Registered Psychotherapy and Counselling
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We are here to support your physical health and your mental health.
Yoga Mamas offer counselling in-person in our clinic, and virtually from the comfort of your home. We are leaders in maternal health and have an experienced team of Registered Psychotherapists to care for you and empower you where ever you are on your journey. |
OUR PSYCHOTHERAPY TEAM
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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. |
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Jennifer Maleus, MA, Registered Psychotherapist
Jennifer is a passionate, curious and soulful Registered Psychotherapist, her therapeutic style is grounded in presence, curiosity and attunement. Together, she collaborates with clients to navigate transition, identity issues, adjustment, aimlessness, purpose, meaning, waves of emotion, relationships, immense joy, sorrow, loss and change – physical, emotional, and mental. Jennifer warmly opens space for the exploration and loving of ourselves and all of our parts. Jennifer invites clients to build and experience a safe, supportive therapeutic relationship with her as they navigate conception, fertility, and journey towards motherhood during pregnancy. She supports clients in their preparation for birth and delivery through cultivating intention whilst moving through a natural adjustment period. Jennifer acknowledges and collaboratively evokes the exploration of motherhood lineage to cultivate opportunity for deeper healing. Jennifer empowers clients to awaken the possibility of mothering from a creative place of inspired potential. Jennifer’s approach to psychotherapy draws from various integrative aspects of Emotion Focused Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems Therapy and Music Integration Therapy. Through therapy, she strives to create and sustain healing conditions to encourage clients to come home to themselves. Jennifer’s therapeutic approach to be intentional, congruent, present and reflective is mirrored in her sacred relationships with her two young daughters. Jennifer is dedicated to conscious parenting. Jennifer received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western University and a Masters of Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University. Jennifer also holds an Ontario Graduate Certificate in Addictions Treatment and Prevention from Georgian College. Jennifer’s experience includes addictions counselling and therapy in various rehabilitation centres across Ontario and Quebec. She has also previously held the position of Crisis Interventionist in the emergency department and emergency psychiatric unit of one of Toronto’s major inner-city hospitals. Jennifer has served the greater Toronto population during her tenor attending 911 mental health crisis calls as a Mental Health Crisis Interventionist alongside the paramedics and police service. Jennifer has been in the counselling field for close to 15 years and currently holds a thriving private virtual therapy practice. Jennifer is also a trained psychedelic assisted therapist. She has the gift and privilege of therapeutically working with consciousness medicines. |
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Susan Haller MSW RSW, Psychotherapist
Hi, my name is Susan and I am one of the psychotherapists at Yoga Mamas. I am a graduate of the University of Waterloo in Applied Health Sciences and of Wilfrid Laurier University with a Master of Social Work. In addition I have recently completed certificates in Perinatal Mental Health and Birth and Reproductive Trauma through Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Trainings. I am a trained clinician with over 20 years of experience, registered with my professional college (OCSWSSW) and my services are covered by most insurance providers. I have developed a passion for women’s health and wellness through my work in hospitals, community, primary care and private practice. As well, am the mother of 5 adult children and grandmother of 6 which gives me both lived experience and keeps me up to date on the joys and challenges of present day parenthood. Perhaps you are struggling with infertility, or questioning whether or not you would like to become a parent. Maybe you have suffered losses in the process of trying to start a family. You might be a new parent and struggling with hormonal shifts, lack of sleep, challenges with feeding and wondering how to divide household labour between you and your partner. Perhaps your partner relationship is strained with the welcome of your new baby, or one of your children is having difficulty adjusting to a new sibling. Maybe you are experiencing difficulties setting boundaries with extended family members, or finding it difficult to ask for what you need from others. You might be dealing with a role transition from being a full time professional to a full time parent, or are worried about your parenting skills. Maybe you have been managing mood challenges successfully, but the birth of a child has impacted your ability to do so because of the intense demands of parenting. Perhaps the pandemic has increased your sense of isolation or your health anxiety and you are navigating back to some sort of normalcy. Or maybe you are simply exhausted! These are some of the issues I am hearing about and would be happy to help you navigate, along with anything else you would like to discuss. As well, I would highly recommend the books Baby Bomb by Kara Hoppe and Stan Tatkin and Impossible Parenting by Olivia Scobie. Both are available in audiobook format for busy parents, and in print form in the Yoga Mamas gift shop. I invite you to make a virtual appointment for a free 20 minute consultation to see if we would be a good fit. Looking forward to chatting with you! |
