Ms. Bennie provides therapy for children, youth, adults, families, and couples. Ms. Bennie uses an integrative therapeutic approach to meet the unique needs of her clients and is able to draw on various modalities including Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). She provides Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) and Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) to support couples and families in improving their communication and connection with one another. Ms. Bennie has experience treating individuals with a wide range of difficulties and has a special interest in treating individuals who have experienced trauma, loss, and grief.

Ms. Bennie completed her M.A. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Johannesburg in Auckland Park, South Africa, and is a registered psychological associate with the College of Psychologists of Ontario. She has extensive training in experiential, narrative, and solution-focused therapies, and has worked extensively with individuals who have experienced trauma and loss and who are coping with complex mental health concerns. Ms. Bennie has previous experience working in hospital, residential, and private practice settings.

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Jessica has received extensive training in the Fundations and Wilson Reading System. She offers these interventions in an age appropriate and engaging (fun) manner, supporting clients in improving their reading and writing.

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Dr. Amanda Cox, Ph.D.

Clinical Psychologist (Supervised Practice)

Dr. Amanda Cox provides therapy for children, adolescents, and parents. She adopts an integrative therapeutic approach to best meet the unique developmental needs of her clients. Regardless of which evidence-based intervention is used, Dr. Cox grounds her work in a person-centered framework, prioritizing the connection and relationship with her clients. She believes that providing a non-judgemental space that fosters acceptance and trust is a steppingstone for positive growth and healing.

Dr. Cox can support children, adolescents, and parents with a range of difficulties, including anxiety and mood challenges, behavioral issues, emotion dysregulation, relational challenges, self-esteem, school difficulties and life transitions. Dr. Cox has a special interest in supporting youth and families who have experienced grief and loss.

Dr. Cox has experience with Play Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), and compassion, mindfulness and acceptance based approaches to care. She provides family therapy and parent coaching using an Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) perspective.

Dr. Cox also provides developmental, psychoeducational, and giftedness assessments. Her approach to psychological assessment emphasizes collaboration among families, schools and community supports, in order to ensure the results and recommendations help children and adolescents to reach their full potential.

Dr. Cox completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology at the University of Guelph, where she also completed her Master’s and Undergraduate degrees. Her research involvement focuses primarily on parent and child relationships, pediatric health, grief and loss, as well as adolescent mental health and well-being. Dr. Cox’s previous clinical experience includes a variety of school, rehabilitation, hospital, community mental health and private practice settings.

Additional Services Offered: Psychoeducational and Developmental Assessments Executive Functioning Skills (ADHD) Coaching

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Lauren has received extensive training in the Fundations and Wilson Reading System. She offers these interventions in an age appropriate and engaging (fun) manner, supporting clients in improving their reading and writing.

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Brooke has received extensive training in the Fundations and Wilson Reading System. She offers these interventions in an age appropriate and engaging (fun) manner, supporting clients in improving their reading and writing.

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Dr. Smoliak provides counselling and psychotherapy to individual adults, couples, and families. What distinguishes her as a professional is a blend of training and experience in relational dynamics and individual mental health difficulties. As a researcher and clinician, she offers up-to-date knowledge of individual and couples distress using empirically supported and effective interventions. She primarily uses emotionally-focused therapy in her work with couples and draws on a range of approaches in working with individuals.

Dr. Smoliak received her Ph.D. in Counselling Psychology from the University of Calgary and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Relations and Human Development at the University of Guelph. She is registered with the College of Psychologists of Ontario. Dr. Smoliak co-edited three books and authored more than 70 journal articles on the topic of psychotherapy and counselling, including the Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy in Canada. In addition to her scholarly and educational contributions to the field, she brings 20+ years of professional experience in psychotherapy.

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Mr. Zeuner provides Career Counselling services, which includes supporting client’s returning to, maintaining, and finding meaningful employment. These services include assessments of work interests, strengths and values, career coaching and goal setting to enhance work related performance. Mr. Zeuner also has training and experience with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and provides group and individual therapy for clients living with mood and anxiety disorders, personality disorders, eating disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Given his training as an Occupational Therapist, Mr. Zeuner also has considerable experience supporting clients adjusting to the impact of physical injuries.

Mr. Zeuner completed his occupational therapy training at McMaster University and is currently registered with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario. Mr. Zeuner has worked in mental health, rehabilitation, and private practice settings, including working with individuals who have suffered from motor-vehicle accidents and working at Homewood Health Centre with both the Eating Disorders Program and the Integrated Mood and Anxiety Program.

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