Michelle is a vibrant, metis, Registered Psychotherapist who has been practicing for 15 years with extensive experience in providing holistic and culturally sensitive services to children and their families. She holds a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology, a specialized bachelor of science degree with a major in psychology and numerous certificates in the field of mental health services, ranging from Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Emotion Focused Therapy.

Her passion is helping individuals and families overcome obstacles that are holding them back, gaining a greater knowledge of who they are and where they fit on their journey through life. It is this passion to meet clients where they are today that she brings into her sessions in order to help those struggling. She has worked with countless clients navigating ADHD and is able to resonate with her clients through the lens of her own familial experiences navigating childhood and adult ADHD.

When she is not working , she finds herself raising a busy family, perpetually renovating her forever home, and can often be found in the wee hours of the day in her garden where she finds herself grounded and one with nature, feeling the soil between her toes and fingers.

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Tracy is a Registered Social Worker and Certified ADHD Life Coach with extensive experience as a mental health and substance use counsellor. She has completed CADDRA’s Evidence Based ADHD Program for Health Care Providers and has extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). She has facilitated group workshops for over 17 years, including Respectful Relationships programming, and has a history of activism in her community and abroad. Tracy has been dedicated to learning about ADHD since her own diagnosis at the age of 50. She understands the complexities of living with ADHD at a mature age, and can therefore use both personal and professional experience to strengthen her connection with clients and build a mutually collaborative relationship. Tracy is passionate about using ACT approaches to care because she has seen great success in her clients’ abilities to make behavior changes when they are strengths-based and grounded in personal values. She utilizes self-compassion interventions as a foundation for improving clients’ wellness and overall life satisfaction. Tracy also enjoys working with people to enhance their communication skills and develop their own unique leadership style. In her spare time, Tracy enjoys spending time with family, friends and her dog Micah, practicing yoga and her ukelele. She can often be found hiking trails and taking long walks in her neighborhood, or hyper focusing on her new special interest of the week. Or neither, and watching Netflix with her husband and a bowl of popcorn.

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Nadina Dodd is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and Art Therapist with a creative and thoughtful ADHD brain. She offers a holistic, collaborative, strengths-based and compassionate approach when working with clients and strives to provide a safe and respectful therapeutic relationship.

She has 7 years of experience supporting individuals with ADHD from diverse backgrounds and is a strong advocate for acceptance and education around neurodivergence. She can help you learn and practice new skills and strategies that support your brain functioning, help you navigate relationships, enhance your understanding of thoughts and emotions, foster your self-compassion and acceptance and more! She believes that you are the expert on you and she will support you in discovering your own roadmap for flourishing in this often challenging world.

Many of her clients are “creatives”, young professionals, folks going through career transitions or struggling with workplace issues, counsellors, college/university students, 2SLGBTQIA+ folks, newcomers, international students and people from the BIPOC community.

Her humanistic support is anti-oppressive and when you work with her, she will consider your social and cultural context (religion, sexual orientation, age, abilities, gender, life stage, etc) as well as the attitudes, systems and structures around you that can contribute to problems (ie; ableism, racism, sexism, homophobia, etc).

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My name is Bonnie Evans, and I graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor of Nursing in 1998. Over the past 25+ years, I’ve worked across several Canadian provinces as well as in Perth, Western Australia, with a primary focus on mental health. I have experience working in various settings and roles with individuals across the lifespan, including children, adolescents, and adults diagnosed with ADHD. I’ve witnessed firsthand the struggles of untreated ADHD and the incredible progress clients make with the right treatment plan. Regardless of their age, I treat every client with dignity and respect, helping them recognize and build on their strengths.

In my free time, I enjoy being outdoors with my dogs and partner (when it’s not raining!). I’ve also recently joined a choir where we sing only Taylor Swift songs—don’t hold that against me! I look forward to supporting you on your journey to wellness.

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*Please note that extended health benefits do not usually cover coaches. Lynda Fraser is an accomplished and passionate professional in the field of psychology and personal development. She holds an MSc. in Psychology and is certified as an ADHD-Certified Clinical Service Provider (ADHD-CCSP) and a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Practitioner. With a focus on helping individuals with ADHD, Lynda excels in building self-esteem, addressing executive functioning weaknesses, and harnessing personal strengths. Her holistic and empathetic approach has earned her a reputation as a transformative beacon of hope for those seeking to unlock their true potential.

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Joanne Gobeil is a Registered Psychologist in Alberta and per the registration boards through virtual sessions in Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. Joanne is also a Canadian Certified Counsellor #12918 and is able to see clients in BC, AB, SK, MB, NL, NWT, NU, and YT. Joanne has certificates in CBT-M, exposure therapy, Gottman couples therapy, DBT, play therapy, and autism. Joanne has completed her doctoral level courses in grief counselling and is working on her thesis. Joanne has over 20 years of experience covering a wide range of issues including AD/HD, Loss, Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, PTSD, ASD, OCD, etc. Joanne works with children, teens, adults, couples, and parents wanting to better understand and support children with AD/HD.

Regardless of all the training that I have taken and years of experience, my clients are the experts on themselves. My role is to use the training and experience that I have to provide my clients with the necessary tools to help them navigate through their journey and find self-fulfillment. I take pride in tailoring my approach to each of the clients that I am working with as there is no “one size fits all” in counselling.

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Audrey is a Nurse Practitioner (NP) registered with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM). Audrey holds a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology, a Bachelor of Sciences in Nursing, and a Masters of Nursing degree as a NP. She has always held a passion regarding human psychology. At the same time, she knew she wanted to pursue a profession helping people. As a Registered Nurse (RN), she had the privilege caring for those being treated for leukemia, and receiving bone marrow transplants (BMT). It is here where Audrey realized that she valued the unique rapport between herself and her patients. Today, as an NP, Audrey continues to enjoy forming therapeutic rapport with her patients while overseeing their care as a primary care provider.

In the primary care sector, her focus has been predominantly on woman’s health, sexual health, and mental health. After witnessing the effects of the pandemic on her patients’ mental health, Audrey sought out additional training from CADDRA’s ADHD program to better understand and assist her patients. At the West Coast Adult ADHD clinic, Audrey sees and assesses all walks of life to help bring better clarity to their symptoms, and guide them forward to proper treatment. She otherwise values time outside work with her husband and dog, regularly goes to the gym, and eats what Vancouver has to offer.

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I’m Eliisha, a Nurse Practitioner (NP) with a special interest in the diagnosis and management of ADHD. Prior to my NP training, I spent seven years working as a critical care RN, where I developed a strong foundation in comprehensive assessments and critical thinking—skills that I’ve continued to utilize over the past five years as an NP in primary care and cardiac surgery.

My interest in ADHD care began when I struggled to find resources for diagnosis and management in my family practice. Recognizing this gap in care, I accessed additional ADHD training so I could better serve my patients, and during this time was also diagnosed with ADHD myself. This personal journey has fueled my commitment to empowering patients by educating them about their diagnosis and fostering a deeper understanding, as I believe it can be profoundly transformative.

On my days off, you can find me hiking with my husband, infant son, and our two Frenchtons (Gordon and Luna). I also enjoy snowboarding, painting, and creating a tiny bit of chaos in the kitchen while trying to perfect my homemade mac and cheese.

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Hello, my name is Whitney Nelson and I am a Nurse Practitioner with a special interest in ADHD diagnosis and management. Shortly after completing my Masters of Nursing – Family Nurse Practitioner program from Athabasca University in 2021, I received my own ADHD diagnosis. This liberating experience was the start of a profound journey in gaining insight, acceptance, and management strategies (particularly with procrastination, people-pleasing, perfectionism, and burnout). My own lived experience with ADHD also includes navigating the challenges of societal misconceptions and stereotypes; especially, as a woman diagnosed in adulthood. I value providing care that is not only thorough and comprehensive but is also person-centred and relational. As a member of CADDRA, I have completed several ADHD certification programs and I have also attended many ADHD educational seminars. In my spare time, I enjoy running, hiking, surfing, spending time with my family (my husband, 2 young boys, and our Scottish Terrier, Buzz), and listening to life coach podcasts. I am so genuinely grateful for the opportunity to assist you with achieving diagnostic clarity and implementing a management plan so that you can work towards living the fulfilling life that you deserve.

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Remi has been a nurse practitioner for over 14 years and has a diverse clinical background ranging from critical care, emergency, remote work, Indigenous healthcare and corporate health program development. She holds a number of certifications in these areas, and is most recently (2019) board certified in lifestyle prevention medicine.

As such, Remi focuses on how lifestyle contributes to or compliments chronic conditions, and has a special interest in managing ADHD, peri and menopausal care, and lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol.

Remi herself has ADHD, and is a testament to the successes (and challenges) living with this condition holds. Remi is able to offer a personalized approach to care that fits for each unique lifestyle and need.

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Jenny has worked in the public sector for over 20 years with adults, young adults, couples, LGBTQ+ folks, families, children and adolescents as a teacher, addiction support worker and now as a Clinical Counsellor.

Her training has been focused on Trauma, Post-Traumatic Growth, Motivational Interviewing and Self Compassion.

She conducts coaching, accountability sessions as well as therapeutic counselling including EMDR.

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April Watson has practiced as an Occupational Therapist for 20 years. She holds a Bachelor of Rehab Sciences degree in Occupational Therapy from UBC. She has worked in adult community mental health through Vancouver Coastal Health on the North Shore for most of her career. She currently works as a supervisor of occupational therapists, mental health workers and peer support workers and is a member of COTBC and CADDRA. She has completed VCH leadership training course, YMind mindfulness training for anxiety, based on Acceptance and Commitment therapy through YMCA and CADDRA’s evidenced based ADHD training for health care providers. She has many years of experience facilitating groups and has experience helping people 1:1 to overcome challenges and to strengthen executive functioning skills around organization, planning/prioritizing, task initiation, and time management in the domains of work, school, leisure, and home management. She was awarded a leadership award for her contributions to mental health in 2007 and received recognition in the North Shore news for her role in the creation of a social enterprise coffee shop, hiring people who have mental health issues and also helped create the first peer support program on the North Shore. Through work and her personal life, she has experience working with ADHD. She is a mother of two teenage girls, enjoys spending time with her family, loves walking her dog in nature, and doing yoga

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Jessica has over ten years experience as a counsellor and has assisted hundreds of clients by incorporating a combination of Shame Resilience, CBT, Family Systems as well as other practices relevant to each client’s unique situation. She is trained and qualified to help you address many issues including ADHD, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, trauma, communication skills, shame, grief, life transitions, career issues and many other concerns as well.

EMDR therapy is available upon request for clients wanting to promote the innate and organic drive towards healing their brain – supporting your brain’s natural desire towards emotional health :)

She provides clients with opportunities to experience different perspectives and make their own connections–as improvement is as much about unlearning that which no longer serves us, as it is about acquiring new tools.

Many of us were not provided with the tools to navigate our complex internal and external systems. However, she believes our human capacity for compassion and connection is healing; and that we can achieve the desired balance of closeness and independence within our relationships.

As a client you are in the driver’s seat and she is in the passenger’s seat. Jessica prides herself in co-creating a strong client-counsellor therapeutic connection. Her goal is to provide a safe and nurturing environment that will empower clients to turn their obstacles into opportunities, clearing the way for improved relationships and emotional health.

Education & Training:

Masters of Counselling Psychology​

Registered Clinical Counsellor with BCACC​

Bachelor of Education (with distinction)​

Los Angeles Healing Shame Workshop

EMDR Trained: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Skills Training

CTRI: Trauma – Strategies for Resilience

ADHD Training​ and Workshops

Family and Internal Systems​ Theory

Evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy​

The Language of Letting Go: Melody Beattie

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Lisa Willow is a Registered Social Worker, Counsellor, and ADHD Coach. She specializes in helping her clients achieve their goals, over-come procrastination, and master their ADHD symptoms, so that they can live purposeful, joy-filled lives. Having experienced her own ADHD diagnosis as an adult, and being a therapist with specialized training in ADHD has given her the tools to help others learn to thrive in the face of obstacles. She holds a Masters Degree in Social Work, along with CADDRA’s evidenced based ADHD program for health care providers, Peg Dawson’s ADHD Coaching Program, and she is trained as an ADHD Certified Clinical Services Provider. She is certified in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and is informed by Internal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Additionally, her background in holistic nutrition and yoga teacher training informs her work as she believes that living a healthy lifestyle is the corner stone of ADHD treatment. Today Lisa offers strengths based individual coaching and counselling services, and group programs for adults with ADHD. Lisa enjoys spending time in the forest with her dog Coco, yoga class, cycling, and creative projects.

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step”. Lao Tzu

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