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Ottawa Assistant Team

We're so grateful to have a dedicated team of Assistants for the Ottawa training who come from a wide range of professional backgrounds, each with their own areas of specialty and expertise. Below you will find biographies for each team member, as well as information about how to connect with them and if they will be offering personal sessions or case consults over the course of the training. Please take a look over this page if you are a current student to familiarize yourself with our team.

As a trauma-informed training program, we strive to have 1 Assistant for every 4 students in the training so that you all feel supported both in your educational and emotional needs. Truly, we could not have this training without their help. 
(Lead Assistant) Nouha Ali Ahmed

(Lead Assistant) Nouha Ali Ahmed

Location: Boucherville, Greater Montreal (Quebec) / Online
Phone: 438-491-9642
Languages: English, French

Nouha is a Certified Yoga Teacher and Somatic Experiencing™ Practitioner. Her body-oriented multidisciplinary approach integrates yoga asana, mindfulness, Somatic Experiencing™ and SE™ touch to support the self-regulation of the physiological and emotional responses and build greater Coherence.

Anne Walzak

Anne Walzak

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No
Accepting new clients in private practice: Yes

Anne is a Registered Social Worker and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner living and practicing in Ottawa.

Dana Wemyss

Dana Wemyss

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No
Accepting new clients in private practice:

Dana’s journey has always been about connecting to spirit, aliveness, and to the magic of this world.

Her own healing path, combined with a commitment to support others in healing, led her to study a blend of healing and wellness modalities.

James Loney

James Loney

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No

I have been a social worker for about seven years and I work at an Indigenous community health center in Toronto as a counsellor.

Kimberley Wideman

Kimberley Wideman

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No
Accepting new clients in private practice: Yes

Kim is a Certified Child Life Specialist, and has successfully completed the Trauma Certificate program at Wilfrid Laurier University. Kim has also completed her training in Somatic Experiencing® with Dea Parsanishi, MEd, SEP.

Patricia Reilly-King

Patricia Reilly-King

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No
Accepting new clients in private practice: No

Hello! I'm a Registered Psychotherapist (RP) who works in private practice. Trained in both individual and systems therapy, I work with adult individuals, couples and families.

Rebecca Minish

Rebecca Minish

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: Yes
Accepting new clients in private practice: No

I'm a Registered Social Worker (MSW), Psychotherapist, & SEP in private practice on unceded and unsurrended Algonquin land in Ottawa, ON.

Sara Coyle

Sara Coyle

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No
Accepting new clients in private practice: Yes

Sara Coyle, M.S.W., RSW is a registered Social Worker who has experience working with children, youth, and adults using an attachment and trauma-focused lens.

Amarylis Serrano Juarez

Amarylis Serrano Juarez

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No
Accepting new clients in private practice: Yes

I am an Ottawa-based psychotherapist operating a trilingual, Spanish, French, and English-speaking practice.

Christelle Thibault

Christelle Thibault

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No
Accepting new clients in private practice: No

Hello! I'm Christelle (they/them) - a queer, non-binary Registered Psychotherapist and SEP. I integrate experiential, somatic/embodied, parts-based and relational approaches to support clients in a collaborative, curious and compassionate way.

Evelyn Plettenberg-Smith

Evelyn Plettenberg-Smith

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No
Accepting new clients in private practice: Yes

Evelyn (she/they) is a registered social worker and psychotherapist with a focus on trauma, neurodiversity and addiction.

Janis Dahl

Janis Dahl

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: Yes
Accepting new clients in private practice: Yes

Healing transforms and liberates. We are born to heal - in our bodies, and in connection with ourselves, others and the land. I bring over 20 years of experience with communities and groups, as a facilitator, educator and collaborator.

Lindsay Reoch

Lindsay Reoch

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No
Accepting new clients in private practice: Yes

Lindsay Reoch, MA, SEP, has a private therapy practice in Montréal. She blends her background as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Creative Arts Therapist, and yoga instructor to work with clients’ unique needs and desires for therapy.

Peggy Lui

Peggy Lui

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: Yes
Accepting new clients in practice: Yes

Dr Peggy has over 20 years of experience assessing and treating children, youth and young adults with emotional and behavioural problems.

Rhonda Miller

Rhonda Miller

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: Yes
Accepting new clients in private practice: No

Rhonda has been practicing Art Psychotherapy since 2011.

Tracy Montgomery

Tracy Montgomery

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No
Accepting new clients in private practice: Yes

Tracy Montgomery is a lifelong teacher and learner who knows that life is supposed to feel good.

Ana (Anita) Goldenberg

Ana (Anita) Goldenberg

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No
Accepting new clients in private practice: Yes

I have been working in the field of psychology as a licensed clinical social worker for over 25 years.

Claire Dagenais

Claire Dagenais

Offering sessions towards SEP requirements: Yes, at Beginning and Intermediate Levels

Accepting new clients: Yes

I combine many years of experience in Somatic Experiencing, Family Constellations, and Trans generational trauma. I trained in Somatic Resilience and Regulation: Early Trauma and in Transforming Touch (peri/post natal trauma).

Gabrielle Nawratil

Gabrielle Nawratil

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: Yes, at all levels

Offering individual case consults: Yes, Beginning and Intermediate Levels

Accepting new clients in private practice: No

I’m a registered social worker and equine-facilitated mental health practitioner with a small, part-time somatic psychotherapy practice in Ottawa.

Joyce Prieur

Joyce Prieur

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No
Accepting new clients in private practice: Yes

I have been a SEP since 2018. I have a degree in psychology, I am a Family Constellation facilitator and teacher, I am tranined in developmental reflexes integration (RTMi), and I also offer relational coaching.

Line Mc Carthy

Line Mc Carthy

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: Yes, at all levels
Offering case consults: Yes, at all levels
Accepting new clients in private practice: Yes

In my Somatic Practice, I use different modalities namely Somatic Experiencing®, Transforming Touch® (TEB), co-regulating touch, yoga, movement and mindfulness. I work with a wide range of people and have a special interest in early trauma, chronic pain, chronic stress, and grief.

Rafael Perez

Rafael Perez

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No
Accepting new clients in practice: Yes

Rafael Perez, LCSWR, SEP (he/them/el) is a Psychotherapist in private practice utilizing an integrative somatic approach to address symptoms related to traumatic stress.

Rosalie Corame

Rosalie Corame

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: No
Accepting new clients in private practice: Yes

I am a Transformational Somatic Trauma Healing Coach and SEP. I combine a blend of calm, curiosity and playfulness with deep presence, compassion, and support in sitting with clients.

Yoshie Martinez

Yoshie Martinez

Offering personal sessions towards SEP requirements: Yes, at all levels
Accepting new clients in private practice: No

Human behavior fascinates me. I have been interested in what makes us happy, angry, sad or anxious.

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