New Specialty: Grief and Loss Therapy

Welcome to Juniper, Maddie Ritts (MSW, RSW)! Maddie specializes in grief and death-related loss. Please consider passing on her name to people in your circle who could benefit from grief support. Learn more about Maddie in our latest blog post, Exploring Grief in Therapy

New Clients

Welcome to Juniper! Before you book your first session, please book a free initial consultation with the therapist you’re interested in working with. This is an opportunity for you and the therapist to determine if it’s a good fit, to explore your goals, and to discuss our services. Not sure where to start? Book a free consultation with our Clinic Director, Mira Dineen (MSW, RSW), who will provide a personalized therapist match.

Cancellation Policy

Your session time is reserved for you. Please provide at least 24 hours notice for any cancellations, so we can offer your appointment time to another client. Our clinic has a strict cancellation policy: any no-shows or cancellations with less than 24 hours notice will be charged the full session fee, with few exceptions.

Reminder to Existing Clients: 2024 Session Fee

Clients of Lauren Hull, Samantha Postulart, and Madeleine Ritts: Effective February 15, the session fee increased for all existing clients from $180 to $200. Please note that our clinic director, Mira, has a different fee schedule.

Counselling / Psychotherapy / Mental Health

Psychotherapy and counselling services provided by a registered social worker. Psychotherapy services can treat mental health issues and optimize emotional well-being, personal growth, and improve functioning.

Mira specializes in supporting young women with anxiety, worry, and perfectionism. Mira has limited availability (daytime only) for clients.

Mira specializes in supporting young women with anxiety, worry, and perfectionism. Mira has limit... Read More

Lauren approaches her clients and her work with genuine curiosity and authenticity. Lauren embraces a person-centred approach to therapy, recognizing clients as the experts in their own lives. Regardless of the issue prompting you to seek support, Lauren’s primary focus is to work collaboratively with clients to foster deeper insight, recognize and change patterns, and cultivate deeper meaning and fulfillment in life.

Lauren is passionate about supporting clients navigating relationships (romantic, family, friends, work). She also enjoys working with clients on developing deeper fulfillment and a stronger sense of self through understanding their inner values and strengths. Lauren has expertise in working with anxiety, depression, big life transitions, and stress management, as well.

As a therapist, Lauren approaches clients with genuine curiosity and empathy. She actively collaborates with you to develop a strong therapeutic relationship that feels safe and supportive. She deeply values the inherent dignity and worth of all individuals. Her approach is rooted in trauma-informed principles and guided by strengths-based, feminist and anti-oppressive practices.

Lauren holds a Masters of Social Work from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology and Child & Family Studies from the University of Guelph. She is a member in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (#831653).

Lauren approaches her clients and her work with genuine curiosity and authenticity. Lauren embrac... Read More

Samantha helps people move from overwhelm toward ease, confidence, and hope. She specializes in people struggling with stress, anxiety, and big life changes. She also coaches parents and caregivers doing their best to support children and young people facing their own challenges.

Samantha uses a warm, genuine approach, combined with humour and compassion, to work toward your goals in therapy. Samantha works collaboratively to uncover your inner strengths, develop helpful skills, and explore how past experiences may be impacting you now. She provides trauma-informed care and follows your pace, priorities, and comfort level in sessions. Samantha’s practice is guided by a feminist, sex-positive, and anti-oppressive lens.

Samantha has additional expertise in anxiety, panic, caregiving and parent-child relationships, trauma, pregnancy and postpartum, and sexual abuse.

Samantha received her Master of Social Work from York University and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from York University. She is a member in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (#829211).

Samantha helps people move from overwhelm toward ease, confidence, and hope. She specializes in p... Read More

Specialties: Grief, bereavement, death-related loss

Maddie believes that patience, curiosity and non-judgemental compassion are key to building trusting therapeutic relationships with her clients. She aims to offer people a safe space to explore the experiences and relationships that have shaped their lives, and to act as a secure anchor to people who are working through periods of transition and/or loss.

Our lives can be profoundly altered by death-related grief and bereavement, and Maddie is particularly drawn to working with people to process the impact of these experiences. It is never too late to explore the ways that death and loss transform our lives.

Maddie has experience working with members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and has worked in community mental health, harm-reduction, and palliative care settings. She draws from a broad range of therapeutic approaches like Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness, and Grief-Therapy-As-Meaning-Reconstruction (GTMR) to meet the individual needs of each person.

Her work is grounded in the understanding that the experiences we bring to therapy are informed by broader social structures and social and economic injustices. She invites her clients to build on their personal strengths and values to facilitate a process of healing and self-discovery.

Maddie is a registered social worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (#829299). Maddie holds a position as an adjunct professor at York University’s School of Social Work.

Specialties: Grief, bereavement, death-related loss Maddie believes that patience, curiosity an... Read More

Summer 2024 availability: Wednesdays, 11am - 6pm

Taylor Robertson (MSW, RSW) specializes in caregiving, pregnancy and postpartum, parenting, anxiety, and complex interpersonal or family relationships. Taylor has years of experience in hospital social work where she’s supported children and families coping with chronic illness.

Taylor’s therapeutic style is interactive and conversational and her approach is led by non-judgment and empathy. Taylor practices person-centered care, meeting each client where they are, and through strength-based support she partners with clients to make meaningful changes in their lives through conversation and connection.

Summer 2024 availability: Wednesdays, 11am - 6pm Taylor Robertson (MSW, RSW) specializes in care... Read More

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