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"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for." Georgia O'Keeffe
We currently have a roster of five Registered Psychotherapists and Art Therapists. If there is a unique type of creative intervention that you are looking for, do not hesitate to contact us and inquire.
Karen Freud - Psychotherapist
BA, DTATI, RCAT, RP
Registered Psychotherapist
Registered Art Therapist
Karen received her training at the Toronto Art Therapy Institute. Her interest in art therapy began while working as an assistant in a kindergarten/daycare setting. Since completing her training, Karen has provided art therapy for children, adolescents and adults and has found it exciting to witness how art therapy can be successful with individuals of all ages. Karen’s work includes providing art therapy for individuals and groups with a wide range of presenting challenges including Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, schizophrenia, developmental disabilities and other cognitive impairments and recovery from stroke. Karen recently co-authored a published an article in the CATA Journal: Empowerment and Art Therapy With Marginalized Populations in Long-Term Care: A Team Perspective
Registered Psychotherapist
Registered Art Therapist
Karen received her training at the Toronto Art Therapy Institute. Her interest in art therapy began while working as an assistant in a kindergarten/daycare setting. Since completing her training, Karen has provided art therapy for children, adolescents and adults and has found it exciting to witness how art therapy can be successful with individuals of all ages. Karen’s work includes providing art therapy for individuals and groups with a wide range of presenting challenges including Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, schizophrenia, developmental disabilities and other cognitive impairments and recovery from stroke. Karen recently co-authored a published an article in the CATA Journal: Empowerment and Art Therapy With Marginalized Populations in Long-Term Care: A Team Perspective
Andrea Savoie - Administrative Coordinator
BFA, MA Creative Arts Therapies, CCC, RP
Registered Psychotherapist
Registered Art Therapist
Andrea received her graduate training in Art Therapy at Concordia University in Montreal. Her interest in art therapy began while she was an undergraduate at York University working with children at a women’s shelter. It was there she observed the inherent value and power of art making in processing traumatic experiences. Andrea has provided art therapy for children and adults in diverse settings throughout Canada. In recent years she has mainly worked in long term care settings providing art therapy to individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. She actively engages in her own art making and has exhibited her artwork both nationally and internationally. Andrea recently co-authored a published an article in the CATA Journal: Empowerment and Art Therapy With Marginalized Populations in Long-Term Care: A Team Perspective
Registered Psychotherapist
Registered Art Therapist
Andrea received her graduate training in Art Therapy at Concordia University in Montreal. Her interest in art therapy began while she was an undergraduate at York University working with children at a women’s shelter. It was there she observed the inherent value and power of art making in processing traumatic experiences. Andrea has provided art therapy for children and adults in diverse settings throughout Canada. In recent years she has mainly worked in long term care settings providing art therapy to individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. She actively engages in her own art making and has exhibited her artwork both nationally and internationally. Andrea recently co-authored a published an article in the CATA Journal: Empowerment and Art Therapy With Marginalized Populations in Long-Term Care: A Team Perspective
Gilda Raimondi - Psychotherapist
BA, DTATI, RP, RCAT
Registered Psychotherapist
Registered Art Therapist
Gilda Raimondi earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Manitoba. After graduation, she discovered the field of art therapy while attending an art exhibition. Gilda decided to pursue her interest in art therapy and moved to Toronto where she graduated from the Toronto Art Therapy Institute. In 2009, Gilda received a diploma in Advanced Counselling Skills from George Brown College.
During her studies, Gilda worked as an art therapist with children in a Junior Public School and in the sexual assault care centre of a hospital in Toronto. Gilda is currently working with adults between the ages of 19 and 60 with complex disabilities. She is a counsellor on the Board of directors for the Canadian Art Therapy Association, and was co-chair of the 2011 Art Therapy Conference “Art Therapy Here and Now”.
Registered Psychotherapist
Registered Art Therapist
Gilda Raimondi earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Manitoba. After graduation, she discovered the field of art therapy while attending an art exhibition. Gilda decided to pursue her interest in art therapy and moved to Toronto where she graduated from the Toronto Art Therapy Institute. In 2009, Gilda received a diploma in Advanced Counselling Skills from George Brown College.
During her studies, Gilda worked as an art therapist with children in a Junior Public School and in the sexual assault care centre of a hospital in Toronto. Gilda is currently working with adults between the ages of 19 and 60 with complex disabilities. She is a counsellor on the Board of directors for the Canadian Art Therapy Association, and was co-chair of the 2011 Art Therapy Conference “Art Therapy Here and Now”.
Heather Hennick - Psychotherapist
BA, RGD, DTATI, RP
Registered Psychotherapist
Professional Art Therapist
Heather received her diploma from Dawson College in 1979 as a registered graphic designer where she practiced communication and design skills for may years in the corporate and private sectors. In 1980 she received her Bachelor of Arts at York University where she majored in creative art studies and developed her professional expertise in encaustics and multi-media and continues to practice today. Her true passion for helping others through the arts was supported when she graduated from the Toronto Art Therapy Institute program in 2013. Heather’s experience includes mental health, developmental disabilities, long-term care, supporting patients with Alzheimer’s, dementias and complex disabilities. She also facilitates therapeutic self-care programs combatting burnout and compassion fatigue. Heather has worked with the Canadian Art Therapy Conference Committee for several conferences, offered encaustic workshops for OATA and currently serves on the CATA Advocacy Committee. Heather recently authored a published an article in the CATA Journal: Captured in Layers: Encaustic as a Tool to Reduce Stress
Registered Psychotherapist
Professional Art Therapist
Heather received her diploma from Dawson College in 1979 as a registered graphic designer where she practiced communication and design skills for may years in the corporate and private sectors. In 1980 she received her Bachelor of Arts at York University where she majored in creative art studies and developed her professional expertise in encaustics and multi-media and continues to practice today. Her true passion for helping others through the arts was supported when she graduated from the Toronto Art Therapy Institute program in 2013. Heather’s experience includes mental health, developmental disabilities, long-term care, supporting patients with Alzheimer’s, dementias and complex disabilities. She also facilitates therapeutic self-care programs combatting burnout and compassion fatigue. Heather has worked with the Canadian Art Therapy Conference Committee for several conferences, offered encaustic workshops for OATA and currently serves on the CATA Advocacy Committee. Heather recently authored a published an article in the CATA Journal: Captured in Layers: Encaustic as a Tool to Reduce Stress
Bailey Oake - Art Therapist
BFA, BEd, MC:AT, DVATI
Professional Art Therapist
Bailey is a graduate of a Masters of Counselling in Art Therapy from Athabasca University and the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute. Bailey is currently working towards her designation with the CRPO.
Before becoming an art therapist Bailey completed her degree in Fine Arts followed by a degree in Education from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. She has many years of experience teaching art programs for youth, adults, and seniors. As an art therapist she has worked with clients experiencing chronic pain, cancer, palliative care, dementia, trauma, grief and life transitions. Bailey has worked with clients at an addiction centre, a long-term care facility, a cancer centre and a transition house for women and children.
She works from an existential background in art-therapy, incorporating mindfulness techniques, solution focused and a client-centred perspective. Bailey believes that all clients have the ability to discover their own strengths through art-making. Her approach is gentle as she works with her clients in their pondering of life. Bailey provides a space for clients to learn more about their experience of living.
Professional Art Therapist
Bailey is a graduate of a Masters of Counselling in Art Therapy from Athabasca University and the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute. Bailey is currently working towards her designation with the CRPO.
Before becoming an art therapist Bailey completed her degree in Fine Arts followed by a degree in Education from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. She has many years of experience teaching art programs for youth, adults, and seniors. As an art therapist she has worked with clients experiencing chronic pain, cancer, palliative care, dementia, trauma, grief and life transitions. Bailey has worked with clients at an addiction centre, a long-term care facility, a cancer centre and a transition house for women and children.
She works from an existential background in art-therapy, incorporating mindfulness techniques, solution focused and a client-centred perspective. Bailey believes that all clients have the ability to discover their own strengths through art-making. Her approach is gentle as she works with her clients in their pondering of life. Bailey provides a space for clients to learn more about their experience of living.
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