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Dr. Gabriela Ionita, Registered Psychologist
Gabriela holds a PhD from McGill University and has over 10 years of experience providing counselling to children, youth, young adults, and their families. Although she is effective at helping clients manage a number of issues, her main areas of practice are in Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Tics, Depression, Self-Harm, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. She is also a mother of two amazing and spirited children. Being a mother has provided her with an additional layer of understanding of the challenges faced by families and the incredible strengths that can be discovered within each family. Read more. |
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Kara Mulligan, M.Ed, Registered Clinical Counsellor
Kara Mulligan holds a Master’s degree from the University of British Columbia and has also completed numerous post graduate courses specializing in attachment, parent, teen, and child relationships, anxiety, OCD, and trauma. She is continuously engaged in professional development. Kara has been working as a Child and Family Therapist for the past 15 years at Child and Youth Mental Health, where she specialized in working with children and teens struggling with Anxiety, ADHD, Depression, Trauma Related Symptoms, and OCD. Kara’s approach is grounded in research and customized to each child and family she works with. She draws from several approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Emotion Focused Family Therapy, narrative therapy, parent, child and teen attachment, family of origin work, and expressive tools. Kara creates a warm, collaborative environment in which children and youth can easily engage and feel supported. Read More. |
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Dr. Kimberley Routledge, Registered Psychologist
Kimberley holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Manchester (U.K.) and has been working in the field of mental health since 2004, working as both a Research Psychologist and an Assistant Psychologist before completing her Doctorate in 2012. She has extensive training and experience working in the area of PTSD, anxiety, OCD, phobias, panic, depression, psychosis and interpersonal difficulties. Her work has often been involved working with the impact that early trauma / adverse childhood events can have on an individual throughout their life and Kimberley incorporates trauma-informed ideas to help establish understanding, compassion, safety and support within and alongside recovery. More recently, Kimberley has been working in a Psychological Trauma Program, where she specializes in working with clients experiencing PTSD / trauma-related symptoms, with a significant proportion of clients working as First Responders and in law enforcement roles. Kimberley has trained in the theory and application of a number of different therapies, with her treatment approach mainly grounded in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. She has also completed training in the theory and delivery of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Therapy and Prolonged Exposure Therapy, both of which are evidence-based practices for traumatic disorders and has substantial experience using both of these within her clinical practice. She also draws upon mindfulness approaches, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, attachment theory, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, amongst others. Read more. |