We respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on the ancestral, unceded territory of the Anishinaabe People.

 

Jenna Fletcher, MA, RP, CCC

Jenna is a Registered Psychotherapist and Canadian Certified Counsellor with over 10 years’ experience providing psychotherapy. Following her initial career in community and hospital-based mental health services, Jenna has found her passion in supporting individuals in their pursuit of wellness through the process of Holistic Psychotherapy. She provides psychotherapy to adults, parents, and youth across Canada. Jenna holds expertise in Eating Disorders and Perinatal Mental Health. She previously worked for residential and hospital-based Eating Disorders programs in BC and Ontario. Jenna trained at Vancouver’s Reproductive Mental Health program.

Jenna is a published researcher of the Indigenous Amazonian plant medicine, Ayahuasca, as a complement or alternative to conventional mental health treatment. For a list of her publications and credentials, please visit her personal website.

In her spare time, Jenna studies and practices yoga, herbalism, and somatic healing. She holds deep respect for and interest in Indigenous ceremonies.

Anthony Di Virgilio, MA, RP

Anthony is a Registered Psychotherapist and the co-founder of Holistic Psychotherapy. Anthony is deeply interested in the connection between mental and emotional health, organ and tissue states, relational dynamics, and spirituality - and he integrates these perspectives into his therapeutic work. His approach focuses on discovering the root issues affecting overall health by exploring childhood trauma, physical, psychosomatic, energetic and spiritual symptoms, suppressed emotional states, core beliefs, and dreams.

In his spare time, Anthony studies vitalist herbalism, Indigenous healing modalities, psychedelics, and principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In addition to being a Psychotherapist, Anthony is a Fire Keeper and Song Carrier for Anishinaabe Elder, Douglas Cardinal, and a humble student of North and South American Indigenous teachings and ceremonies.

Anthony is also a professional photographer, with a special interest in photographing the cycles of nature. Much of his work can be seen across this website. To see more, visit his personal website.

Allison Heffern, MA, RP

Allison is a registered psychotherapist that facilitates healing through modern and holistic counselling practices. Allison enjoys learning, working, and exploring in the traditional territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (Collingwood) under Treaty 18.

Allison’s approach to counselling comes from a trauma-sensitive, culturally informed, and socially just lens. Allison empowers her clients to be the expert of their story: she facilitates the reclaiming of their strengths, rewriting of their narratives, and releasing of their fears. Trust, authenticity, and humility are the values that guide Allison’s work with clients.

Complimentary to her formal education, Allison has completed her 200-hour Yoga teacher training in the Hatha and Vinyasa lineages, as well a 100-hour meditation teacher training. She is passionate about the integration of spirituality and psychology for whole-being wellness.

Dayna Myles, MA, RP (Q)

Dayna is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying). She offers a compassionate space for exploring a life of greater meaning and purpose. Dayna helps clients integrate and release outgrown stories of the past, embody authenticity and joy in the present, and thrive towards their future dreams.

Dayna’s approach is informed by a relational-cultural, somatic-oriented, and attachment theory understanding of trauma that reawakens a sense of empowerment and embodiment through adverse life experiences. Transitioning from a decade exploring the creative arts, Dayna welcomes curiosity, play, and creativity through the therapeutic process.

Drawing on personal experiences as both a caregiver and patient undergoing critical illness, Dayna is passionate about accompanying clients through loss and grief. She revels in conversations about the mysteries of life, death, faith, and dreams, honouring each individual’s unique path toward self-discovery. Dayna holds deep reverence and gratitude for indigenous healing traditions on her personal journey toward health, happiness, and wholeness.

Lauren Leahy, MBA, RP (Q)

Lauren is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying). She uses a relational and trauma-informed approach to help clients feel more present, connected to self and others, and supported. Lauren seeks to balance tending to immediate coping needs with doing the deeper work that contributes to improved long-term well-being.

Lauren is interested in how early life experiences inform adult ways of being, the wisdom we hold in our bodies, and ancestral healing. She is particularly passionate about supporting women through the emotional, spiritual, and physical experiences of pregnancy, postpartum, and the transition to motherhood.

Lauren is a mother and wife, and welcomes the continuous growth that those roles facilitate. In her spare time, she enjoys deepening her knowledge of prenatal and perinatal psychology; traditional practices of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care; and matrescence.