PROFESSIONAL STAFF
We currently have a roster of seven 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 - Art Psychotherapist, Interim Administrative Coordinator
BA, 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 current work includes providing art and verbal psychotherapy for individuals and groups with a wide range of presenting challenges including chronic physical and/or mental health challenges, cognitive impairment, issues related to aging, Alzheimer’s/dementia, recovery from stroke, depression, anxiety, and healing from addiction. Using a person-centred approach, Karen customizes her sessions to meet the unique needs of her clients. In 2016, Karen co-authored an article that was published in the Canadian Art Therapy Association Journal (Volume 29, 2016 - Issue 2): Empowerment and Art Therapy With Marginalized Populations in Long-Term Care: A Team Perspective. Karen’s contribution to the article focused on art therapy with Long-Term Care residents with a history of homelessness and/or addiction. In 2020, Karen co-presented at the Canadian Art Therapy Association Conference where she shared her experience with providing Frontline Art Therapy During COVID-19 in a Long-Term Care Home setting.
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 current work includes providing art and verbal psychotherapy for individuals and groups with a wide range of presenting challenges including chronic physical and/or mental health challenges, cognitive impairment, issues related to aging, Alzheimer’s/dementia, recovery from stroke, depression, anxiety, and healing from addiction. Using a person-centred approach, Karen customizes her sessions to meet the unique needs of her clients. In 2016, Karen co-authored an article that was published in the Canadian Art Therapy Association Journal (Volume 29, 2016 - Issue 2): Empowerment and Art Therapy With Marginalized Populations in Long-Term Care: A Team Perspective. Karen’s contribution to the article focused on art therapy with Long-Term Care residents with a history of homelessness and/or addiction. In 2020, Karen co-presented at the Canadian Art Therapy Association Conference where she shared her experience with providing Frontline Art Therapy During COVID-19 in a Long-Term Care Home setting.
Andrea Savoie - Administrative Coordinator
BFA, MA Creative Arts Therapies, CCC, RP
Registered Psychotherapist
Registered Art Therapist
Andrea has supported adults with neurocognitive disorders for the past 12 years as an Art Therapist. Her clinical work has taken place in long term care and community settings throughout Ontario and New Brunswick. Andrea received her graduate training in Art Therapy at Concordia University in Montreal. 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 has supported adults with neurocognitive disorders for the past 12 years as an Art Therapist. Her clinical work has taken place in long term care and community settings throughout Ontario and New Brunswick. Andrea received her graduate training in Art Therapy at Concordia University in Montreal. 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 - Art Psychotherapist
BA, DTATI, RCAT, RP
Registered Psychotherapist
Registered Art Therapist
Gilda Raimondi earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Manitoba. After graduation, she discovered the field of art therapy while attending an art exhibition. She decided to pursue her interest in art therapy and moved to Toronto where she graduated from the Toronto Art Therapy Institute. In 2009, she received a diploma in Advanced Counselling Skills from George Brown College. During her studies, she provided art therapy to children in a Junior Public School and in the Sexual Assault Care Centre At Sunnybrook and Women’s College Hospital. Over the past several years, Gilda has been providing art therapy to children, adults and seniors with complex disabilities and mental health challenges in various settings; primarily in Long Term Care Homes with people experiencing Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Since 2010, Gilda has been a board member of the Canadian Art Therapy Association in the role of a Counsellor, Treasurer and most recently Membership Director and Conference Advisor. While being a board member, she chaired and co-chaired numerous National art therapy conferences across Canada.
Registered Psychotherapist
Registered Art Therapist
Gilda Raimondi earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Manitoba. After graduation, she discovered the field of art therapy while attending an art exhibition. She decided to pursue her interest in art therapy and moved to Toronto where she graduated from the Toronto Art Therapy Institute. In 2009, she received a diploma in Advanced Counselling Skills from George Brown College. During her studies, she provided art therapy to children in a Junior Public School and in the Sexual Assault Care Centre At Sunnybrook and Women’s College Hospital. Over the past several years, Gilda has been providing art therapy to children, adults and seniors with complex disabilities and mental health challenges in various settings; primarily in Long Term Care Homes with people experiencing Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Since 2010, Gilda has been a board member of the Canadian Art Therapy Association in the role of a Counsellor, Treasurer and most recently Membership Director and Conference Advisor. While being a board member, she chaired and co-chaired numerous National art therapy conferences across Canada.
Heather Hennick - Art Psychotherapist
BA, RGD, DTATI, RP
Registered Psychotherapist
Professional Art Therapist
Heather Hennick has a degree in Creative Arts Studies from York University and worked as a Registered Graphic Designer in Corporate and Private sectors for many years. It was through Heather’s passion for design and helping others that she decided to make a shift and pursued a career in Art Therapy. Heather enrolled in the Toronto Art Therapy Institute program where she earned her a Master level diploma as an Art Therapist. Through her experience she then became recognized through the College of Registered Psychotherapist’s of Ontario (CRPO) as a Registered Psychotherapist (RP).
Heather’s areas of practice include 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 as a speaker and offered encaustic workshops for Ontario Art Therapy Association (OATA). Heather published an article in the CATA Journal: Captured in Layers: Encaustic as a Tool to Reduce Stress
Registered Psychotherapist
Professional Art Therapist
Heather Hennick has a degree in Creative Arts Studies from York University and worked as a Registered Graphic Designer in Corporate and Private sectors for many years. It was through Heather’s passion for design and helping others that she decided to make a shift and pursued a career in Art Therapy. Heather enrolled in the Toronto Art Therapy Institute program where she earned her a Master level diploma as an Art Therapist. Through her experience she then became recognized through the College of Registered Psychotherapist’s of Ontario (CRPO) as a Registered Psychotherapist (RP).
Heather’s areas of practice include 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 as a speaker and offered encaustic workshops for Ontario Art Therapy Association (OATA). Heather published an article in the CATA Journal: Captured in Layers: Encaustic as a Tool to Reduce Stress
Bailey Oake - Art Psychotherapist
BFA, BEd, MC:AT, DVATI, RP
Registered Psychotherapist
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 a Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO) and a Professional Art Therapist (CATA, OATA). 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, dementia, trauma, grief, autism and life transitions. Bailey has worked with clients in addictions, long-term care facilities, cancer care, private practice and a transition house for women and children.
She works from an existential background in art-therapy, incorporating mindfulness techniques, cognitive-behavioural therapy 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.
Registered Psychotherapist
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 a Registered Psychotherapist (CRPO) and a Professional Art Therapist (CATA, OATA). 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, dementia, trauma, grief, autism and life transitions. Bailey has worked with clients in addictions, long-term care facilities, cancer care, private practice and a transition house for women and children.
She works from an existential background in art-therapy, incorporating mindfulness techniques, cognitive-behavioural therapy 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.
Tiffany Chinapen - Art Therapist
BA, MSc, RP (Qualifying)
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Professional Art Therapist
Tiffany’s journey towards becoming an Art Therapist began with her curiosity about the relationship between art and psychology. She was fascinated by the therapeutic benefits of using art as a means to encourage self-exploration and self-understanding. As a result, Tiffany pursued a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada and Aarhus University in Denmark. She then refined her art skills by enrolling in Fine Art classes at the Toronto School of Art and later went on to earn her Master of Science in Art Psychotherapy at Queen Margaret University in Scotland. Through her training and experience, Tiffany has come to approach understanding and supporting a person from an individual perspective as well as within a social and cultural context. She has worked as an Art Therapist in various professional environments, including schools, hospitals, non-profit organizations, and long-term care settings. Tiffany has provided individual and group art therapy to children, service users in psychiatric care and currently works with adults living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. As an artist herself, she works with collage, drawing, paint, and mixed media; she also writes poetry. Tiffany remains dedicated to and inspired by the field of Art Therapy. The healing and nourishment which occurs between a client, therapist, and art is so dynamic and unique that the learning never ends.
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Professional Art Therapist
Tiffany’s journey towards becoming an Art Therapist began with her curiosity about the relationship between art and psychology. She was fascinated by the therapeutic benefits of using art as a means to encourage self-exploration and self-understanding. As a result, Tiffany pursued a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada and Aarhus University in Denmark. She then refined her art skills by enrolling in Fine Art classes at the Toronto School of Art and later went on to earn her Master of Science in Art Psychotherapy at Queen Margaret University in Scotland. Through her training and experience, Tiffany has come to approach understanding and supporting a person from an individual perspective as well as within a social and cultural context. She has worked as an Art Therapist in various professional environments, including schools, hospitals, non-profit organizations, and long-term care settings. Tiffany has provided individual and group art therapy to children, service users in psychiatric care and currently works with adults living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. As an artist herself, she works with collage, drawing, paint, and mixed media; she also writes poetry. Tiffany remains dedicated to and inspired by the field of Art Therapy. The healing and nourishment which occurs between a client, therapist, and art is so dynamic and unique that the learning never ends.
Michelle Factor - Art Therapist
BA, MEd, MA, RP (Qualifying)
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Professional Art Therapist
Michelle is a graduate of a Masters in Counselling and Art Therapy from the University of Edinboro, Pennsylvania.
Michelle is a Qualifying RP with the CRPO and a professional member of OATA and CATA.
Before becoming an art therapist, Michelle completed an undergraduate degree in Art Education and a Masters in Early Childhood Education. Michelle has more than 10 years experience teaching art to children from K-12.
As an art therapist, Michelle has worked with groups of teens within shelters and in private practices, helping them cope with anxiety and social concerns. Michelle also has experience working with the elderly, both individually and in groups at Long Term Care facilities.
Open art studios and art hives are familiar to Michelle as she has worked within communities across the city working with homeless teenagers and women and children. Michelle also spent time in Thailand in 2019, working with children ages 4-18 who were at high risk for trafficking.
Michelle’s theories of choice include; mindfulness and acceptance cognitive behaviour therapy. Staying present and focusing on one thing at a time is how Michelle works best. Michelle believes encouraging clients to be more self-aware and self-accepting will foster growth and healing.
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Professional Art Therapist
Michelle is a graduate of a Masters in Counselling and Art Therapy from the University of Edinboro, Pennsylvania.
Michelle is a Qualifying RP with the CRPO and a professional member of OATA and CATA.
Before becoming an art therapist, Michelle completed an undergraduate degree in Art Education and a Masters in Early Childhood Education. Michelle has more than 10 years experience teaching art to children from K-12.
As an art therapist, Michelle has worked with groups of teens within shelters and in private practices, helping them cope with anxiety and social concerns. Michelle also has experience working with the elderly, both individually and in groups at Long Term Care facilities.
Open art studios and art hives are familiar to Michelle as she has worked within communities across the city working with homeless teenagers and women and children. Michelle also spent time in Thailand in 2019, working with children ages 4-18 who were at high risk for trafficking.
Michelle’s theories of choice include; mindfulness and acceptance cognitive behaviour therapy. Staying present and focusing on one thing at a time is how Michelle works best. Michelle believes encouraging clients to be more self-aware and self-accepting will foster growth and healing.
Bertha Fung - Art Therapist
BSc, DTATI, RP (Qualifying)
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Professional Art Therapist
Bertha determined to become an art therapist when her grandmother had a stroke and received art therapy as rehabilitation. The overall improvement and positive outcome that art could bring as a non-verbal expression were indeed motivating. Bertha then earned her training at Toronto Art Therapy Institute. Her graduation thesis was to research the effects on older adults’ mental well-being when art therapy sessions incorporated with nature. Bertha is inspired by nature in many ways, and she would like to bring nature into her practice and let the benefits get to more people along-side creating art. Bertha is a qualifying registered psychotherapist with CRPO and members of CATA and OATA.
Bertha has provided art therapy sessions for different populations, including the grieving and bereaved people, the eating disorder population, the drop-in center service users, and the older adults. She has extended experiences with older adults living with different physical cognitive abilities as she worked as an activity aide at a long-term care home for three years. Bertha incorporates theories of positive psychology, client-centered approach, and mindfulness in her practice. When the power of art is combined with the client’s unique creative sensibility, it may bring many possibilities to the healing process."
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Professional Art Therapist
Bertha determined to become an art therapist when her grandmother had a stroke and received art therapy as rehabilitation. The overall improvement and positive outcome that art could bring as a non-verbal expression were indeed motivating. Bertha then earned her training at Toronto Art Therapy Institute. Her graduation thesis was to research the effects on older adults’ mental well-being when art therapy sessions incorporated with nature. Bertha is inspired by nature in many ways, and she would like to bring nature into her practice and let the benefits get to more people along-side creating art. Bertha is a qualifying registered psychotherapist with CRPO and members of CATA and OATA.
Bertha has provided art therapy sessions for different populations, including the grieving and bereaved people, the eating disorder population, the drop-in center service users, and the older adults. She has extended experiences with older adults living with different physical cognitive abilities as she worked as an activity aide at a long-term care home for three years. Bertha incorporates theories of positive psychology, client-centered approach, and mindfulness in her practice. When the power of art is combined with the client’s unique creative sensibility, it may bring many possibilities to the healing process."
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