PEAKMINDS PSYCHOLOGY SERVICES - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Registered Clinical Psychologist
Job Titles:
- Registered Clinical Psychological Associate
Enza has experience helping adults improve their mood and anxiety using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and other interventions.
Job Titles:
- Occupational Therapist
- Registered Occupational Therapist With the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario
Jennifer Landry is a Registered Occupational Therapist with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario (COTO).
Holding a master's degree in occupational therapy from Western University, she is passionate about mental health and wellbeing. She has been practicing for more than 25 years, working clinically, developing and facilitating training sessions, teaching, and doing research.
Working with a broad range of clients, Jennifer's interests lie in working with groups and individuals to promote their functional health and wellbeing. Helping people build resilience and enabling them to achieve their full potential through practical solutions and customized strategies is her focus.
Jennifer draws on a number of evidence-based approaches in her practice including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Brief Coaching, Motivational Interviewing, and Mindfulness. Jennifer is also able to assess functional cognition and provide clients with insight into their neurofunction and create targeted treatment plans.
Collaborative and compassionate, Jennifer takes a practical, evidence-based, and solution-focused approach to helping people move toward optimal functioning in their day-to-day lives.
Keeley is obtaining her Bachelor of Arts at Guelph Humber University.
She assisted with research, writing blogs, client management, research, marketing, and administrative tasks. She was supervised by Dr. Syb Pongracic
Job Titles:
- Administrative Coordinator
Kyra graduated from the University of Guelph in August with a BA in Psychology with Co-op. She loves to ski, hike, and play guitar. She is passionate about mental health and helping those in need any way that she can. She has experience working with youth and adults with disabilities and mental health issues. She also has extensive research experience through internships in two labs at the university, one of which she interacted with children and researched youth risk and injury. She aspires to complete her masters and Ph.D. in clinical psychology so she can help individuals across the lifespan.
Job Titles:
- Registered Social Worker With a Master 's Degree
Nolan Fitzgerald is a Registered Social Worker with a Master's Degree from the University of Toronto. Nolan is trained in providing structured Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to individuals with concerns related to depression, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, trauma, panic disorder, and specific phobia. Before beginning mental health treatment, Nolan likes meeting with clients to enhance his understanding of their mental health concerns, and to create an individualized treatment plan that aligns with their specific goals.
Once a treatment plan has been designed, Nolan focuses on achieving the following outcomes:
Help clients understand the purpose and benefits of therapy;
Increase motivation to ensure that clients are able to fully participate and invest in the therapeutic experience;
Help clients understand the role that thoughts and behaviors play in the maintenance of their mental health concerns, and how such thoughts and behaviors can be addressed;
Introduce and review skills that clients can use to manage challenging situations and emotions as they arise;
Support and coach clients in their application of the skills to situations that are specific to them (including relationships, interpersonal conflict, work/school stressors, and other personal challenges);
Explore, challenge, and modify larger belief systems that may be contributing to mental health concerns.
Nolan believes that all clients are capable of making positive changes to their lives under the right circumstances. Nolan strives to create an environment that balances clients feeling comfortable, but also challenged to confront difficult subjects that will be therapeutic in the long term.
Strengths based, recovery oriented clinician using evidence based interventions to help clients navigate difficult situations, manage