Jacob Israel (He/him) MSW (Candidate) Affordable Therapy Program | Intern Therapist

Are you ready to reclaim your narrative and overcome the mental blocks standing in your way?

Jacob is a Master of Social Work Intern Therapist dedicated to helping clients move from feeling stuck to feeling empowered. He views therapy as a collaborative process where clients are the authors of their own stories, and he acts as a supportive, trauma-informed guide on that journey.

How Can Jacob Help

Jacob brings a unique, intersectional lens to his work, having supported diverse communities including immigrants, neurodivergent folks, the 2SLGBTQ+ community, disabled folks, and Jewish students. He is passionate about destigmatizing mental health and helping clients navigate complex relationship issues and personal growth. His approach is designed to help clients feel heard, understood, and equipped with the strategies they need to thrive.

Jacob is directly supervised by Kristie Brassard, MSW, RSW

Jacob’s Approach & Specialties

Intersectional Support: Experience working with immigrant, disabled, students, and 2SLGBTQ+ communities.

Personal Growth: Navigating mental blocks, relationship issues, and identity discovery.

Framework: Trauma-informed, collaborative, and narrative-focused.

Clinical Lens: Empowering, empathetic, and inclusive.

Who Jacob Works With and How

-Virtually across Ontario.

-Affordable therapy program

-Teens & adults 16+, couples/ folks in relationships

A Little About Jacob

When he’s not in session, Jacob enjoys spending time with friends and family, getting out into nature, playing hockey, and attempting to clear his ever-growing “must-watch” movie list.

Ready to Start?

Jacob is accepting new clients through the affordable therapy program, with daytime and evening availability.

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Tired of being tired? Feeling overwhelmed in your healing journey?

Sarah believes in growing pains and the never-ending growth and learning journey of the human experience. We’re never done healing or growing. She is happy to empower you along the way by practicing courage to identify your strengths, finding compassion for areas needing support, and giving you kindness during this vulnerable, brave time. This is your chrysalis, your metamorphosis, your new beginning and becoming. You don’t have to be perfect- you just have to be ready to help yourself become better than who you were yesterday, one day at a time.

How Sarah Can Help?

Sarah utilizes a humanistic, biopsychosocial clinical toolkit including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), solution-focused therapy, narrative approaches, and mindfulness—allowing her to offer compassion, understanding, and strategies tailored to each client’s unique journey. Guided by a strengths-based, person-centered lens, she believes you are the expert and author of your story, with the innate power and ability to achieve your goals and overcome obstacles. She specializes in supporting survivors of abuse and individuals navigating depression, anxiety, addiction, as well as complex grief and loss.

Sarah’s Approach & Specialties

Trauma & Recovery: Abuse survival, addiction, grief and loss, and managing depression and anxiety.

Mental Health: Addiction, managing anxiety, depression and stress, relationship issues, etc.

Life Transitions: Adolescence, adulthood, and navigating personal growth and change, identity exploration, personal empowerment, and self-compassion.

Clinical Lens: Strengths-based, person-centered, humanistic, neuro-divergent and 2SLGBTQIA+ affirming, narrative, mindfulness, CBT, solution-focused therapy

Who Sarah Works With and How

Adolescents (13+) and adults. In-person in Barrie, and virtually across Ontario.

A Little About Sarah

During her personal time, Sarah is a level three Reiki practitioner who enjoys traditional forms of healing. She loves spending time with her family and animal children, adores nearly all music genres, attending concerts, trying new recipes and restaurants, getting lost in a great book, as well as walking her pup with her partner.

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Natalie Maxwell (She/her) MSW, RSW Registered Social Worker | Psychotherapist

Are you seeking a therapist who will walk beside you without judgment?

Natalie is a therapist dedicated to helping people navigate life’s challenges with authenticity and curiosity. She believes clients are the experts on their own lives, and her role is to provide the affirming, thoughtful approach and support needed to feel empowered.

How Can Natalie Help

Natalie’s background in community mental health and crisis intervention has shaped her into a deeply grounded and versatile therapist. She excels at helping youth, adults, folks in relationships, and parents untangle the complexities of stress, identity development, and trauma. Whether clients are exploring their identity and roles, or navigating systemic barriers, Natalie provides a space where everyone is respected, valued, and empowered to show up as their full self.

Natalie’s Approach & Specialties

Identity & Belonging: 2SLGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent affirming care, coming out, and minority stress.

Family & Youth: Relationship/ couples work (incl. CNM/ENM), parenting strategies, family dynamics, and academic/career stress.

Foundational Healing: Trauma-informed, strengths-based, and mental health management.

Clinical Lens: Collaborative, anti-oppressive, and empowering.

Who Natalie Works With and How

-In-person in Barrie, ON, and virtually across Ontario.

-Teens 13+, adults 19+, couples/ folks in relationships

A Little About Natalie

Natalie is a fan of adventures, new restaurants, and live music. When she’s not working, she is usually hanging out with her partner, her kiddos, and her rescue dogs.

Ready to Start?

Natalie accepts in-person and virtual clients with daytime, evening, and weekend availability.

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Yael Shoham (She/her) MSW, RSW Registered Social Worker | Psychotherapist

Are you navigating a world that wasn’t built for your unique brain or identity?

Yael believes that therapy should be as unique as the person in the room. She brings a refreshing, collaborative curiosity to every session, helping clients discard imposed norms so they can rediscover their own values and goals.

How Yael Can Help

Yael’s practice is built on the intersection of lived experience and grounded clinical expertise. She moves past pathologizing models to focus on destigmatization and radical self-acceptance. In sessions, she draws from evidence-based models to provide concrete tools for anxiety, depression, and identity exploration, all while affirming the 2SLGBTQIA+ experience, sex work, kink dynamics, disability status, different neurotypes, and diverse relationship structures.

Yael’s Approach & Specialties

Identity Affirmation: Neurodivergence (ADHD, Autism, AuDHD), 2SLGBTQIA+, various relationship structures (monogamy, CNM/ ENM, polyamory), sex work, and kink-affirming care.

Neuro-Inclusive Care: Understanding societal impact on neurodivergent and disabled folks.

Actionable Growth: Goal-oriented, evidence-based, and holistic.

Clinical Lens: Collaborative, trauma-informed, and identity-affirming.

Who Yael Works With and How

-Virtually across Ontario.

-Adults 19+, couples/ folks in relationships

A Little About Yael

Yael is a bilingual therapist (English and Hebrew). Outside of the office, she recharges with a mix of cozy and outgoing activities—from crafting and gaming to laughing with friends.

Ready to Start?

Yael is accepting clients Tuesday through Thursday, with evening/weekend options upon request.

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Cher Canonizado (She/her) BSW, RSW Registered Social Worker | Psychotherapist

Are you carrying the weight of past trauma or feeling stuck in a life transition?

Cher brings a depth of wisdom, a seasoned perspective and a calming presence to her practice. She understands that reaching out for help is a courageous act, and she is committed to walking beside her clients with unwavering support, patience, and thoughtful approach.

How Cher Can Help?

Cher utilizes a diverse clinical toolkit, allowing her to tailor every session to each client’s unique history and goals. She specializes in navigating the intersections of mental health—including addiction, depression, and anxiety—and the often tumultuous transitions of adolescence and young adulthood. She also works with couples, helping them hone their communication skills and rebuild connection and intimacy. Her work is deeply trauma-informed, helping clients move beyond symptom management to access their own inner resilience and wisdom.

Cher’s Approach & Specialties

Trauma & Recovery: Addiction, narcissistic abuse, self-harm, and processing past trauma.

Life Transitions: Adolescence, early adulthood, and identity discovery.

Relationship Challenges: Intimate partner support and emotional regulation.

Clinical Lens: Strengths-based, client-centered, trauma-informed, 2SLGBTQIA+ affirming.

Who Cher Works With and How

-Virtually across Ontario.

-Teens 13+, adults 19+, couples/ folks in relationships

A Little About Cher

Cher is a lover of life; when not in the virtual office, you can find her on the ice, cooking Instagram-worthy meals, playing music, or relaxing with her fur-babies.

Ready to Start?

Cher is currently accepting new clients with evening availability.

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Anna Riddell (She/her) MSW, RSW Registered Social Worker | Psychotherapist

Are you looking for a space where you can be fully yourself, free from judgment?

Anna is a compassionate therapist who combines grounded clinical expertise with a warm, down-to-earth approach. She believes that healing happens when people feel truly seen, and she works tirelessly to ensure her clients feel like partners in their own therapeutic journey.

How Can Anna Help?

Anna’s practice is rooted in a trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and strengths-based framework. Whether you are navigating the complexities of modern relationships, the overwhelm of parenting, or the daily reality of living as a neurodivergent person, she offers actionable tools and profound empathy. She specializes in guiding couples through communication blocks, infidelity, and intimacy challenges, while offering a safe harbor for individual adults and teens navigating anxiety and life transitions.

Anna’s Approach & Specialties

Relationship Support: Parenting, communication, infidelity and intimacy.

Neuro-Affirming Care: ADHD, Autism, AuDHD and Learning Disabilities.

Specialized Support: Educators, parents, caregivers, 2SLGBTQIA+ folks

Clinical Lens: Strengths-based, anti-oppressive, and attachment-informed.

Who Anna Works With and How

-Virtually across Ontario.

-Teens 13+, adults 19+, couples/ folks in relationships

A Little About Anna

When she’s not in the virtual office, Anna is likely spending time with her kiddo, salsa dancing, exploring the outdoors, or getting lost in a good graphic novel.

Ready to Start?

Anna is currently accepting new clients with daytime and evening availability.

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Ken McIntosh (He/him) MSW, RSW Registered Social Worker | Psychotherapist

Are you tired of feeling controlled by shame or old patterns of behavior?

Ken is a therapist and supervisor passionate about helping clients move from a place of survival to a life of calm, connection, and authenticity. He avoids “one-size-fits-all” agendas, preferring to work collaboratively with clients so they can reclaim their autonomy and freedom.

How Can Ken Help? Ken employs an eclectic, evidence-based approach that creates a secure space for deep introspection. By utilizing Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), among other modalities, he helps clients gain concrete tools to manage intense emotions, self-harm, or suicidal ideation. As a queer-identified therapist, Ken brings deep professional and lived experience to religious trauma and the complexities of coming out, as well as unique insight into gamer mental health and online communities. He also works with neurodivergent folks.

Ken’s Approach & Specialties

Behavioral Health: DBT and CBT for intense emotions, self-harm, and suicidal ideation.

Identity & Sexuality: Queer-affirming, religious trauma, and “coming out” support.

Niche Support: Gamer mental health, internet/porn/sex/gaming compulsivity/ addiction.

Clinical Lens: Integrative, analytical, and trauma-informed.

Who Ken Works With and How

-Virtually across Ontario.

-Teens 13+, adults 19+, therapist supervision and mentorship

A Little About Ken

Ken describes himself as a “nerdy” enthusiast. You can usually find him playing board games, dominating in video games, or binge-watching fantasy shows. He is a lifelong learner who recently finished his second master’s degree!

Ready to Start?

Ken has evening availability for new clients.

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Kristie Brassard (She/her) MSW, RSW Registered Social Worker | Psychotherapist

Are you ready to stop just “coping” and start growing?

As the Founder & Clinical Director of Kaleidoscope Counselling Collective, Kristie brings a seasoned perspective, deep intuition, personal experience and a warm, lighthearted spirit to her work. She is committed to helping clients bridge the gap between where they are and where they want to be.

How Can Kristie Help

Kristie offers an integrative approach that both includes and goes beyond talk therapy depending on client needs. Using psychodynamic and insight-oriented therapy, compassionate inquiry, trauma & attachment-focused models, and “parts work,” she helps clients uncover the root causes of anxiety, shame, and burnout. Whether navigating neurodivergence (ADHD, Autism, AuDHD) including late diagnosis, relationships including ENM/CNM, 2SLGBTQIA+ issues including coming out later in life, or the aftermath of trauma, Kristie provides a container that is both grounded and emotionally safe.

Kristie’s Approach & Specialties

Integrative Modalities: Psychodynamic & insight oriented therapy, compassionate inquiry, parts work, elements of CBT & DBT, and integrative trauma & attachment treatment model.

Complex Dynamics: Neurodivergence (ADHD, Autism, AuDHD), trauma, career/burnout recovery, intersections related to cultural/ racial background & 2SLGBTQIA+ issues

Relationship Structure: Affirming of all structures (monogamous, open, poly).

Clinical Lens: Compassion focused, identity-affirming, and trauma-informed.

Who Kristie Works With and How

-In-person in Barrie, ON, and virtually across Ontario.

-Adults 19+, couples/ folks in relationships, therapists supervision and mentorship

A Little About Kristie

Outside of clinical and supervisory work, Kristie is a lover of nature, true crime, and reading. She’s a lifelong learner who finds her own balance in family time and quiet moments outdoors.

Ready to Start?

Kristie is currently accepting new clients with limited daytime availability.

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