed strong skills in building rapport and conducting in-depth intakes, allowing her to understand each individual’s unique experiences and needs. Her training and previous professional experience informs her work in supporting emotional regulation and behavioural change. She is passionate about helping children, youth, and families translate these skills into their everyday lives.

Emily values collaboration and believes meaningful change happens within strong, trusting relationships in safe and non-judgmental spaces. Emily is passionate about supporting children and families in building confidence, resilience, and strives to meet individuals where they are at, empowering them with practical skills and fostering meaningful, lasting growth.

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As a Master of Education in Counselling Psychology student at the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Child and Youth Care from the University of Victoria, Mia has a wide range of experience working with children and youth across school, preschool, and community-based settings, supporting individuals with autism, behavioural challenges, and social-emotional needs.

Mia views reflective practice and relational work as central to meaningful change. She approaches each child with curiosity and compassion, using reflection to better understand behaviour in context and to tailor support to each child’s developmental and emotional needs. Mia brings a compassionate, strengths-based, and developmentally informed approach to her work and values collaboration with caregivers and multidisciplinary teams to promote meaningful change.

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