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Nadia Petraroja (Continue Scrolling for James Vickers' Bio.)
Nadia Petraroja, BEd, MSW, RSW Child and Family Therapist
Renew’s counselling services offer therapeutic support to families dealing with the anxieties and stressors of high conflict relationships and co-parenting problems. I counsel parents experiencing separation or divorce; in high-conflict relationships; involved in family court, dealing with custody issues, or have children involved in supervised access visits. Additionally, I offer anger management and parenting classes that provide a certification of completion. Through personal goal-setting and a combined application of Behaviour Management, CBT, DBT and Emotionally Focused Family Therapy, I have helped families navigate life’s transitions.
I have over 20 years of experience counseling children, youth, adults, and families battling with anxiety and depression; behaviour issues such as emotional regulation, sleep problems, oppositional behaviours, school refusal, parent/child conflicts, bullying; and family transitions such as separation and divorce, high-conflict marriage, parental alienation.
I understand that dealing with separation, divorce, custody, and the family court system, as well as, high-conflict relationships and concerns of child abuse takes a toll on the mental health of parents and children. My client-centered, strength-based approach and use of various therapeutic approaches work to heal existing wounds.
Qualifications:
Years in Practice: 21 Years
Licence: Ontario / 807821
School: University of Toronto
Counselling sessions with Nadia are only offered on-line at this time.
*Both James and Parmpreet offer in-person counselling in Scarborough
James Vickers
James Vickers, MSW, RSW Child and Family Therapist
Hello!
I am Clinical Social Worker and therapist with more than 25 years of experience working as an individual, couples, and family therapist. I provide therapeutic supports for the following:
- Parental Alienation and Reunification Therapy
- Anger Management
- Counselling for both perpetrators and victims of sexual abuse
- Counselling victims and perpetrators of domestic violence, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and high-level parental conflicts
- Addictions counselling and discharge planning
- Counselling adolescents and adults in the criminal justice system
- Mental health
- Group Facilitation: Anger Management, Addictions, Parental Support, Sexual Offenders
I am guided by the belief that effective therapy combines elements of science and art. The science is in the vast array of evidence-based approaches I apply in practice. The art is in my ability to develop therapeutic relationships in ways that pays attention and celebrates the uniqueness of all clients.
Treatment Orientation:
Person-centred and evidenced-based approach that utilizes a variety of modalities that include: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Structural Family Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Therapy.
Qualifications:
Years in Practice: 25 Years
Licence: Ontario / 326408
School: University of Toronto
Providing in-person counselling in Scarborough or online via Zoom.
Parmpreet Sandhu
Parmpreet Sandhu, MSW, RSW Child and Family Therapist
I am a clinical therapist and a registered social worker. I specialize in working with children and families experiencing separation, divorce, post-separation contact, parent-child conflict, parental alienation, child welfare involvement, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, involvement with the justice system, relationship issues, anxiety, depression, anger, and stress management.
I strongly believe that therapeutic practices should be catered to the unique needs of clients. Because of this, I actively make efforts to bring a holistic and a culturally sensitive approach into my therapeutic space. I hope to work with my clients to support their goals through resilience building, compassion, and empathy in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Through rapport building and collaboration, I invite clients to co-create a space where they feel safe to freely express themselves and reflect as we work together to overcome challenges and life transitions.
Treatment Orientation:
I use a range of therapeutic modalities such as Narrative therapy, Reunification Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Emotion-Focused, Solution-Focused, Mindfulness and Play Therapy from a strengths-based, anti-oppressive and trauma-informed lens while working with children, youth, adults, and families.
Languages Spoken:
English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu
Qualifications:
Years of Practice: 3 years
License: Ontario/ 833437
School: University of Toronto
Providing in-person counselling in Scarborough or online via Zoom.
Linda Gervais
Linda Gervais, MSW, RSW Child and Family Therapist
I am a clinical therapist and a registered social worker. I have over 25 years of experience working with children, families, and individuals as an agent of support and guidance. I draw from a variety of methods to create a tailored approach for each individual and situation. As a therapist and social worker, I am warm, open, encouraging, and direct. I consider myself an active therapist, combining experience, education, creativity, and sense of humor with a down-to-earth, realistic approach to counseling.
Amongst my areas of expertise are child welfare, high-conflict marriage, parent-child conflict, divorce, separation, post-separation contact, parent alienation, grief, substance abuse, child abuse, anxiety, depression, anger and stress management. I combine a traditional complementary methodology and holistic style to offer services tailored to each client. I bring a culturally sensitive approach into my therapeutic space. I am committed to assisting each individual build on their existing strengths and support their goals through a safe and non-judgmental environment. My goal is to help children, families, and individuals reach their highest potential and to help families live more harmonious and happier lives.
Treatment Orientation:
Under the umbrella of family-systems approach, modalities used in treatment may include play therapy, CBT, DBT, reunification therapy, and mindfulness-based interventions. Therapy is from a strengths-based approach, anti-oppressive and trauma-informed lens while working with children, youth, adults, and families.
Languages Spoken:
English and French
Qualifications:
Years of Practice: 5 years
License: Ontario/ 834112
Degree: Master of Social Work (MSW), Wilfrid Laurier University
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), Ryerson University
Providing in-person counselling and Therapeutic Access in Ottawa or online via Zoom.