Specializations
Burnout & Stress
Perfectionism
Anxiety
Life Transitions
Relationship Concerns
Couples Counselling
Parent Coaching
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (Preparation & Integration Support)
Mind-Body Connection
Teens (16+), Adults & Couples
Insurance & Billing
Melissa is registered for direct billing with:
GreenShield
Medavie Blue Cross
And many other insurance providers
InnerWorks can direct bill most plans for your convenience.
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Psychedelic-assisted therapy involves the careful, supervised use of substances like psilocybin or MDMA alongside therapy to process trauma, depression, or anxiety. While Melissa doesn't provide the substances or supervise their use (that's done by specialized medical professionals), she offers preparation and integration support, helping you prepare for the experience and process what comes up afterward. This support is crucial for maximizing therapeutic benefits.
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Yes! Therapy isn't about forcing you to abandon your standards or become someone you're not. It's about finding a sustainable way forward, learning to distinguish between healthy striving and harmful perfectionism, developing self-compassion, and creating rhythms that allow you to excel without burning out. Melissa helps you redefine success on your own terms.
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As a former registered massage therapist, Melissa has a deep understanding of the mind-body connection. She recognizes that emotional stress manifests physically, and physical tension affects our emotional state. This perspective helps her work holistically with clients, attending to both emotional and somatic experiences in therapy.
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Melissa works with both individuals and couples. For couples, she helps with communication challenges, relationship stress, navigating life transitions together, and reconnecting when life's demands have created distance. Her approach is collaborative and honors each person's experience within the relationship.
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Melissa works with teens (ages 16+), adults, and couples. Her approach is flexible and developmentally appropriate, teens navigating identity and academic pressure receive different support than adults managing career burnout or couples working through relationship challenges.