Jonathan Yule is a Social Work Candidate (SWC) who strives to create a grounded and empowered space for his clients to reconnect with themselves. Mr. Yule is a queer and neurodivergent clinician, and works from a client-centered, anti-oppressive, and trauma responsive lens. Jonathan specializes in working with neurodivergent (diagnosed or suspected) and LGBTQ+ adults in identity exploration, navigating life transitions, anxiety, low mood, and grief.

Mr. Yule primarily works using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), while also incorporating attachment-focused, psychodynamic, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), and existential frameworks. Ultimately, treatment with Mr. Yule is led by the client’s goals and values. Mr. Yule considers healing as an “unlearning” process, as he helps his clients unlearn oppressive beliefs and identity constructs, with the goal of returning to a grounded sense of self.

Mr. Yule earned his Master of Social Work degree at Dalhousie University. Mr. Yule has previous work experience in working with unhoused populations, disability group homes, and union organizing.

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Ms. Lucy Fox (they/she) is a Social Work Candidate (SWC) whose therapeutic approach is grounded in curiosity, collaboration, and compassion. Ms. Fox approaches therapy from a strengths-based, anti-oppressive, trauma-informed perspective.

Ms. Fox is a queer clinician and is passionate about supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, including people exploring their sexual and gender identities. Ms. Fox also specializes in working with the impacts of sexualized harm and those navigating anxiety.

She is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) and draws on parts work and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to support clients in processing trauma, connecting with their emotions, values, and sense of self. Ms. Fox recognizes that responses to difficult experiences develop for a reason. She invites clients to explore these responses with curiosity, making sense of how past experiences shape the present, while creating space for healing and new possibilities.

Ms. Fox holds a Master of Social Work. Their previous experience includes gender-affirming care, sexual violence services, immigration and settlement services, 2SLGBTQIA+ advocacy, and transitional housing. These experiences have deepened Ms. Fox’s understanding of how intersecting identities, systemic factors, and structural inequalities shape people’s lives. Ms. Fox approaches therapy with a commitment to social justice, remaining attentive to how social conditions shape our lives and well being.

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NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS- Dr. Clement is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Michigan School of Professional Psychology and a Master’s in Forensic Psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She has diversified experience in a variety of settings including rural and urban community mental health, university health services, inpatient psychiatry and medicine, and private practice. Dr. Clement completed her residency in the valley (2009/2010), and has stayed in Nova Scotia since that time. She has worked in a number of areas within the health authority, including forensics, operational stress, and adult mental health. Dr. Clement believes in meeting each client with a sense of compassion and curiosity, and values the significance of empathy and therapeutic alliance as both the foundation and catalyst for enhanced self-awareness, personal growth and meaningful transition. She works with adolescents (15+) and adults, providing individual and group therapy for people challenged with issues related to chronic medical conditions, trauma, emotional distress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, sexual orientation, sexuality, attachment, school/workplace stress and life transition. Dr. Clement’s training is grounded in humanistic and existential theory, which she considers to be at the core of her therapeutic approach with clients. However, she also integrates theories of mind/body science with psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural and mindfulness-based approaches. She also has expertise in several trauma-focused therapies including EMDR, CPT, and PE.

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Currently Accepting New Clients! Ms. Allison Boyd (She/Her) is a Registered Counselling Therapist – Candidate (RCT-C) who enjoys working with both Individual Clients and Couples.

She works with individuals who are struggling with a variety of issues including; Trauma, PTSD, Grief, Anxiety/depression, Panic, Relationship difficulties, Complex Family Dynamics, Emotional Processing, People Pleasing and Perfectionism.

She works with couples struggling with communication and emotion based issues. She feels passionately about implementing an inclusive, compassionate and client-centered approach that is conducive to healing.

Her approach to treatment draws from both evidence-based models and more eclectic approaches. She is trained in EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy as an evidence-based approach for Trauma and PTSD. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotions focused therapy (EFS) and Internal Family systems (IFS). She is also training in Gottmans couples therapy.

Ms. Boyd works with the general population 18+ for individual therapy, couples therapy, and is also approved and has experience in working with Veterans, WCB clients and people on the Autism Spectrum.

She has her Master’s in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University and an Undergraduate Degree in Psychology from Dalhousie University. One of Ms. Boyd’s primary objectives in her approach is to create a safe and inclusive space for all genders and sexual orientations, every walk of life is welcome and accepted in her office.

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Elizabeth Lorimer, RCT-C Ms. Lorimer is a Registered Counselling Therapist who leads with the values of acceptance, curiosity, collaboration, and empowerment to help clients rebuild their inner strength, embody authenticity and joy in the present moment, and enhance their self-awareness. She strives to offer an anti-oppressive and safe space for clients to explore, heal and grow. Ms. Lorimer’s work is focused on serving trauma-informed and strength-based care to individuals who struggle with general anxiety, depression, interpersonal conflict, diminished self-esteem, and life transitions. Ms. Lorimer received her Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University. She carries an integrative and evidence-based approach, drawing on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness-Based Therapy and Psychodynamic Therapies.

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Dr. Daniel LeBouthillier completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan. He moved to Nova Scotia in 2017 for his predoctoral residency at the Nova Scotia Health Authority, where he completed specialized training at the Operational Stress Injury Clinic, the Mood Disorders Clinic, and in Community Mental Health. He has worked in private practice since 2019, with a focus on helping military personnel and veterans.

At Mindful Therapies, Dr. LeBouthillier offers assessments and treatment to adults experiencing problems like anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress, adjustment to changes and stressors, obsessions/compulsions, low self-esteem, performance anxiety, perfectionism, excessive worry, and procrastination. He is happy to provide services in either English or French.

Dr. LeBouthillier has a warm, collaborative, nonjudgmental, and practical approach. He offers Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) tailored to specific problems, including Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy, Cognitive Therapy (CT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and mindfulness-based approaches.

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CIRRENTLY NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS—– Ms. Tessa Barrett is a Clinical Social Worker with a passion for teaching and employing the skills of mindfulness, self-compassion and present moment awareness to help individuals reduce suffering, enhance well-being and optimize experiences of happiness and joy. Ms. Barrett completed her Master of Social Work (Health and Mental Health stream) at the University of Toronto, where she interned at the Centre for Mental Health and Addictions (CAMH) in Toronto. She has been working in community-based outpatient Mental Health and Addictions programs across Nova Scotia since April 2015.

At Mindful Therapies, Ms. Barrett provides psychological treatment to adults experiencing a range of difficulties including depression, general anxiety and panic, substance use, trauma, difficulties with regulating emotion and adjusting to life transitions.

Her approach to treatment draws from a variety of evidence-based models including Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical-Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT). Ms. Barrett is also trained in Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, evidence-based treatments for PTSD. She has experience working specifically with Veterans and RCMP for the treatment of Operational Stress Injuries.

As a certified yoga instructor (200-hour RYT), mindfulness and increasing present moment awareness are weaved throughout Ms. Barrett’s work, where she is skilled in guiding experiential exercises and meditations in-session.

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