Alaina started her career working with children and families as a case manager in the child protection field, in numerous roles. While there, she saw so much pain, struggle, oppression, and the barriers that many people in society face, and she often felt helpless to 'help'. This was taxing on her own very sensitive nervous system, and when she realized the importance of taking care of our mental and physical wellness, through various modalities, starting with herself.

In 2016, she moved on to work in primary care providing counseling to family physicians’ patients who are experiencing difficulties due to mental health, family stressors, grief and loss, and/or addiction issues. Alaina is a faculty member at the Center for Mindfulness Studies in Toronto where she run clinical Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) groups for stress reduction and anxiety/depression management. 

Alaina is extremely passionate about helping people from a holistic perspective and treating the whole person-mind body and spirit. We are all unique and complex beings with our own life story. In turn, she believes that one specific modality of therapy is not for everyone.

Alaina is dedicated to constantly growing herself and knows firsthand the power that having a supportive and trained therapist can have on one’s quality of life. She feels extremely grateful to do the work that she does; to be able to sit with people during their most difficult times is an honour and not to be taken lightly. Life is not easy and has so many ups and downs; we do not need to suffer alone. 

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Today, Alaina practices primarily out of Toronto, ON where she offers virtual and in-person psychotherapy and counseling services in conjunction with Psychotherapy Matters and Beaches Naturopathic Clinic. When she’s not at work Alaina can be found recharging through cold plunges, connecting with friends and walking her soon-to-be therapy dog, Eden. 

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