Psychotherapy

Chelsea Gay, BA, MA (Candidate), RP (Qualifying)  

Psychotherapist        

Location: Victoria North 

Chelsea enjoys working with both individuals and couples navigating life transitions, grief, depression, ADHD symptoms, relationship conflict, stress, and trauma. Her approach involves developing tailored treatment plans that are meaningful and impactful to promote lasting change.

Chelsea earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Wilfrid Laurier University and is a Masters (candidate) in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University. She uses an integrative approach, mainly working with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Chelsea also integrates principles of mindfulness throughout sessions. Practices like deep breathing, expressing gratitude and staying present are common. 

Chelsea works with the CARESPACE team to create multidisciplinary plans that will help you reach your goals. She understands that finding the right therapist and reaching out for support can feel overwhelming and hopes to ease any stress by fostering a safe therapeutic environment with a down-to-earth, non-judgmental, and collaborative approach.  

Chelsea will walk alongside you in your journey towards healing and living your most authentic life. 

Your first online appointment is FREE! 

Mia Ostavar, BA (Hons), BSW (Hons), MA, RP (Qualifying), RSW

Psychotherapist     

Location: Victoria North

The human brain is complex and understanding it can be complicated. Mia will collaborate with you and walk along side you throughout your therapeutic journey; as you reflect and navigate through your thoughts, emotions, values, core beliefs, and internal conflicts. In her practice Mia places foremost importance on the therapeutic relationship and in creating an environment that is welcoming, non-judgemental, and empathic.

Mia is not only a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) but is also a Registered Social Worker. Mia is in good standing with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO), as well as the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW). She is a member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW) as well as the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA). She received her Honours Bachelor of Arts from University of Waterloo. Her major was in Social Development Studies (SDS) with the following specializations: social policy and social action, individual well-being and development, and social work. Mia received her Honours Bachelor of Social Work degree from University of Waterloo. She continued developing both professionally and academically by completing her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University.

Mia has worked closely with various demographics and diverse population within both micro and macro settings. She has supported and brought resources to communities through community development initiatives. In addition, she has provided clinical psychotherapeutic services to individuals ages sixteen and older. Mia uses an integrative approach, with a focus on Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Strengths-Based Therapy (SBT), Mindfulness-Based Therapy (MBT), Cross-Cultural Therapy (CCT), as well an informed approach to Trauma-Focused Therapy (TFT). Mia has knowledge and practical experience working with various psychiatric diagnosis like major depressive disorder (MDD), bi-polar disorder, borderline personality disorder (BPD), schizophrenia, as well as complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD). In addition, she has provided therapeutic services to court mandated clients, those having problems related to their relationships, grief and loss, and anger/emotional regulation.

Mia is available for in-person and virtual psychotherapy with TeleCARE.

Your first online appointment is FREE!

Makayla Fancy, BA (Hons), MSW, RSW   

Psychotherapist   

Location: Victoria North 

Reaching out for help can be frightening and stressful. Makayla strives to offer a calm place to land to work through life’s highs and lows, and to provide hope. Often reaching out can be the hardest step on the journey and Makayla wants to make it as easy as possible. With a gentle demeanor and soft encouragement, Makayla will make every effort to support you on your journey to your best self.

Makayla believes there is a strong connection between mental and physical health. She hopes to enhance individuals’ overall wellbeing through the use of various therapeutic modalities, such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT),  Mindfulness-Based therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Makayla’s approach is client centered and strengths based, all while being trauma informed. It is important to get to know each other in ups and downs, and to know the whole person. There is so much that makes you, you!      

Makayla Fancy is a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) and is a member of the Ontario Association of Social Work (OASW). She received her Honours Bachelor of Arts from Crandall University in 2016, and completed her Master of Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University in 2019. Since that time, Makayla has been actively seeking opportunities to deepen her knowledge, and has recently completed Phase I of the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) through the Child Trauma Academy to provide further trauma informed care and treatment to individuals across the lifespan. Makayla can also offer NMT assessments that involve a comprehensive understanding of individuals’ life experiences,  a broad brain map of current challenges, and treatment recommendations based on individual need.    

Makayla has experience with young children, adolescents, youth, and adults. Makayla has extensive knowledge of mental health conditions (such as depression, OCD, ADHD), developmental and intellectual disabilities (such as ASD, FASD, behavioral diagnoses) as well as neurological conditions (such as epilepsy). She is more than comfortable meeting with people individually, or as a family to work through challenges as they arise.      

Makayla’s areas of focus include: developmental and complex trauma, mental health challenges, attachment, grief and loss, emotion regulation and impulse control, social skills development, and self harm.

When individuals are ready, Makayla will be waiting to welcome you with a comfortable space. She would be honored to get to know you and support you in whatever feels best for you.

Your first online appointment is FREE!

Alexia Wensing, BA (Hons) MA, RP (Qualifying)  

Psychotherapist  

Location: Online with TeleCARE

Alexia’s main areas of focus are stress management, grief, emotional disturbance, depression, coaching, relationship issues and more. Alexia has a BA (Honours) in Social Psychology and a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology. Alexia’s experience spans working with clients in private practice, to working with individuals in the hospital and inpatient psychiatric setting.   

Her coursework revolved around the biopsychosocial model and Alexia believes in an integrative approach; the mind-body-spirit connection. Alexia will work with you to help you understand these connections better. She will help foster a truly supportive and warm therapeutic alliance.

Where appropriate, Alexia will work with other practitioners from different disciplines on the team to create comprehensive and effective health plans to help you achieve faster results. She looks forward to working with you. 

Your first online appointment is FREE!

Rina Reddy, CYW, BA CYC, RP (Qualifying) 

Psychotherapist       

Location: Online with TeleCARE

Rina’s main area of focus is trauma, anxiety, grief and loss, self-worth issues, life transitions and relationship conflicts. Her approach is integrative and involves developing uniquely tailored treatment plans that fit each client’s unique concerns and promote lasting change. She is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) currently finishing her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University. Rina holds several registrations to professional bodies such as College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario, the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. 

With over 4+ years of experience in counselling in diverse setting, Rina earned her Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) from Osmania University where she later went on to complete her Master of Arts in General Psychology. She is now specializing with a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University. She uses an integrative approach drawing on techniques from person centered therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavior therapy and compassion focused therapy.

Rina believes in a holistic approach and will collaborate with the CARESPACE team to create multidisciplinary plans that help you reach your goals while providing a safe space and connection where you feel comfortable exploring their vulnerabilities and difficult emotions.

Your first online appointment is FREE! 

Cortney Van Allen, BA, MA, RP (Qualifying) CCC    

Psychotherapist       

Location: Weber North 

Cortney offers a safe and welcoming environment to feel heard without judgement and navigate mental health concerns of stress, depression, or other life stressors. While utilizing an integrative approach, therapeutic techniques will focus on developing the necessary tools to carry with you outside of therapy and live a happier and fulfilling life. Cortney has a BA from Wilfrid Laurier and earned her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University. Where appropriate, Cortney collaborates with other CARESPACE practitioners to develop plans of coordinated care. 

Your first online appointment is FREE!

Dr. Ousmane Bâ, MSW-(RSW), MPsy, PhD  

Psychotherapist     

Location: Online with TeleCARE

Ousmane is a Bilingual Registered Social Worker. He holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work, a Master’s Degree in Psychopathology, a PhD in Sociology-Anthropology and two Postdoctorates in the area of Mental Health. Such interdisciplinary knowledge and expertise provide him with diverse skills and abilities to approach and to better address mental health issues from different clinical perspectives.  

He has more than three decades of extensive experience, working as a clinical Social Worker and a Psychopathologist in diverse mental health’s societal and multicultural settings, such as in Psychiatry, Psychology as well as in different communities at the national and international levels. In addition to his many years of practicing clinical counselling and psychotherapy in different provinces of Canada, Ousmane has been leading social and psychological support missions for the victims of genocides in Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Bosnia and Cambodia.       

Ousmane is also a scholar, professor, researcher and author who has been teaching in different Canadian Universities where he has been implementing Clinical Social Work and Mental Health programs at the Bachelor and Master’s level and publishing relevant books on mental health including the traumatic genocidal experiences lived by war refugees and survivors. He remains an Affiliated Professor at the Mauro Centre for Peace and Social Justice (University of Manitoba). Throughout his counselling and psychotherapy practice and career, Ousmane’s work includes (but not limited to) clients such as individuals, couples and families experiencing psychosocial issues and psychological distresses due to conflict, trauma, separation, stress, depression, loss and grief.

Ousmane’s other areas of counselling and psychotherapy cover, among other issues, war refugees and immigrants’ trauma, separations, multiple losses of their families, their loved ones, their psycho-socio-affective relations, their societies and cultures, their countries in addition to their individual and collective cultural bereavement, their post-traumatic stress disorders and their social integration stress in their new host countries. These areas also include, among others, intergenerational trauma, psychological distress of jail inmates, suicide, different forms of stress and phobias concurrent mental health disorders.  

The Counselling and Psychotherapy approaches and techniques that Ousmane applies are founded on the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion for a just therapy. Those approaches and techniques, in accordance with the mental issue at stake in the light of the screening and assessment processes, include among others, (but not limited to), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Cross-Cultural Therapy (CCT), Externalization Narrative Therapy (ENT), Eclectic Therapy (ET) and Trauma Exposure Therapy (TET). Ousmane, through his professional and life experiences, is committed to the healing of the person as a whole and not to the healing of just the person’s wound.  

Your first online appointment is FREE! 

Anna Cosh, BSc, MA, RP (Qualifying)  Psychotherapist 

Location: Weber North 

Anna can help you develop and implement strategies to manage your depression, stress, trauma, relationship concerns, and more. Anna has a Bachelor of Science with an Honours in Psychology from Queen's University and a Masters degree in Psychotherapy and Spiritual Care from Wilfrid Laurier University. She incorporates several psychotherapy modalities including cognitive behavioural therapy and dialectical behaviour therapy to help you adjust your thoughts, regulate your emotions, enhance your relational skills, improve your habits, and find a sense of belonging and meaning in life. She has a passion for holistic health (the mind-body connection), and when helpful may assist you in creating a comprehensive personal health plan that attends to multiple aspects of health.   

Your first online appointment is FREE! 

Kevin Leung, BA, MEd, RP (Qualifying)  

Psychotherapist       

Location: Online with TeleCARE

Life feels challenging sometimes. We all experience moments where it feels too hard, demanding, and overwhelming. Kevin understands how it can feel difficult, lonely, and heavy to shoulder everything we are carrying. Kevin offers a collaborative, empathetic, compassionate, and non-judgmental approach to counselling where you can feel safe, comfortable, and respected. Kevin uses integrative counselling theories that can offer help building skills and tools to help handle difficult life transitions, mental health concerns, stress, and everyday struggles.      

Together he will work with you to explore what’s important, discover what matters in your goals and move towards a life that is meaningful for you. Where appropriate Kevin will work with other practitioners on the CARESPACE team to develop a personalized plan to achieve your goals and objectives. Kevin completed his Master of Education in Counselling Psychology from the University of Ottawa; and is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) and is a Certified Canadian Counsellor with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association.  

Your first online appointment is FREE!