"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 six Registered Psychotherapists and Art Therapists, and many contacts in the field of Expressive Arts. 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
Pamela Li - Psychotherapist
BFA, DTATI, RP
Registered Psychotherapist
Professional Art Therapist
Pamela is an Art Therapist and Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario, and a Professional Member of the Canadian Art Therapy Association. As a graduate of the Toronto Art Therapy Institute, Pamela has over 7 years of experience working with groups and individuals with a wide range of mental health conditions, behavioural challenges, cognitive impairments, and physical disabilities. Her areas of specialty include Alzheimer’s and other dementias, developmental disabilities, anger management, depression, anxiety, stress, grief, self-esteem, life transitions, trauma and PTSD. Pamela’s work is based on the belief that everyone has the potential to make positive changes, and discover new possibilities at any stage of their lives. She focuses on helping her clients explore and build on their inner strengths and potential to lead an enhanced quality of life. Pamela speaks English, Mandarin, and Cantonese. She currently works with adults and seniors in long-term care settings, as well as private and group practices.
Registered Psychotherapist
Professional Art Therapist
Pamela is an Art Therapist and Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario, and a Professional Member of the Canadian Art Therapy Association. As a graduate of the Toronto Art Therapy Institute, Pamela has over 7 years of experience working with groups and individuals with a wide range of mental health conditions, behavioural challenges, cognitive impairments, and physical disabilities. Her areas of specialty include Alzheimer’s and other dementias, developmental disabilities, anger management, depression, anxiety, stress, grief, self-esteem, life transitions, trauma and PTSD. Pamela’s work is based on the belief that everyone has the potential to make positive changes, and discover new possibilities at any stage of their lives. She focuses on helping her clients explore and build on their inner strengths and potential to lead an enhanced quality of life. Pamela speaks English, Mandarin, and Cantonese. She currently works with adults and seniors in long-term care settings, as well as private and group practices.
Emily Whelan - Therapist
DTATI, BA
Professional Art Therapist
Emily graduated from the Toronto Art Therapy Institute, and is currently continuing her education at Wilfred Laurier University, working towards her masters of psychotherapy and spirituality. She is a professional member of the Canadian Art Therapy Association, and is working towards becoming a member of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. She is currently working at a residential rehabilitation centre running group art therapy, as well as practicing in a private practice setting. She has a wide range of experience: working in addictions in a residential setting, with homeless populations in an open art studio, in a hospice setting working through anticipatory grief and bereavement, those who are caregivers, the newly diagnosed, as well as in a hospital working in the long term care unit as well as with palliative care patients. Many clients have had concurrent mental health diagnosis such as anxiety and depression. She has an interest in engaging with the best practices and evolving approaches within this diverse profession, and has gained a specialized certificate in motivational interviewing. She has been engaging in the arts her whole life and loves the amazing potential that lies within creative expression, and the processing of thoughts and feelings within this safe environment. She loves to work along side clients towards transparent goals, and enjoys the empowering nature of art to help others grow through experience and knowledge towards their best selves.
Professional Art Therapist
Emily graduated from the Toronto Art Therapy Institute, and is currently continuing her education at Wilfred Laurier University, working towards her masters of psychotherapy and spirituality. She is a professional member of the Canadian Art Therapy Association, and is working towards becoming a member of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. She is currently working at a residential rehabilitation centre running group art therapy, as well as practicing in a private practice setting. She has a wide range of experience: working in addictions in a residential setting, with homeless populations in an open art studio, in a hospice setting working through anticipatory grief and bereavement, those who are caregivers, the newly diagnosed, as well as in a hospital working in the long term care unit as well as with palliative care patients. Many clients have had concurrent mental health diagnosis such as anxiety and depression. She has an interest in engaging with the best practices and evolving approaches within this diverse profession, and has gained a specialized certificate in motivational interviewing. She has been engaging in the arts her whole life and loves the amazing potential that lies within creative expression, and the processing of thoughts and feelings within this safe environment. She loves to work along side clients towards transparent goals, and enjoys the empowering nature of art to help others grow through experience and knowledge towards their best selves.
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