Meet Nadia

You care deeply about your child. And sometimes you just need someone beside you.

I'm Nadia, a Registered Social Worker and child and family therapist.

I work with young children and their parents when big emotions, anxiety, behaviour, or everyday challenges start making family life harder than it needs to be.

I believe parents know their children better than anyone.

I also believe that knowing your child doesn't mean you should have to figure everything out on your own.

My approach

I don't believe children need to be "fixed."

And I don't believe parents need another person telling them what they're doing wrong.

Instead, I want to understand what's happening underneath the behaviour and help you understand your child in a deeper way.

Together, we can look at:

What is your child communicating?

What skills are still developing?

What might be making this harder?

What happens between you when emotions get big?

What could help your family feel more connected and capable?

My goal is for you to leave therapy with more than information.

I want you to feel more confident knowing what to do when things get hard.

Why I involve parents

Young children don't live their lives in a therapist's office.

They live at home.

They go to school and daycare.

They play with siblings.

They have bedtime.

They have transitions.

They get overwhelmed in the middle of ordinary Tuesday afternoons.

That's why I believe parents can be an important part of creating meaningful change.

Sometimes that means working directly with your child.

Sometimes it means working with you.

Sometimes it means working with both of you together.

And sometimes it means coming into your home and seeing what everyday life actually looks like.

I believe some of the most meaningful therapeutic work happens within the context of everyday family life. Rather than asking families to recreate those moments in an office, I often work alongside parents and children in their own homes, where I can observe relationships, play, routines and challenges as they naturally occur.

The approach is individualized to your family.

My professional background

I'm a Registered Social Worker with a Master's degree in Social Work and an undergraduate background in Psychology.

My clinical training includes:

Child-Centered Play Therapy
Filial Therapy
Collaborative & Proactive Solutions
Parent coaching
Play-based therapeutic approaches
Solution-Focused Therapy
Indigenous Cultural Safety
SafeTALK

I continue to pursue training and consultation so that my work remains grounded in current clinical knowledge and responsive to the families I support.

What you can expect from me

Curiosity, not judgment.

I'll want to understand your child rather than make assumptions about them.

Collaboration, not a parenting lecture.

We'll work together to determine what makes sense for your family.

Practical support, not a list of generic strategies.

The goal is to find approaches that you can actually use in your everyday life.

Respect for your child.

Your child is a whole person with their own experiences, needs, strengths, and ways of communicating.

Support for you, too.

Because parenting a struggling child can be hard — and you deserve support while you're supporting them.

A little about me

Outside of my clinical work, I'm a parent myself.

I know that parenting doesn't happen in a quiet therapy room with unlimited patience and perfect circumstances.

It happens while you're making dinner.

When you're late.

When you're exhausted.

When everyone is having a hard day.

That perspective is part of why I value therapy that is practical, compassionate, and connected to real family life.

Let's figure this out together.

You don't need to arrive knowing exactly what your child needs.

You don't need to have the right words.

And you don't need to have tried everything.

You can simply start with: