Brie has a passion for working with children and youth who have varying developmental abilities, trauma histories, or mental health diagnoses that they need help navigating.

After graduating from Princeton University with an Honour’s Bachelor Degree in Psychology, she began frontline work with homeless and at-risk youth, witnessing first-hand the impacts of childhood trauma on quality of life when unresolved. Brie became determined to learn interventions for trauma and mental health concerns that could help young people look forward to a better quality of life in their future. Brie furthered her education with a Postgraduate Diploma in Social Practice from Trinity College Dublin, while expanding her work experience to supporting people with a wide range of developmental disabilities and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

Brie went on to obtain a clinical Master’s of Social Work from UBC Okanagan. Her work experience across the years has allowed her to promote the wellbeing of foster and adoptive families, youth in government care, and people struggling with mental health diagnoses or complex trauma. Brie has been undertaking certification courses with the Canadian Association of Play Therapy for the past few years, and has accomplished a strong understanding of play therapy techniques that she applies in her work with young people. She has a passion for helping children and youth to unpack trauma, navigate neurodiversity, and champion them to meet their mental health needs, from their youngest years all the way into adulthood. Brie is a registered practitioner with the BC College of Social Workers.

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Executive of Creative Mind Consulting Services, with offices located in Medicine Hat, Alberta and Coquitlam, BC.

Carolina began her career in the helping field as a Behavioral Therapist in British Columbia. She was mentored under BCBA Certified Behavior Analysts, that specialized in working with children on the Autism Spectrum. This experience was fundamental in shaping opportunities in her education and profession.

After accomplishing her Bachelor’s Degree from Simon Fraser University in 2007, Carolina moved back to her hometown of Medicine Hat, where she started working as Behavioral Specialist for both a private agency, and the Medicine Hat Public School District. This involvement gave her experience working with a wide range of children and adolescents with varying complex needs. In addition, Carolina was also fortunate enough to supervise the Mental Health Project (MyPlace and HUG) in Medicine Hat public schools, allowing her to implement universal mental health support for all students. Carolina later completed her Masters in Counselling Psychology and began working at Alberta Health Services as a Mental Health Therapist, both in schools and the Children’s Clinic.

Now, and for the last five years, she has been working in a private practice mainly focusing on children, adolescents and their families. Carolina specializes in play therapy in conjunction with other modalities such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Emotion-Focused Therapy. She also has expertise in assessment services that include: social-emotional and cognitive assessments (Psycho-Educational) for children and ADHD assessments for adults.

She maintains a wide range of professional relationships and works collaboratively with; Family Physicians, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Pathologists and other professionals. With over 14 years of experience, Carolina’s primary goal is to help clients, little or big, accomplish personal goals and become confident in managing unique areas of difficulty. Presenting issues include, but are not limited to: anxiety, depression, divorce, trauma, Autism, ADHD and other common difficulties.

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Sarah grew up in the Tri-Cities area of British Columbia and holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from UBC Okanagan. She has a passion for child clinical psychology and psychological assessment, and she brings valuable experience in behavioural intervention, counselling administration, cognitive assessment, and mental health support. Her background also includes research in both Autism and Cognitive Psychology.

Sarah is working toward her long-term goal of becoming a psychologist, with a commitment to helping children access the care and resources they need to thrive. She is dedicated to supporting individuals throughout their journey and creating a welcoming clinic environment.

In her free time, Sarah enjoys reading, walking her dog, and spending time with her friends and family!

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REGISTERED CLINICAL COUNSELLOR

Christine’s life experience and passion for learning about humans have led her to pursue a career in nurturing people’s strengths and shifting adversity into growth. As a first generation Filipino-Canadian of immigrant parents, she enjoys her work with the BIPOC community and believes there is a tremendous amount of healing that takes place within the therapeutic relationship.

She brings several years serving in the mental health field working with children, youth, adults and caregivers. Christine’s work has primarily been with adolescents experiencing complex mental health issues including those diagnosed with Autism, ADHD, ODD, and supporting caregivers and community agencies working with these children and youth. She has worked alongside many other community professionals in education, psychiatry, social work, occupational therapy currently working full-time at the Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre.

Christine draws from an intersectional, multicultural, holistic and trauma-informed lens that allows individuals to be seen from the many facets of their lives. She enjoys working in a collaborative, client-centered and relational approach where individuals are able to express, process and explore their life experiences. She typically draws from the frameworks of ACT, CBT, DBT and integrates other modalities that align with client needs.

Christine values this space to bring more self awareness, unpack your challenges while honouring your strengths and ultimately validating your human experience.

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