For the past twenty years, Melanie has been providing psychotherapy services. She has helped many clients with a wide variety of mental health issues. She especially enjoys working with adults who experience the following: anxiety, grief and traumatic loss, and drug/alcohol addiction. Throughout Melanie’s career, clients have described her as genuinely compassionate, empathic, understanding and non-judgmental. Melanie is passionate about helping people build confidence and self-worth.
Melanie began specializing in grief therapy while working for an addictions agency where she witnessed a lot of grief due to the opioid crisis. Because we live in a “grief illiterate” society, grief and traumatic loss is typically avoided and dismissed. That’s why Melanie wants you to know you are not alone in your grief journey. She is able to hold space for your pain and suffering.
Melanie knows grief is exhausting and can get stuck in our bodies, especially if we don’t attend to our grief. For this reason, she became a certified Grief Movement Guide in order to release stuck and suppressed grief. Melanie is also in the process of becoming a Certified Grief Educator, through grief expert, David Kessler.”
Melanie has a unique way of blending her favourite therapies: Solution-Focused Therapy, Emotional Freedom Techniques (tapping), and Clinical Hypnosis. These approaches fit naturally together and stand well on their own. This gives you opportunity to decide what you like best in session!
Melanie has an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Trent University. She also holds a Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Social Work from the University of Windsor.
