Meet Our Team

  • Elyse Ayliffe, HBSW, MSW, RSW

    REGISTERED SOCIAL WORKER, EMDR THERAPIST, CLINICAL TRAUMATOLOGIST, CERTIFIED AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER CLINICAL SPECIALIST

    Elyse (she/her) is a Registered Social Worker and Clinical Traumatologist who has completed her Masters in Social Work. She has been providing counselling since 2015, working with families, couples, adolescents and adults alike. Her compassionate and empathetic nature has allowed her to walk with clients experiencing a wide range of ever changing life events such as relationship issues, co parenting coaching, autism services, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, self harm, suicidal thoughts, family conflict (including resist-refuse dynamics), grief and loss, managing emotions, flexible thinking, coping skills, and supportive counselling. She is passionate about understanding the complexities of trauma and the impact it can have in relation to development and growth.

  • Lindsay Clara, HBSW, MSW, RSW

    REGISTERED SOCIAL WORKER, PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH CERTIFIED

    ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS IN JANUARY 2025

    Lindsay (she/ her) is a Registered Social Worker, who has completed her Masters in Social Work. Lindsay has over seven years of extensive experience working with children, transitional aged youth, adolescents and adults. Lindsay specializes in mood disorders, depression, anxiety, self-harm, thoughts of suicide, grief/ bereavement, motivation and concentration difficulties, self-esteem, relationship concerns, and dual diagnosis. Lindsay has specialized training in perinatal mental health with a focus on grief and bereavement after loss and pregnancy that follows, struggles with fertility, new parenthood, and life transitions.

  • Amanda Dizio, HBSW, RSW

    REGISTERED SOCIAL WORKER

    VIRTUAL SESSIONS ONLY

    Amanda has an Honours Bachelors of Social Work and has been providing supportive and crisis counselling since 2016, and has extensive experience in the area of gender-based violence, specially domestic, intimate partner, and family violence for women, children, youth, and gender-and sexually-diverse individuals. Amanda possesses a broad range of experience assisting individuals of all ages, in any life stage, when support is needed. With a background in palliative care and grief, as well as supporting those who experience Aphasia and Communication Disorders, Amanda’s compassionate approach ensures wrap-around support for both her clients, and their loved ones.