Michelle is a Registered Nurse (RN), International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and mental health care provider with 25+ years of experience working with perinatal populations. Her experience includes supporting families through labour and delivery, perinatal loss and grief, postpartum care and lactation, and she is a BRIA Certified Menopause Mental Health Provider. Her clinical focus and passion is helping individuals across the reproductive life stages gain timely access to the most appropriate mental health treatments and services. She also provides Behavioural Activation (BA) therapy for pregnant and postpartum individuals with anxiety and depression. At BRIA, Michelle is our Care Coordinator Manager - the lynchpin of our integrated care model.

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Allison Goldfield, MA, RP is a registered psychotherapist with over 25 years of experience helping individuals of all ages and stages. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from McGill University and a Masters of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University. Allison possesses a diverse clinical background, having practiced in both public and private healthcare settings. Using a multi-faceted approach, Allison draws from elements of cognitive-behavioral therapy, solution-focused therapy, narrative therapy, interpersonal therapy, and experiential techniques to help clients create meaningful changes and empowering them to navigate difficult emotions and build healthier, more fulfilling relationships. Allison’s clinical practice covers a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, parenting struggles, identity and self-esteem issues, ADHD and organizational concerns, stress management, and work-life balance issues. As a BRIA-certified menopause mental health provider, Allison supports individuals through perimenopause, offering compassionate guidance and strategies to navigate this transition with grace and confidence.

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Deanna, MSW, RSW, MHS, is a social worker specializing in reproductive health. Her areas of focus include infertility, loss and grief, third party reproduction counselling, perinatal anxiety, individual counselling and couples counselling. She is a member of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society (CFAS). Deanna supports those with reproductive health issues who are experiencing both female and male factor infertility. Deanna integrates theory and techniques from Mindfulness, Narrative, and Cognitive Behavioural (CBT) therapies, and she is a BRIA Certified Menopause Mental Health Provider. Special interests: women coping with medical issues, fertility preservation, donor conception, surrogacy, end of treatment decisions, chronic illness, and the menopause transition.

Deanna, MSW, RSW, MHS, is a social worker specializing in reproductive health. Her areas of focu... Read More

Anuschka Naidoo is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. She has her Master’s in Counselling Psychology from the University of Victoria and over 10 years of experience in the mental health field. Anuschka has worked in the non-profit sector, private practice, and post-secondary environments and has experience with individual, couples, and group therapy. Her practice centers an intersectional-feminist, trauma-informed, and anti-racist lens in order to provide inclusive therapy to women across their lifespan, and she recently became a BRIA Certified Menopause Mental Health Provider. Through the use of evidence-based techniques (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Approaches, and Self-Compassion), Anuschka supports clients as they navigate major life transitions that can bring on experiences of anxiety, low-mood, trauma, loneliness, isolation, and burnout.

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Jess White, BSc, MA, RP, is a registered psychotherapist who specializes in sleep disruptions, emotional overwhelm, alcohol use, and life transitions.

She holds undergraduate degrees in Biology and Education, as well as a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MACP). She is a member of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO), the Canadian Sleep Society (CSS) and the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA). Jess also has professional advanced training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i), foundation training in the Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM) and a certificate in Maternal Mental Health.

Jess has been working in the field of education and sleep for over 20 years. She is the sleep expert in BRIA’s MMHPC training program, has presented seminars on infant sleep foundations and healthy family sleep habits to perinatal support groups, led CBT-i support groups, and has been a guest speaker for numerous organizations across Ontario, helping employees identify and overcome sleep challenges.

Jess is caring, non-judgmental and understands the importance of the therapeutic relationship. Her approach is trauma-informed, collaborative, and grounded in relational psychotherapy. In her sessions, Jess draws upon the neurobiology of trauma and attachment, parts work, somatic resourcing and mindfulness.

Jess and her husband live in Collingwood with their three children, whose sleep has all benefited from her knowledge and understanding of what it takes to get a good night’s sleep!

You will meet Jess in individual and family counselling sessions.

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