I'm Amanda

Amanda is a Registered Social Worker with over 20 years of experience supporting children, youth, and adults through life’s messier seasons. She does not believe in a one-size-fits-all approach and honours people as the experts of their own lives—she simply helps hold the flashlight.

An eclectic, trauma-informed approach guides her work, drawing from narrative therapy, attachment-based approaches, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), motivational interviewing, and mindfulness. Amanda is certified as a Level 1 Tree of Life Narrative Therapist and is currently completing certification in trauma therapy.

Additional training includes Bringing Light to Motherhood, an evidence-based program offered by Maternal Mental Health NOW, supporting perinatal resilience, connection, and emotional well-being across pregnancy and early parenting.

Areas of care include perinatal and parenting support, trauma-focused care, support for individuals living with health concerns including cancer survivorship, and care for family members supporting loved ones through illness.

A grounded, relational, and strengths-based lens shapes Amanda’s approach. She supports people in reconnecting with their inner resources, finding steadiness during times of uncertainty, and making sense of experiences that can impact identity, relationships, and daily life. Caregivers are also supported in holding deep care for others while staying connected to their own well-being.

At the heart of this work, Amanda believes  in people’s capacity to heal, adapt, and author lives that feel meaningful and aligned.

Known for her warmth, authenticity, and straight-talking style, Amanda believes therapy should feel like a real conversation. She creates a non-judgmental space where people feel valued, supported, and truly heard. Amanda laughs loudly, prefers plain language over social work jargon, and welcomes humour—including the occasional swear word—when it helps people breathe a little easier and feel more like themselves.

Her education includes a Correctional Worker Diploma from Centennial College, a Bachelor of Social Work from Toronto Metropolitan University, and current completion of a Master of Social Work at the University of Windsor.

Alongside professional training, Amanda brings meaningful lived experience. Having navigated her own life traumas and as a breast cancer thriver, these experiences continue to shape her empathy, resilience, and deep respect for the courage it takes to heal and practice self-compassion.

Outside of her work, Amanda is a mom to three teenagers, a dog, and a Holland Lop bunny—each regularly reminding her to practice patience and savour life’s small moments. She enjoys working out, hot yoga, gardening, and travelling.

Amanda believes people have the capacity to author their own stories, and she is honoured to walk alongside them as they do.