https://upstairscounselling.ca/home daily 1.0 2025-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce3e26ecb86110b13710b5/1610834449987-A2EBRWHZBKYVQX2KAT7D/Upstairs141-Banner-1-v3.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce3e26ecb86110b13710b5/1607734999319-1HLTYOXREZ8XCQYJ1JNG/Icon-Couch.png Home Connect & Discover Our team of professional clinical therapists at Upstairs Counselling brings caring, competence and compassion. Your emotional and mental health matters. 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In the fall of 2004, she opened a private practice on Roncesvalles Avenue in West Toronto in a shared community wellness space. In the spring of 2015, she moved to build what is now Upstairs Counselling Services: a practice with a group of social workers who provide a professional blend of approaches and modalities to meet the diverse needs of the community. She works with adults and couples and support other mental health professionals in their professional and private practice development. You can read more about Sandra and her approach at sandrajmiller.ca. https://upstairscounselling.ca/ali-lienaux-ma-rsw daily 0.75 2023-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce3e26ecb86110b13710b5/1611760370002-LNA4HZ8VMXRTOF6468GG/upstairs-counselling-ali-lienaux-therapist-headshot.jpg Ali Lienaux, MA RSW Ali Lienaux, MSW, RSW Senior Associate, Supervisor & Therapist Ali works with families, couples, children, youth and adults. Ali also supports other mental health professionals in their professional development. Addictions and substance use/dependency, trauma and PTSD, anger management, anxiety and depression, family and relationship conflict and mediation, and life coaching are some of the issues Ali can help with. Ali has a grounded and seasoned background in clinical social work, both as a therapist and supervisor in private practice and as staff and clinical director in community agencies and employee assistant programs. Graduating with a Master in Counselling and most recently attaining his Certificate in Family Mediation, Ali brings specialization in narrative therapy, trauma and recovery counselling, family mediation, and life coaching. He has additional training in cognitive behavioural, neuro-linguistic, solution focused and mindfulness based approaches. https://upstairscounselling.ca/alexandra-dean-msw-rsw daily 0.75 2023-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce3e26ecb86110b13710b5/805d14b7-b839-4bd8-bd19-0bb35adc576e/Profile-Alex-Brooke.png Alexandra Dean, MSW, RSW Senior Therapist & Supervisor (she/her) Alexandra Dean (Alex) works with children (8+ years), youth, adults and families and supports other mental health professionals in their clinical work. Alex offers a collaborative, responsive and compassionate approach where clients can explore and work on the issues important to them and move toward a more fulfilling quality of life. She brings 25 years of experience in children and youth mental health, maternal mental health, parenting and family support, and supporting individuals in managing life’s stresses and transitions. She has a particular interest and expertise in ADHD support for young people, youth and their parents and in as well as support adults with coping strategies. Also of passion and experience to Alex is a maternal mental health/perinatal health. Some of the issues Alex can support individual adults with include: managing depression and anxiety, family dynamics, relationship issues, career and other life changes. Along with her Master of Social Work, Alex is certified in Intensive Brief Therapy (Hinks Dellcrest), is completing Clinical Supervision (Adler Professional Graduate School) and has additional training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CB), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Solution Focused and Narrative Therapy, Mindfulness approaches, and is a trainer in LivingWorks ASIST and safeTALK. https://upstairscounselling.ca/brooke-derousseau-msw-rsw daily 0.75 2023-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce3e26ecb86110b13710b5/cf063602-38e4-4911-8e52-42a7d4204196/Profile-Brooke-Derousseau.png Brooke Derousseau, MSW, RSW Senior Therapist & Supervisor (she/her) Brooke works with individuals aged ten through adulthood and families with children of any age. She also provides clinical support to other mental health professionals. Issues related to mood, anxiety and depression, life coping, life transitions, relationships and other life stressors are some of the issues Brooke can help with. Along with her Master of Social Work, Brooke is certified in Clinical Supervision (Adler Professional Graduate School) and has additional training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), EFT for Couples (Ottawa Couple and Family Institute), Cognitive Based Therapy (CBT), Trauma Focused Approaches, Solution Focused and Narrative Therapies and Family Systems. Brooke has a gentle and transparent approach and offers an empathic environment that cultivates a strong working connection with clients. With 25 years working in the fields of children, family, parent-child attachment and relationship, and adult mental health, Brooke has a grounding that provides a seasoned base from which clients can draw on their strengths and explore new ways of being, understanding and coping. https://upstairscounselling.ca/todd-elliott-msw-rsw daily 0.75 2024-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fce3e26ecb86110b13710b5/2be49e63-2917-4440-be83-c9e6ae566096/upstairs-counselling_todd-elliott.jpg Todd Elliott, MSW, RSW Todd Elliott, MSW, RSW Senior Therapist (he/him) Todd works with children, youth, adults, couples and families. Todd is empathetic, compassionate and non-judgmental and works from an anti-oppressive, client-focused, strengths-based, collaborative approach providing a therapeutic space that is physically and emotionally safe and comfortable. Along with his Master of Social Work, Todd had additional training in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Emotion-Focused Individual and Couples Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR). He is also a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) and has Advanced Certification in ADHD Addictions and Mindfulness. 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