Nova Phoenix Counselling Services

12/27/2025

12/24/2025

✨ Therapist Spotlight ✨ Annie has space for in person sessions in St. Catharines and Welland. She also offers phone, virtual, and text appointments for accessibility. Send a message on our email form on our website for a free consultation with Annie.

Annie is a Registered Psychotherapist who completed her Master of Arts in Counselling degree from Yorkville University. Annie is also a Registered Nurse who spent 20 years working in the ICU and ER. She takes a holistic approach to helping you achieve your goals. Combining psychotherapy theories with co-active coaching principles, Annie conceptualizes a plan that is unique to you. She will help you better understand your feelings and uncover sources of conflict in your life. You will discover more about yourself, define your aspirations and values and most importantly, build skills for dealing with obstacles in the future. Her purpose is to motivate and inspire high-stressed people, so that they are supported by someone who understands a similar reality and can equip them with tools and strategies to manage their own well-being. A trustworthy relationship between the individual and the therapist is essential in any healing journey and something that Annie prioritizes. Annie also has additional specialized training and experience supporting women navigating menopause and women’s health issues, individuals struggling with eating disorders, as well as first responders and healthcare professionals.

Eye Movement-Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Positive Psychology, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Person-Centred Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Mindfulness Based Therapy are just some of the theories Annie enjoys utilizing in her sessions.

12/22/2025

✨ Therapist Spotlight! ✨

Aubrey has openings virtually as well as in person in St Catharines and Niagara falls for children, youth and adults. We absolutely adore Aubrey’s warm, calm, steady presence!

Aubrey is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) who completed their Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology at Brock University and their Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology degree at Yorkville University.

She has lived experience as a member of both 2SLGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent communities. They have over eight years of experience working in clinical settings. Aubrey works with adults and young people, specializing in crisis intervention and safety planning, anxiety, depression, neurodivergent accommodations, internalized ableism and queer/trans/homophobia, identity exploration, coming out, system navigation, and grief.

Aubrey also specializes in working with children and youth, with experience addressing anxiety and emotional regulation related to school avoidance. Their approach emphasizes understanding the underlying factors contributing to school-related stress and supporting gradual, sustainable engagement.

Aubrey strives to practice from a collaborative and compassionate, non-judgmental, trauma-informed, and anti-oppressive framework to empower clients and support their holistic well-being.

They use an eclectic and individualized approach, integrating aspects of person-centered therapy, solution focused therapy (SFT), motivational interviewing (MI), internal family systems (IFS), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), and cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT). She also has training in the attachment, regulation, and competency (ARC) framework, as well as eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR).

12/20/2025

We often hear clients say they want to make a difference, in themselves, and in their community.

Every time that you have the courage to show up to therapy, you are showing up for yourself and therefore making a difference.

What you may not know, is you also are having an indirect positive impact on the mental health and well-being of your community. Every time you attend therapy at Nova Phoenix, your investment allows us to give back hundreds of free and low cost therapy sessions every month! Every time you attend a session for yourself, you are nourishing someone else’s well-being. Nova Phoenix prioritizes low barrier, accessible therapy so you can experience meaningful change, no matter your financial circumstances.

Keep showing up and keep believing in good karma 🩵 Let’s make the mental health of Niagara and Hamilton residents a non negotiable priority 🩵

12/15/2025

We echo these sentiments. We are sending so much love right now.
We have free therapy sessions with Masters of Counselling and Social Work students for anyone needing a safe space to process ❤️

Chag Urim Sameach

As the Jewish community marks Hanukkah, they do so with heavy hearts following the horrific antisemitic terror attack in Australia. We stand in solidarity with Jewish communities everywhere and unequivocally condemn hatred and violence in all its forms.

Wishing everyone celebrating Hanukkah a meaningful Festival of Lights. May this season bring strength, comfort, and hope, and may the light of Hanukkah remind us of the power of resilience, unity, and care for one another here in Hamilton and around the world.

12/09/2025

Check out the various languages we offer psychotherapy in!

12/05/2025

Bethesda and Brock University’s PhD program in Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) are teaming up to offer a free 12-session caregiver sleep training program for families with children 3–12 years old.

This program helps build practical sleep skills like:

• Consistent bedtime routines
• Falling asleep faster and earlier
• Staying asleep throughout the night
• Sleeping independently

Limited spots available!
Families will complete a short screening to confirm eligibility.
To express interest: 905.684.6918 ext. 126
serviceinfo@bethesdaservices.com

11/27/2025

Affordable produce!

11/26/2025

We believe in the importance of right fit! We are so excited to welcome Rami to our team! Rami has immediate availability for in person and virtual sessions. Reach out on our website for a free consultation.

Rami Safi is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and a licensed Pharmacist, bringing more than 28 years of multidisciplinary healthcare experience across Canada, West Asia, North Africa, and Europe. His practice is rooted in the belief that every individual is unique, and he works closely with clients to explore their strengths, inner resources, and capacity for healing—always in a client-directed, holistic, and culturally sensitive way.

Rami lived in several countries before making Canada his home 18 years ago and has travelled widely across West Asia, North Africa, and Europe. This broad exposure shaped his deep commitment to cultural humility, and to the understanding that human beings share similar emotional experiences, expressed differently through culture. Professionally, Rami is a pharmacist by training, holding a Bachelor of Pharmacy and a Master of Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University. His blended healthcare background allows him to integrate medical, psychological, holistic, and cultural perspectives when supporting clients with complex emotional needs.His therapeutic work focuses on anxiety, depression, PTSD, substance use, ADHD-related challenges, behavioural addictions, and cross-cultural adjustment, using CBT-informed, DBT, and ACT-based interventions to support clients in meaningful, evidence-aligned ways.

Rami provides therapy in English and various Arabic dialects, and is committed to creating a space grounded in empathy, curiosity, and respect—meeting clients exactly where they are and walking alongside them as they move toward healing, clarity, and growth.

11/26/2025

✨ Therapist spotlight! ✨ Kaylie has availability in person in Niagara Falls as well as virtually! Reach out on our website for a free consultation with Kaylie.

Kaylie is a Registered Psychotherapist. Kaylie holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Brock University, as well as a Concurrent Disorders Post-Graduate Certificate from Mohawk College. Kaylie has completed her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University.

Kaylie has nearly 10 years of experience supporting individuals through complex mental health challenges, addiction, and trauma — including survivors of abuse — providing therapy, crisis intervention, and safety planning. Through her lived experiences, Kaylie fosters a warm and supportive space where clients feel safe and understood in therapy. Kaylie is an ally to 2SLGBTQ+ communities and provides an inclusive, non-judgmental space for all clients.

Kaylie utilizes a trauma-informed and attachment-focused lens in her therapeutic approach, tailoring sessions to each client’s unique needs. Kaylie’s primary areas of focus include trauma, domestic violence, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and everyday life stressors.

Kaylie is an eclectic therapist who has training and experience with the following modalities in sessions:
Eye Movement-Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Crisis De-escalation
Trauma-Informed/Attachment-Focused

11/21/2025

As psychotherapists, we know that trauma lives in the body, and that the body keeps the score! On Tuesdays and Saturdays, the wonderful Christina Gravelle is offering holistic body therapy in our Niagara Falls location. A compassionate, experienced, and skillful Osteopath, Christina works with the whole body for full body and nervous system healing 🩵 Instilled Roots Osteopathy

https://instilledrootsosteo.janeapp.com