About This Provider

Andrea is a Registered Psychologist who holds a Master of Arts Counselling Psychology degree from Yorkville University as well as a Bachelor of Education degree with honours from the University of Ottawa. She provides counselling services to children, youth, and young adults in individual and family settings. She is also certified Safe and Sound Protocol provider as well as a Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist. Work with families and youth is of particular interest to Andrea. After working as a teacher over the past 16 years in Calgary, she is excited to bring her strong understanding of childhood development and learning into her work to support families and their growth. Andrea welcomes all clients, works to integrate culturally sensitive practices into her work, is an 2SLGBTQ+ ally and has a strong background in working with neurodiverse clients. She believes in developing a treatment plan that works with client strengths, and works from a family systems approach integrating solution-focused, cognitive behavioral and narrative interventions in her work. Andrea is also excited to bring the Safe and Sound Protocol to her practice, offering nervous system returning to increase stress tolerance in a non-invasive way.

Areas of interest include:

Stress

Anxiety

Depression

Child & Adolescent Counselling

Transition to Adulthood Counseling

Supporting Neurodiverse families including Autism and ADHD

Family Counselling

Support for Families Parenting Separately