Abraar uses a compassionate, collaborative, and strength-based approach to help clients identify their goals and create personalized therapy plans. She provides a safe, non-judgmental space where individuals can explore their thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, develop new coping strategies, and build on their existing strengths. Abraar tailors her approach to each person’s needs, drawing from various therapeutic methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Solution-Focused Therapy, and person-centered therapies.
She is passionate about supporting the 2SLGBTQ+ community and other marginalized groups. Her areas of interest include relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, grief, ADHD, interpersonal issues, self-esteem, and life transitions.
Abraar is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). She holds a Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Counselling Psychology from the University of Ottawa.
Areas of Expertise
Anxiety/Panic,
Couples & Relationship Counselling,
Depression,
Domestic Violence & Abuse,
Family of Origin Dynamics,
Grief,
Inter-racial & Inter-cultural Relationships,
Isolation/Interpersonal Difficulties,
LGBTTIQQ Issues,
Life Transitions,
Loss/Grief,
Mental Health,
Mindfulness,
Mood Challenges,
Navigating Transition,
Neurodivergence,
Newcomer and Refugee Mental Health,
PTSD & Trauma,
Self Esteem,
Self Worth,
Seniors,
Separation & Divorce,
Sexual Assault,
Sexuality,
Stress,
Workplace Stress,
Youth Counselling & Counselling for Young Adults
Adrien has over ten years of international clinical experience in hospitals, community agencies, and private practice, and has recently returned from the United Kingdom. He is currently a registered psychotherapist (qualifying) and provides sessions under supervision at the Ebb Therapy Group in Ottawa.
Adrien aims to create a compassionate and safe space for clients to share their lived experiences. His practice employs an integrative scientist-practitioner approach, meaning that while he critically reflects on and draws from research evidence to inform his practice, he also stays close to clients’ lived experiences with curiosity and empathy. He helps clients understand the patterns, thoughts, and feelings they have toward themselves and others by exploring how these were formed through past and present relationships. This enables clients to reduce their distress, gain more control over their lives, and develop more meaningful relationships.
Adrien trained in counselling psychology and psychotherapy in both Canada and the United Kingdom, which has broadened and enriched his practice. Following graduate training in neuroscience, he sought a more holistic method of clinical practice that individualizes interventions to match the body-psycho-social-spiritual needs of clients. He specializes in humanistic, transpersonal, existential, relational psychoanalytic, neuroaffective, and cognitive behavioural approaches. He also draws from treatment interventions based on dialectical behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to support clients’ needs and goals.
Adrien provides therapy in both English and French.
Areas of Expertise
Abuse/Assault,
Adjustment to Disability,
Anger Management,
Anxiety/Panic,
Bereavement & Loss/Grief,
Childhood Sexual Abuse,
Chronic Pain/Illness,
Depression,
Domestic Violence & Abuse,
Inter-racial & Inter-cultural Relationships,
Isolation/Interpersonal Difficulties,
LGBTTIQQ Issues,
Life Transitions,
Loss/Grief,
Mental Health,
Mindfulness,
Mood Challenges,
Moral Injury,
Navigating Transition,
Neurodivergence,
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD),
PTSD & Trauma,
Self Esteem,
Self Worth,
Seniors,
Special Needs & Behavioural Disorders,
Stress,
Workplace Stress,
Youth Counselling & Counselling for Young Adults
Dellan works using an eclectic therapeutic approach, which draws on multiple therapeutic orientations in order to adapt to a client’s individual needs. His experience is primarily with person-centred and third-wave approaches; most frequently utilizing the following therapeutic methods: narrative therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), acceptance commitment therapy (ACT), and compassion-focused therapy (CFT). Dellan’s approach to counselling is highly collaborative and utilizes clients’ strengths and values to assist them as they navigate life’s challenges. Dellan has lived experience as a queer, neurodiverse, and transgender man. These identities informed his interest in narrative and client-centred approaches which emphasize the client as the expert in their own life.
Dellan’s primary experience lies in working with youth, families, 2SLGBTQIA+, and neurodiverse individuals. He holds an M.Ed in counselling psychology from the University of Ottawa. Dellan is a registered psychotherapist (qualifying) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO).
Hannah Irvine is a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. Hannah primarily works with children, youth, and their families. She brings an empathetic, warm, and non-judgmental approach based on existentialist-humanistic and attachment perspectives. In her practice, Hannah emphasizes the process of building authentic and transformative therapeutic relationships, creating a safe and collaborative space for clients to explore issues and take risks. Through this process, she helps clients identify their unique strengths, resources, and values, which can be used to navigate distress, connect with the world, and build a meaningful life.
Hannah integrates a variety of counseling modalities to best meet the unique needs and goals of each individual. She draws from approaches such as narrative therapy, emotion-focused family therapy, play and art therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and cognitive-behavioral therapy. Regardless of the approach, Hannah brings a non-pathologizing and strength-based lens that understands each person within their environment and considers the impact of structural barriers and social injustices on our experiences as individuals. Hannah incorporates a trauma-informed perspective into all her work and maintains a continuous practice of self-reflection, learning, and cultural humility.
Hannah has extensive experience working with children and youth in various settings. She possesses experience and interest in working with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, perfectionism, social-emotional difficulties, and LGBTQ+ issues. She is particularly knowledgeable in working with ADHD, Autism, and other neurodivergences and disabilities.
Hannah earned her Master of Social Work from Carleton University. She previously completed her Honors B.A. at York University, majoring in Psychology with a strong focus on child and adolescent development and mental health.
Areas of Expertise
Anxiety/Panic,
Children & Youth,
Depression,
Isolation/Interpersonal Difficulties,
LGBTTIQQ Issues,
Life Transitions,
Loss/Grief,
Mental Health,
Mindfulness,
Mood Challenges,
Moral Injury,
Navigating Transition,
Neurodivergence,
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD),
Parenting,
Parenting Children with Special Needs,
Play Therapy,
Self Esteem,
Self Worth,
Sexuality,
Special Needs & Behavioural Disorders,
Stress,
Workplace Stress,
Youth Counselling & Counselling for Young Adults
Marwan A. Diwan is an internationally educated social worker who holds a Master’s degree in Social Work and Educational Counselling, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Religious Sciences. He also has a Master’s degree in Living Languages/Translation and offers counseling services in English, French, Arabic, and Spanish. Additionally, he provides clinical consultation and supervision to other clinicians in the community.
Marwan is experienced in working with adult individuals and groups dealing with a wide range of emotional and psychological issues. His areas of specialty and interest include interpersonal relationships, depression, anxiety, self-esteem issues, trauma/PTSD, grief and loss, chronic mental health and Refugee and Vulnerable Newcomers, LGBTQ+, People living with HIV and identity-related issues.
Marwan is trained with a range of therapeutic models including, Humanistic approach, Narrative Therapy, EMDR, Hypnosis, Drama Therapy, etc. In collaboration with the individuals, he works with, Marwan tailors a personal care plan to assist individuals in returning to a place of health, ease, balance and comfort. Marwan work is person-centred and strength-based and respects everyone for who they are and who they want to become. Marwan’s working philosophy is that the individual’s inner and external resources are the main drives for their recovery and will help them in achieving meaningful change in their life.
In his home country, Lebanon, Marwan has combined his clinical counselling work with other professional activities with the Danish law enforcement agencies in the fields of anti-radicalization, communication, leadership, and other soft skills areas.
Areas of Expertise
Abuse/Assault,
Adjustment to Disability,
Adoption,
Anger Management,
Anxiety/Panic,
Bereavement & Loss/Grief,
Childhood Sexual Abuse,
Chronic Pain/Illness,
Couples & Relationship Counselling,
Depression,
Domestic Violence & Abuse,
Eating Disorders,
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR),
Family of Origin Dynamics,
Family Therapy & Transitions,
Grief,
Inter-racial & Inter-cultural Relationships,
Isolation/Interpersonal Difficulties,
LGBTTIQQ Issues,
Life Transitions,
Loss/Grief,
Mental Health,
Mindfulness,
Mood Challenges,
Moral Injury,
Navigating Transition,
Newcomer and Refugee Mental Health,
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD),
Parenting,
Personal Injury (Motor Vehicle),
Play Therapy,
Prenatal & Post-Partum Issues,
PTSD & Trauma,
Self Esteem,
Self Worth,
Seniors,
Separation & Divorce,
Sexual Assault,
Sexuality,
Special Needs & Behavioural Disorders,
Stress,
Workplace Stress,
Youth Counselling & Counselling for Young Adults
Matthieu is a Registered Social Worker in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) and is also a member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW), who practices on the traditional, unceded territories of the Anishinaabe Algonquin nation. As a settler of this land, Matthieu is aware of the negative systemic impacts of colonialism, and how these historic and current wrongdoings can hinder a person’s ability to thrive in society.
In his work with children, youth, and their families, Matthieu looks to support individuals through a person centred lens and aims to build a therapeutic relationship by working collaboratively with clients to help guide them as they take the steps necessary to achieve their goals. In his practice, Matthieu draws from multiple modalities, both Western and those rooted in non-Western knowledge. Primarily, Matthieu draws from Dialectic Behaviour Therapy, Trauma-Informed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Emotion-Focused Family Therapy.
Matthieu has been privileged enough to have honed his practice in a variety of settings including community and healthcare-based children’s mental health organizations, as well as within the education system here in Ottawa. During these experiences, he supported individuals with anxiety, depression, personality disorders, self-harming behaviors, as well as social-emotional difficulties including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and behavioral challenges. Throughout his career Matthieu has worked with individuals who historically have been identified as marginalized and he has found success in taking the stance of informed not knowing and hopes to bring cultural humility to these relationships.
Matthieu completed his MSW at Carleton University in Ottawa. He also has a bachelor’s degree in Honors Psychology from the University of Guelph, where he specialized in Child and Family Studies.
Areas of Expertise
Adjustment to Disability,
Anxiety/Panic,
Bereavement & Loss/Grief,
Children & Youth,
Depression,
Family Therapy & Transitions,
Grief,
Isolation/Interpersonal Difficulties,
LGBTTIQQ Issues,
Life Transitions,
Loss/Grief,
Mental Health,
Mindfulness,
Mood Challenges,
Moral Injury,
Navigating Transition,
Neurodivergence,
Newcomer and Refugee Mental Health,
Parenting,
PTSD & Trauma,
Self Esteem,
Self Worth,
Seniors,
Sexuality,
Stress,
Workplace Stress,
Youth Counselling & Counselling for Young Adults
Michael Gershuny is an internationally educated social worker who holds both a Master’s degree in Social Work and Educational Counselling. He is a registered member of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers and the Ontario Association of Social Workers.
Michael’s main role is the Director of The Counselling Group. In this role, he works closely together with the staff counsellors to ensure and further develop the high quality of services provided by the Group.
In addition, Michael provides counselling to individuals, dealing with a wide range of emotional and psychological issues. His areas of specialty and interest include interpersonal relationships, depression, anxiety, self-esteem issues, trauma, grief and loss, ageing, chronic mental health and, LGBTQ+ related issues and identity-related issues. Michael is bilingual and offers counselling in both English and Hebrew.
Michael is trained with a range of therapeutic models including psychodynamic, narrative, CBT and existential therapy. In collaboration with the individuals he works with, Michael tailors a personal care plan to assist individuals in returning to a place of health, ease and comfort. Michael’s work is person-centred and strength-based and respects each individual for who they are and who they want to become. Michael’s working philosophy is that the individual’s inner and external resources are the main drives for their recovery and will help them in achieving meaningful change in their life.
Areas of Expertise
Anxiety/Panic,
Bereavement & Loss/Grief,
Depression,
Grief,
Isolation/Interpersonal Difficulties,
LGBTTIQQ Issues,
Loss/Grief,
Mental Health,
Newcomer and Refugee Mental Health,
PTSD & Trauma,
Self Esteem,
Stress
Quinn has worked at Jewish Family Services (JFS) since 2016 starting as a summer student. She has had the advantage of working in many departments learning various positions to better support people within the agency. She has experience working with seniors with cognitive impairments, vulnerable populations such as low-income Jewish individuals, children, students of all ages, adults, racialized individuals, persons with disabilities and LGBTQ2S+ community members and is passionate about working with these populations again.
Quinn is a very empathetic and energetic person who can connect with others easily. She is a great listener and observer and values diversity, believing she can learn as much from others, as they can from her. Quinn believes a therapeutic and working relationship should be collaborative, understanding, and supportive of one another.
Quinn prioritizes creating a space that is shared, free of judgment, warm, compassionate, and encouraging, where all individuals feel safe and comfortable, with an understanding that each therapeutic relationship will be different and not everything works for everyone.
Quinn works from a strength based, solution focused perspective, utilising techniques from narrative therapy, emotional-focused therapy, trauma informed therapy, and mindfulness. She believes the mind, heart, body, and spirit are all connected and must be respected during the therapeutic process. Quinn also believes societal pressures and systemic issues impact all individuals and must be taken into account when discussing personal journeys.
Quinn holds both a bachelor and a Master of Social Work, as well as bachelor’s degree in sociology and psychology. She is a registered social worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers, and a member of the Canadian and Ontario Association of Social Workers. She has been working in various non-profit agencies for more than 6 years.
Areas of Expertise
Adoption,
Anger Management,
Anxiety/Panic,
Bereavement & Loss/Grief,
Blended Families,
Children & Youth,
Chronic Pain/Illness,
Depression,
Family of Origin Dynamics,
Family Therapy & Transitions,
Grief,
Isolation/Interpersonal Difficulties,
LGBTTIQQ Issues,
Life Transitions,
Loss/Grief,
Mental Health,
Mindfulness,
Mood Challenges,
Navigating Transition,
Neurodivergence,
Parenting,
Parenting Children with Special Needs,
Play Therapy,
Self Esteem,
Self Worth,
Seniors,
Sexuality,
Special Needs & Behavioural Disorders,
Stress,
Workplace Stress,
Youth Counselling & Counselling for Young Adults
Sarah provides counselling to individuals facing a wide variety of emotional and psychological challenges in their lives. With compassion, caring and acceptance, Sarah’s strength lies in building strong therapeutic relationships with her clients. She strives to support clients to draw from their inner strength and wisdom to help foster positive change in their lives. Sarah creates a safe and open environment to assist with a variety of challenges including anxiety, depression, interpersonal issues, domestic violence, grief/loss, and postpartum difficulties. She welcomes opportunities to work with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures and is LGBTTIQQ+ positive.
Sarah collaborates with each client, tailoring her approach to meet their therapeutic needs. Her practice draws from Narrative, Attachment, Feminist, and Cognitive-Behavioural Theories, and is Trauma-Informed. She is passionate about social justice and poverty reduction. She has worked in a variety of community settings and has extensive experience assisting clients to navigate the different social services, housing, and welfare systems.
She completed her Master of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University, is a Registered Social Worker in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Worker and Social Service Workers and is a member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers.
Areas of Expertise
Anxiety/Panic,
Bereavement & Loss/Grief,
Depression,
Domestic Violence & Abuse,
Family of Origin Dynamics,
Grief,
LGBTTIQQ Issues,
Life Transitions,
Mental Health,
Newcomer and Refugee Mental Health,
Parenting,
Prenatal & Post-Partum Issues,
PTSD & Trauma,
Stress
Sierra uses a warm, empathetic, and client-centred approach in her work. She aims to create a supportive space to empower clients throughout their therapeutic journey while helping them identify and achieve their unique goals. She holds a compassionate, non-judgemental space to allow clients to feel cared for and validated.
Sierra tailors her therapeutic approach to meet each client’s needs. She uses an integrative person-centered approach which draws on various modalities from Psychodynamic Therapy, Attachment-based therapy, Narrative therapy, and Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT). Along with these modalities, she uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) tools and Mindfulness-based techniques.
Sierra is experienced in working with adult individuals ages 18 and over, as well as couples. Her areas of experience include working with interpersonal relationships, relationship conflict and communication issues, trauma/ PTSD, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, stress, and self-esteem. Sierra is an LGBTQ2S+ positive counsellor and aims to honour the experience of all her clients.
Sierra received her Master’s degree in Counselling and Spirituality with a specialization in Couple and Family Counselling from Saint Paul University and her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Carleton University. She is also a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO).
Areas of Expertise
Adjustment to Disability,
Anxiety/Panic,
Bereavement & Loss/Grief,
Childhood Sexual Abuse,
Couples & Relationship Counselling,
Depression,
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR),
Family of Origin Dynamics,
Grief,
Inter-racial & Inter-cultural Relationships,
LGBTTIQQ Issues,
Life Transitions,
Loss/Grief,
Mental Health,
Mindfulness,
Moral Injury,
Navigating Transition,
PTSD & Trauma,
Self Esteem,
Self Worth,
Seniors,
Sexuality,
Stress,
Workplace Stress
