Cheryl G. Westlake, CYW, RP
Cheryl is an accomplished and passionate child, youth and adult counsellor. Cheryl has over 20 years experience in education, private practice and non-profit sectors, as well as being a long-term foster parent to adolescents. Child works with individuals, couples, co-parents and families.
Cheryl’s approach is to work collaboratively with her clients and she uses the Feedback Informed Treatment model to monitor the client’s movement towards achieving the outcome they hoped for by coming to counselling.
Cheryl believes in a strengths-based, trauma-informed, solution focused, holistic, person centered, psychosocial approach to mental health counselling and also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques.
Cheryl is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) (Registrations #005446). She is a Certified Child and Youth Worker, Certified Member of the Ontario Association of Child & Youth Care (OACYC) and a member of the International Centre for Clinical Excellence (ICCE). Cheryl works for Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities as a trained Hospice Palliative Care Volunteer, Holistic Model, as well as bereavement support.
Joanna Stewart, BSW, RSW
I am a registered Social Worker and Family Service Worker with experience in non-profit and agency settings. I work with young to older adults, with individuals, couples, and groups.
I utilize a client-centred, anti-oppressive, strengths-based, holistic, culturally sensitive framework to counselling and incorporate a more narrative, eclectic approach to therapy. I work collaboratively with clients as I believe each person knows themselves best. I incorporate the Feedback Informed Treatment model to gage each clients' progress.
As someone of a visible minority and growing up middle-lower class, I understand the barrier of finding affordable counselling and representation. As a counsellor at the New Clinic, my goal is to provide a safe and non-judgemental space in which clients feel comfortable to talk freely. I believe in the power of self-awareness and utilizing our strengths.