MEET

ELENA

I work In Person and Virtually with…

Individual Adults (18+)

Adolescents & Teens (12+)

Couples

Families

who speak…

English | Russian

to support you through:

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Stress Management

  • Burnout

  • Anger

  • Phobia

  • OCD

  • Life Transitions

  • Self-Esteem

  • Relationships (Peer or Dating)

  • Codependency

  • Divorce & Separation

  • Family Stressors

  • Chronic Illness

  • Prenatal & Postpartum:

    • Anxiety

    • Depression & Mood

    • Stress management

    • Grief, Loss

    • Birth Trauma

    • Fertility

  • Trauma

  • PTSD & C-PTSD

  • Narcisstic Abuse

  • Sex Therapy

  • Sexual addiction

  • Intergenerational Trauma

INDIVIDUALS: $180 no tax (50-Min)

COUPLES: $200 no tax (50-Min)

FAMILY: $220 no tax (50-Min)

As a Certified Clinical Trauma Therapist and Qualifying Registered Psychotherapist, I have experience helping persons from many varied demographics, identities, and backgrounds, and am an inclusive therapist. I have supported individuals, couples and families with a wide range of presenting problems, including but not limited to trauma, narcissistic abuse, perinatal mental health, depression, life transitions, interpersonal relationships, most forms of anxiety, and OCD.

My past experience working in a Family and Child Services setting, gave me the privilege of working with a varied clientele. I am an active participant in my community and have volunteered as a Suicide First Responder and a pro-bono trauma therapist for refugees affected by war and bereavement.

As an integrative therapist, I believe in the uniqueness of every client and their varying needs. Therefore, I do not use a one-size-fits-all approach, and often create a personalized treatment plan which pulls relevant elements of multiple evidence-based modalities including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Narrative Exposure, Gottman theory, and Family Systems Therapy. All of my therapy is client-centered and is warm and conversational as well as focused on safety and rapport, rather than cold and clinical.

Professional Memberships and Education

  • Cognitive Processing Therapy

  • Narrative Exposure Therapy

  • Somatic-Based Techniques for Trauma

  • Intro to Gottman Method for Couples

  • Trauma Therapy for Addictions

  • College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario

  • Trauma Institute International

  • MA, Counselling Psychology, Yorkville University

  • Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist

  • Trauma-Focused CBT

“CHANGE in ALL things is SWEET.”

~ Aristotle

Personal Highlights

  • I love reading, writing, fitness, and dance.

  • I have a second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do

  • I can speak Russian fluently.

  • I’m a parent to a sweet and hyper 3-year-old