Welcoming new Clients! Judy believes that we are all “In Recovery” from something whether from addictions, dysregulated emotions, workaholism, anxiety, stress, insomnia, trauma, grief, abuse, ill health, depression, burn-out, broken-hearts………. “In Recovery” means becoming aware of behaviours/thoughts/feelings that hurt us at the core of our being and committing to a new path of change/growth and healing. Judy is a member in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers and the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers. She is also a member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers She has achieved a Masters of Social Work degree (with distinction) from Wilfrid Laurier University. She has additional training in Play Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and post-graduate training in both chemically and behaviourally based Addictions from McMaster University. Furthermore, she has completed the Indigenous Studies course (University of Alberta) and First Line Treatment for Insomnia in Primary Care training (Queen’s University).

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Aishwarya Desai graduated from Western University in 2020 with a Masters of Physical Therapy. She also obtained a Bachelor of Science with honours in the fields of Biology and Medical Physiology from the University of Waterloo in 2018. Aishwarya offers over 2+ years of clinical experience in orthopedics and neural rehabilitation and has been treating pelvic floor dysfunction since 2021. Aishwarya has experience working with women of all ages, helping them overcome urinary, fecal and urge incontinence, as well as pelvic pain. She works alongside expecting mothers, with the aim of helping them prepare for childbirth, postpartum rehabilitation and returning to exercise and/or day to day activity following their pregnancy. She also treats pelvic organ prolapse and constipation and guides her patients as they undergo menopausal and peri-menopausal changes. Aishwarya has worked with a wide variety of patient population, including those suffering from adhesive capsulitis, low back pain, carpal tunnel, plantar fasciitis, post-operative rehabilitation, arthritis; cardiorespiratory conditions such as pneumonia, COPD, atelectasis; and neurological conditions such as stroke, MS, Glioma, and Parkinson’s Disease. Aishwarya speaks English, Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi and Marathi and would love to use this knowledge to provide the best possible care for her patients. Areas of Specific Training: • Level 1 Manual Therapy • Hand and upper extremity rehabilitation from Roth/McFarlane Hand and Upper Limb Center • Level 1 and 2 of Pelvic Health Physiotherapy • Post-partum rehabilitation following cesarian birth Areas of Clinical Interest: • Urinary, feal and urge incontinence • Pelvic pain, including pain associated with intercourse • Post-partum recovery, and post-partum return to exercises • Acute and chronic neck and shoulder pain • Mid and lower back and stiffness • Pubic symphysis and SIJ dysfunction during pregnancy

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Lara has worked as an Occupational Therapist in the mental health and addictions field since 2009. In 2016, Lara launched Pelvic Resilience, an Occupational Therapy practice dedicated to helping individuals struggling with pain, pelvic health challenges, and other distressing symptoms to get back to living a rich and meaningful life.

As an Occupational Therapist, Lara firmly believes in offering approaches to pelvic health recovery that are creative, flexible, accessible and focused on restoring quality of life.

As a skilled mental health clinician, Lara also offers psychotherapeutic strategies in the work that she does with her clients. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy are evidence-based approaches that guide individuals toward a more empowered and flexible recovery by offering new ways of managing symptoms and the emotions that are intertwined with them.

In her spare time, you will find Lara hanging with family, reading a good book, crocheting something special, or playing Ultimate Frisbee!

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Kristin’s embodied and compassionate approach weaves Yoga, experiential movement, ELDOA, meditation, breathwork and Somatic Experiencing – a body-based approach which aims to understand and resolve symptoms of trauma, overwhelm and stress that accumulate in our bodies – into every collaborative session. Whether it’s deepening awareness, experiential movement education, understanding your unique nervous system, healing from an injury or shifting tensional patterns, Kristin provides practical tools that can increase your capacity, vitality and awareness for daily life.

Her passion for pelvic health education began over 15 years ago with pelvic floor physiotherapist Susanne Kemmerer, and yoga teacher Ramanand Patel with whom she studied and collaborated for many years. She continued learning with Pelvic Health Solutions, Leslie Howard and others still with a specific interest in how the pelvic floor and nervous system are deeply woven. Kristin is also an End-of-Life Care Practitioner and a longtime meditator in the Buddhist tradition and deeply curious about how our awareness and experience of transition, grief and death inspires life.

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Lindsay is licensed with the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Nurse (RN), and is accredited through the IBCLE as a lactation consultant (IBCLC). Lindsay also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree specializing in Psychology and has successfully completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. Lindsay has spent her nursing career working in various areas of perinatal and women’s health including a postpartum inpatient unit, mother-baby outpatient unit, obstetrical offices, colposcopy clinics, and a perinatal residence for women in need. Lindsay has completed specialized training in postpartum mood and adjustment disorders, as well as having completed many certifications in lactation and infant feeding.

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Heidi Smith has been consulting for individuals and organizations for over 25 years. Her approach combines an expertise in nutrition and exercise with her passion for practicing mindfulness, discovering unconscious patterns and reconnecting to our intuition. In addition to being a Registered Dietitian, Heidi is a certified facilitator of the MBSR program (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction), a trained SoulCollage® Facilitator and an Advanced Dream Pattern Analyst. She is an award-winning presenter, an author and a mother of 3. In addition to her individual work with clients, Heidi has travelled across North America facilitating workshops for organizations of all sizes.

Heidi creates warm, non-judgemental, soulful spaces to explore our inner world. Whether it’s through meditation, collage, dream analysis or intuitive eating, Heidi uses her facilitation skills to help you turn inward, to listen to your body, to be curious about your mind, to awaken your heart and to find what fuels your fire to live life with vitality.

History and Training: Heidi completed her training in Dietetics at Brescia Collage earning a double degree in Nutrition and Human Biology at the University of Western Ontario. She did her Dietetic Internship at Kingston General Hospital. She began her career as a research coordinator at Queen’s University looking at the metabolic effects of weight loss through diet and/or exercise. Heidi is perhaps most recognized for her 18 years as Head of Nutrition at the University of Guelph, Health and Performance Centre. During her time in this position, she consulted for individuals, sports teams and organizations. On a more personal note, Heidi loves spending time outdoors in the woods, by the fire or on the water every chance she gets. The more she practices mindfulness, the more she savours her time in nature shared with loved ones.

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