Sarah is a Registered Social Worker and psychotherapist who provides psychotherapy services to individuals and couples navigating the emotional complexities of life transitions. She has a clinical passion for perinatal mental health, supporting individuals through pregnancy, postpartum, and early parenthood—a focus that was shaped by her own experience of becoming a mother. Her work is especially attuned to supporting women through motherhood, ADHD, and the emotional load that often goes unseen and unspoken.

She is particularly interested in supporting women with ADHD as they move through motherhood and identity shifts. Sarah recognizes the challenges of navigating executive functioning, emotional regulation, and the invisible mental load—especially during seasons that already ask so much. She also works with couples navigating communication challenges, disconnection, and the impact of life transitions, including parenthood and betrayal trauma, on their relationship. With over a decade of experience in community mental health, Sarah brings a steady and thoughtful approach to her work. She values creating a space that is respectful, collaborative, and attuned to each person’s unique experience. Her work is rooted in trauma-informed, holistic care, supporting clients through anxiety, mood challenges, substance use, and complex life transitions.

Sarah holds a Master of Social Work and has completed extensive training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), as well as mindfulness-based approaches. She integrates these modalities in a way that is practical, supportive, and tailored to each individual or couple.

Her approach is compassionate and non-judgmental, grounded in the belief that struggling—especially in motherhood and relationships—does not mean you are failing; it reflects the complexity of being human. She focuses on helping clients make sense of their experiences, strengthen coping strategies, and move toward greater confidence and connection in their lives and relationships.

Outside of her work, Sarah is a mom who values time with family and friends and being outdoors. She enjoys gardening, fishing, attending live music, and getting lost in a good book—simple ways she recharges and finds balance.

Sarah is part of our Virtual Care Team, offering online therapy across Ontario with evening appointment availability.

✨ Sarah is now accepting referrals.

We’re so grateful to welcome Sarah into our circle of support.

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HEIDI BERCOVICI (she/her) Associate Therapist Registered Social Worker (RSW, MSW, BSW, BSc )

VIRTUAL ONLY!

Heidi is a somatic therapist who focuses on the connection between the mind, body, and spirit. She believes everyone has inner wisdom and strength waiting to be uncovered; sometimes, we need support. Heidi recognizes the transformative power within each individual to overcome challenges.

As a Registered Social Worker and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, she is deeply committed to her clients, fostering an atmosphere of warmth, creativity, compassion, and empathy. Heidi guides her clients toward finding balance in their lives by working with nervous system regulation. She understands that the body holds and stores trauma. With Somatic Experiencing and EMDR, healing becomes possible by improving access to internal resilience and releasing trauma at the body level. Heidi emphasizes the importance of her clients discovering the answers within themselves and adopts a gentle approach to help them connect with their bodies.

Heidi practices from anti-oppressive and strength-based perspectives, integrating modalities such as mindfulness-based therapies, Somatic Experiencing, EMDR, body-based techniques, attachment theory, and FLASH.

Clients can use the skills learned to support their nervous systems between sessions. Heidi invites clients to be mindful and to learn to trust their needs between sessions.

Heidi holds a Bachelor of Social Work from York University, a Master of Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University, and a Bachelor of Science in Clinical Exercise Physiology with a joint major in Spanish Language and Culture from Concordia University. Her diverse educational background has shaped her comprehensive approach to therapy. She has experience working with women and families in physical health, rehabilitation, and emotional and mental well-being, utilizing various modalities to create a holistic therapeutic experience.

Additionally, she is trained as a postpartum doula with Doula Canada and has completed the Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders course through the Seleni Institute. Her training includes grief and trauma, and she continuously engages in professional development.

In her leisure time, Heidi enjoys being in nature, playing hockey, dancing, and travelling.

Heidi is bilingual and speaks both English and French.

Location: Virtual

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Amanda O’malley, (She/Her) Registered Social Worker, RSW, BSW

Associate Therapist Amanda is a Registered Social Worker with over 20 years of experience supporting children, youth, and adults through life’s messier seasons. She does not believe in a one-size-fits-all approach and honours people as the experts of their own lives—she simply helps hold the flashlight.

An eclectic, trauma-informed approach guides her work, drawing from narrative therapy, attachment-based approaches, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), motivational interviewing, and mindfulness. Amanda is certified as a Level 1 Tree of Life Narrative Therapist and is currently completing certification in trauma therapy.

Additional training includes Bringing Light to Motherhood, an evidence-based program offered by Maternal Mental Health NOW, supporting perinatal resilience, connection, and emotional well-being across pregnancy and early parenting.

Areas of care include perinatal and parenting support, trauma-focused care, support for individuals living with health concerns including cancer survivorship, and care for family members supporting loved ones through illness.

A grounded, relational, and strengths-based lens shapes Amanda’s approach. She supports people in reconnecting with their inner resources, finding steadiness during times of uncertainty, and making sense of experiences that can impact identity, relationships, and daily life. Caregivers are also supported in holding deep care for others while staying connected to their own well-being.

At the heart of this work, Amanda believes in people’s capacity to heal, adapt, and author lives that feel meaningful and aligned.

Known for her warmth, authenticity, and straight-talking style, Amanda believes therapy should feel like a real conversation. She creates a non-judgmental space where people feel valued, supported, and truly heard. Amanda laughs loudly, prefers plain language over social work jargon, and welcomes humour—including the occasional swear word—when it helps people breathe a little easier and feel more like themselves.

Her education includes a Correctional Worker Diploma from Centennial College, a Bachelor of Social Work from Toronto Metropolitan University, and current completion of a Master of Social Work at the University of Windsor.

Alongside professional training, Amanda brings meaningful lived experience. Having navigated her own life traumas and as a breast cancer thriver, these experiences continue to shape her empathy, resilience, and deep respect for the courage it takes to heal and practice self-compassion.

Outside of her work, Amanda is a mom to three teenagers, a dog, and a Holland Lop bunny—each regularly reminding her to practice patience and savour life’s small moments. She enjoys working out, hot yoga, gardening, and travelling.

Amanda believes people have the capacity to author their own stories, and she is honoured to walk alongside them as they do.

Location: Ontario Virtual Only

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LISA MARIE THOMPSON (she/her) Associate Therapist

RP (Qualifying) & Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC)

Lisa Marie’s journey to joining Maternal Health Niagara was shaped by her 15 years in the education sector, where she worked closely with youth. These experiences ignited her desire to transition into a counselling environment where she could work with individuals, couples, and families on a more personal level.

She obtained her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University in 2018. She completed her thesis in couples counselling, which focused on restoring relationships to the foundation of effective communication. Lisa Marie also received her Level 1 certification in EMDR and has a heart for working with individuals and couples to find strength and healing.

At the core of Lisa Marie’s counselling philosophy is a belief in a client-centred approach. She sees individuals as active participants in their healing process. Lisa Marie empowers her clients through techniques such as cognitive behaviour therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, EMDR, and the Gottman method for couples.

Lisa Marie’s counselling practice is inclusive and versatile. She is adept at working with youth, adults, and couples, providing support for challenges such as anxiety, depression, stress, and marriage or family concerns. Her understanding of the intricacies of post-partum allows her to provide empathetic support to new moms on their journey through motherhood.

Behind the scenes, Lisa Maire is a ray of light and loves to laugh and have fun! She keeps things real and shows up for her colleges by small acts of kindness. When Lisa Marie is not counselling, she is a busy mom of three who spends time in the rink, gym, or studio. She enjoys choreographing musical productions, working on puzzles, or spending time near the water. She is so grateful to be a part of this incredible team.

AVAILABILITY: Tuesday: 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm Wednesday: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm Friday: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm *virtual

Location: Ontario In-Person & Virtual

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RANDI PAXTON (she/her) Associate Therapist Registered Social Worker (BA, BSW, MSW, RSW)

VIRTUAL ONLY

Randi has completed a diploma in Social Service Work, a Bachelor’s and a Master of Social Work degree. Randi is a lifelong learner who continues to passionately build her knowledge about the impact that childhood trauma and hurtful adult partnerships can have on current parenting challenges. Throughout her studies, Randi primarily worked with caregivers and children aged 0-6 through a lens of relational and attachment-based trauma-informed care. From this, it sparked her clinical passion for providing parenting support to caregivers of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. She focuses on self-compassion and well-being while parenting, promoting secure attachments, and exploring the role our relationships with our caregivers growing up may play when responding to children’s emotional spectrum. Randi believes all caregivers possess the strengths and tools to help their children thrive, and through a collaborative therapeutic process, those skills and expertise can flourish!

Randi has experience supporting parents in recovery from substance use, women parenting and co-parenting after hurtful and/or abusive relationships, and supporting pregnant and parenting youth. Randi uses warmth and curiosity, bringing her authentic self to the therapeutic dynamic. Randi recognizes that the parenting journey can be tough! Randi will work with you to explore the role that your unique experiences may play in the parent-child dynamic as you support your child throughout evolving stages of development. She will honour and recognize your needs as a parent/human.

Randi recognizes the importance of healthy adult relationships and has experience supporting caregivers in healing early attachment wounds that may show up in your current adult relationships. Randi can work with you to identify specific challenges you may face, such as fostering open communication with your partner, setting healthy boundaries, resolving intimate partner conflict, and honouring your relational needs. These domains may not have been modelled for you growing up and can make these skills much more challenging to integrate within adult relationships.

Randi has experience integrating a working blend of trauma-informed cognitive behavioural therapy principles, attachment theory and strengths-based perspective through anti-oppressive and intersectional lenses. Randi values mindfulness and grounding strategies in her practice and helps caregivers integrate them with their children using child-friendly techniques.

Randi believes that work/life balance is crucial to self-fulfillment and personal well-being. In her spare time, Randi loves to read fiction, do yoga, spend time outdoors and listen to comedy podcasts.

Location Ontario Virtual only

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Emily founded Maternal Health Niagara (est. 2017) to build a circle of support for individuals and families during the perinatal period and beyond. Emily’s clinical focus is infertility, surrogacy, pregnancy and infant loss, birth trauma, postpartum anxiety, and healing from childhood trauma. Emily enjoys working with birth and health care professionals as they navigate the intricacies of the field, and she is a therapists therapist.

During her perinatal journey of pregnancy loss and pregnancy complications, Emily’s lived experience sparked her passion for maternal mental health. Emily had hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), which affected her physical and emotional wellness. From her challenges during the perinatal period, Emily recognized the service gap and was determined to build a circle of support for others. Combining lived experience and extensive professional skills allows Emily to bring her clients a unique clinical lens of empathy, validation, and healing. She is down-to-earth, nurturing, realistic and accepting.

Emily has been in the profession for 19 years. She obtained her Master’s in Social Work from Ohio State University and is a Registered Social Worker in Ontario. Emily is trained in EMDR levels 1 and 2, advanced perinatal EMDR, Maternal Mental Health Now, Postpartum Support International advanced perinatal training, and FLASH. Emily often says therapy is an art and blends different skills into her therapy with clients. She uses her intuitive connection to help guide her work.

Embracing all parts of yourself is something Emily deeply values, and lives true to this by embracing her ADHD as a superpower. Emily can connect themes with her clients, use her creatively to explore topics and go to a deeper level. Emily values accepting all people for who they are, and strives to be inclusive.

Developing community capacity and awareness is essential in helping individuals and families build their circle of support. Emily has facilitated perinatal mental health training for healthcare professionals and provides clinical consultation and mentorship to other therapists in periantal mental health.

When she is off work, Emily enjoys spending time with her family. She is a mom of two active kids and is often at the baseball diamond. She would describe herself as an HSP and loves to have some quiet time to reset. Her favourite things are going for walks, sending handwritten cards, diamond art or cuddling with her furbabies!

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