MEAGHAN CONTE

Meaghan is a passionate therapist with an inherent caring nature and desire to help others achieve greater sense of well-being. She earned her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology from York University, and her Master of Education in Counselling and Psychotherapy from the University of Toronto.

               Meaghan has experience in working with anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationships, self-criticism and self-worth, trauma, borderline personalities, psychosis, and disordered eating. Her extensive experience with addictions and substance use has allowed her to work with diverse groups struggling with mental health and life transitions, including justice-involved, marginalized, and homeless/vulnerably-housed clients.

              Meaghan works from a holistic, client-centred, trauma-informed, and strengths-based approach. She employs an eclectic use of therapeutic frameworks not exclusive to solutions-focused, positive, mindfulness, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), and motivational interviewing. Meaghan also has special interest in incorporating expressive arts (visual art and dance/movement) into therapy. Having been trained in Reiki Level II, she also believes in the power of healing energy therapies.

               Meaghan believes in the therapeutic value of relationship, playfulness, creativity, finding gratitude in simplicity, and spirituality. She has a strong belief in the resilience of the human spirit, and the capacity for growth and self-actualization.