About Me

Hello! I’m Alma

M.Sc. CCTP, Registered Psychotherapist

Alma is an integrative trauma therapist with over 25 years of experience delivering mental health and psychotherapy services to families, children and young adults. working with diverse folks in areas such as anxiety, relationship struggles, depression, and trauma.  Alma’s holistic approach aims to provide clarity into life challenges.  Alma understands how overwhelming the psychotherapy process can feel; she is mindful at creating comfort and rapport through emotional attunement even in the most intense situations.  She believes in a collaborative and strength-based approach. Her welcoming, non-judgemental and effective manner allows her to  tailor the therapy process to meet the individual’s immediate goals fostering long-lasting personal growth. I believe in creating a client-therapist relationship that truly fosters authenticity, support, and space for both acceptance, and for change. This can begin in our very first session. Together, we can begin to tease apart the adaptive approaches to dealing with and moving through life you’ve grown accustomed to, and begin to decipher which of these patterns are serving you, and which you may be interested in moving beyond. Working within each clients’ own unique time frame, needs, and goals, I can help to clarify and create space to explore past, present, and future experiences of oneself and ones’ life. Using evidence-based approaches, and remaining well versed in the research literature supporting psychotherapy, I will check-in regularly to ensure that therapy remains useful and relevant for you.

Alma is Registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). She is a member in good standing of the Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals (OAMHP), and of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA).

She earned her Master’s in Science of Psychology and Neuroscience Program at King’s College London. Alma is an EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) trained clinician (EMDRIA’s training approved). She is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP),  a Child and Adolescent Trauma Professional (CATP), and a Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCTAP), and has received training in emotion-focused therapy, attachment based play therapy, mindfulness cognitive behavioural therapy, somatic therapy, and psychodynamic therapy.

Alma has experienced first-hand the challenges that come with being a mom of three boys (2 young adults and one teenager) while moving abroad to eight different countries in North America, Europe and South America.  I am passionate about supporting people through their life transitions , career, parenting, and their evolving relationships.

Her caring and trustful personality continue to be her trademark with all her clients.