Online Counselling: Now Accepting New Clients
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Online Counselling support from the comfort of your home. We are pleased to announce the launch of online counselling for your fertility, prenatal and postnatal journey. We are committed to offering accessible solutions so you may continue to receive support for your emotional and mental wellbeing.
Secure and privacy-compliant online sessions in the comfort of your home. Yoga Mamas' virtual wellness appointments are built within a secure infrastructure and are designed from the ground up to be secure. All data is encrypted in transit, and nothing is ever recorded or stored. |
All Yoga Mamas online and in-clinic counselling sessions are performed by an MSW (Master of Social Work) accredited practitioner and psychotherapist, and may be eligible for coverage under your health care benefits.
Please be advised that your OASW member policy FULLY INSURES ONLINE SERVICES as much as it would services provided in person or over the phone. Furthermore it insures services offered to those outside of Ontario and Canada, as long as those individuals/clients are Canadian Residents temporarily abroad.
Please be advised that your OASW member policy FULLY INSURES ONLINE SERVICES as much as it would services provided in person or over the phone. Furthermore it insures services offered to those outside of Ontario and Canada, as long as those individuals/clients are Canadian Residents temporarily abroad.
About Virtual Counselling Appointments
- We offer online counselling throughout the province of Ontario.
- Your privacy is important to us. We use encrypted software to keep your counselling sessions confidential.
- Your online counselling sessions can be done though video or via phone.
- You can also connect to your online counselling session via a tablet or smart phone.
- You can schedule your online counselling sessions with the same ease and convenience that you schedule your in-clinic sessions.
Why You Should Make A Virtual Counselling Appointment
Fertility
With fertility clients we talk about all of the things that come with a fertility journey including worries and fears, hopes and expectations and the emotions associated with the current health climate impacting fertility treatments.
Pregnancy
Some of things we talk about with prenatal mamas include worries and fears, common themes around birthing and labour and what that process might look like with special consideration focused on recent changes to birthing support. Transitions from work life to mom life, relationships with a partner, and anything that can feel overwhelming on your journey in pregnancy.
Postpartum
Some of things we talk about with postpartum mamas include new life as a mom, adjusting from work life to maternity leave, fears and anxiety, intrusive thoughts, external circumstances impacting your overall well-being as well as anything going on in relationships and new dynamics.
With fertility clients we talk about all of the things that come with a fertility journey including worries and fears, hopes and expectations and the emotions associated with the current health climate impacting fertility treatments.
Pregnancy
Some of things we talk about with prenatal mamas include worries and fears, common themes around birthing and labour and what that process might look like with special consideration focused on recent changes to birthing support. Transitions from work life to mom life, relationships with a partner, and anything that can feel overwhelming on your journey in pregnancy.
Postpartum
Some of things we talk about with postpartum mamas include new life as a mom, adjusting from work life to maternity leave, fears and anxiety, intrusive thoughts, external circumstances impacting your overall well-being as well as anything going on in relationships and new dynamics.
MEET YOUR COUNSELLORS
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Susan Haller MSW RSW, Psychotherapist
Susan is a graduate of the University of Waterloo in Applied Health Sciences, and Wilfrid Laurier University with a Master of Social Work. She has over twenty years of experience in the counselling field. She has developed a passion for women’s health in a variety of settings including the community, hospitals, and a Nurse Practitioner-led Clinic. She is passionate about supporting women in whatever stage of life they may find themselves in. She has expertise in the areas of anxiety, depression, mood disorders, stress management, maternal health, postpartum issues, medically fragile children, parenting, relationship issues, couples counselling, trauma, abuse, grief, intimate partner violence, and addictions. Susan’s first priority is making sure the client feels at ease and allows the counselling sessions to unfold organically. The client is free to set goals for therapy, but is not obliged to do so. Susan utilizes a variety of therapeutic approaches depending on the needs of the client including, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Self Compassion Therapy. Susan is passionate about the neuroscience of emotion/ stress and bases her practice on leading edge research. She often refers clients to websites, videos, and practical tools for managing the presenting issue. In addition, Susan practices yoga daily in order to stay flexible, grounded and well. She is the mother of five adult children; four daughters and one son. She is also the grandmother of six, which keeps her in tune with the needs of parents and current with baby and toddlerhood issues. She invites you to join her on a journey of self discovery and wellness. |
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Lisha Cash, MSW, RSW:
Social Worker, Psychotherapist Lisha is a counsellor and psychotherapist in Toronto. She completed her Master of Social Work at the University of Toronto, with a specialization in children and families. Lisha has a special interest in working with women as they navigate life and role transitions, specifically in the areas of pregnancy, motherhood, co-parenting, fertility, and loss. Lisha’s approach focuses on building a therapeutic relationship that encompasses trust and respect, while creating an environment that is safe for clients to explore the most sensitive areas of their lives. Working together with her clients, Lisha helps to identify their strengths and abilities, while helping empower clients to harness these in order to overcome obstacles in their lives. Each person is unique, therefore, Lisha utilizes a trauma-informed, eclectic approach to counselling, drawing from various theoretical orientations based on the client’s needs and presenting issues. These may include, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Mindfulness-based practice, and Solution-Focused frameworks. Lisha has received perinatal mood and anxiety disorders training by Postpartum Support International, which focused on the components of care surrounding pre and postnatal depression and anxiety, with advanced training in psychotherapy. Lisha’s passion for this work was further ignited when she became a mama herself in 2018. |
OUR ONLINE COUNSELLING SERVICES
Supporting your fertility journey
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Supporting your prenatal journey
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Supporting your postnatal journey
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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
Book your online counselling appointment via our website 24/7, or by contacting our client service team. Once your appointment is scheduled, you will receive an automated confirmation email. Prior to your appointment your counsellor will send you an online appointment link. Simply click the link, review the privacy policy and meet with your counsellor at the scheduled time.
Your Initial Therapy Session
During your first online counselling appointment, we will focus on creating a comfortable and safe online experience for you to share and talk about what has brought you to therapy. First sessions can move slowly, as we build trust and begin our therapeutic relationship together.
We will support you if you are not sure where to start or what to talk about – this is common in therapy. We will begin to get a sense of what therapy will look like for you as we move through the session. Ideally, you will leave the first session with either increased clarity about what you have been feeling or with a specific strategy to practice in your daily life.
Your Initial Therapy Session
During your first online counselling appointment, we will focus on creating a comfortable and safe online experience for you to share and talk about what has brought you to therapy. First sessions can move slowly, as we build trust and begin our therapeutic relationship together.
We will support you if you are not sure where to start or what to talk about – this is common in therapy. We will begin to get a sense of what therapy will look like for you as we move through the session. Ideally, you will leave the first session with either increased clarity about what you have been feeling or with a specific strategy to practice in your daily life.
Your On-Going Therapy Work
Therapy work is highly individual. Sessions tend to unfold naturally, as we move toward your goals/needs. Some things we may work on include: connecting to and naming emotions, processing emotions in healthy ways, building trust with yourself, learning how to create boundaries or navigate certain relationships in your life, learning how to feel greater intimacy in your relationships, understanding the impact of different experiences you’ve had, identifying the role of anxiety and/or depression in your life, understanding and feeling grief or anger, supporting you to feel more understanding (and thus more control) of your mind and body.
The approach is relationship-focused, gentle, and creative. We use evidence-based modalities to help us in the work:
Therapy work is highly individual. Sessions tend to unfold naturally, as we move toward your goals/needs. Some things we may work on include: connecting to and naming emotions, processing emotions in healthy ways, building trust with yourself, learning how to create boundaries or navigate certain relationships in your life, learning how to feel greater intimacy in your relationships, understanding the impact of different experiences you’ve had, identifying the role of anxiety and/or depression in your life, understanding and feeling grief or anger, supporting you to feel more understanding (and thus more control) of your mind and body.
The approach is relationship-focused, gentle, and creative. We use evidence-based modalities to help us in the work:
- Emotion-Focused Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Relational Therapy
- Somatic Psychology
- CBT and DBT tools
- Mindfulness
