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Amy Smith, Registered Social Worker, OCSW

Amy Smith, Registered Social Worker

Amy is our lead youth, young adult, and parenting counsellor in Ontario. She provides one-on-one virtual counselling psychotherapy support for teens, young women and parents. As a registered social worker (RSW) with  20 years of experience helping youth and families build life skills and cope through adversity Amy understands that YOU are the expert in your own life! 


Amy suports girls and young woman experiencing stress about school and education choices, tension in relationships with friends and family, feelings of anxiety and depression, and challenges with self-esteem, peer pressure, and the emotional rollercoaster of day-to-day life. 


She is also an excellent parenting resource and can help you as you face challenges in communicating with your child, concerns about your child's behaviour, navigating separation,  divorce or co-parenting, or even the general overwhelm that can come from being a parent.  


With a client-first approach to psychotherapy, Amy can help you build your strength, confidence, and self-compassion. 


"You are the expert in your own life - help me walk with you toward the life you want to live!"   

Ask Amy about low cost / sliding scale options for therapy
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Areas of specialty

School Stress

Home Life Stress

Home Life Stress

Teachers, classmates, scheduling, grades, extra-curriculars, all the choices... 


Feeling stressed about school makes sense to us! Reach out if you're looking for support and tools to manage stress.

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Home Life Stress

Home Life Stress

Home Life Stress

Does it feel like your family doesn't get you? Maybe you don't get yourself right now. 


Connect in a safe space where you can process your feelings and experiences in a judgement-free zone.

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Self-Esteem

Home Life Stress

Friends & Peers

It seems like everyone knows exactly what to do and how to be except for you. 


At your core you are beautiful. Let one of our counsellors support you as you build a stronger sense of your inherent worth. 

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Friends & Peers

Friends & Peers

Friends & Peers

Friendships don't always feel right - sometimes they feel more wrong than right. 


Counselling provides a safe space where you can express yourself, your unique experiences and get judgement-free support!

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Parenting

Friends & Peers

Parenting

Parenting children of all ages is a both beautiful & challenging life experience. 


A Registered Social Worker can help you learn to communicate with your child, understand their behaviour & build  a stronger parent-child relationship. 

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Laura Heaslip Lincez, Registered Psychotherapist

Laura is the owner and clinical lead at Counselling for Women. She provides one-on-one virtual counselling psychotherapy for women in Ontario.


Laura is compassionate, open-minded, and understands that at our core, each of us has a fundamental right to peace, happiness, and love within our selves and in our relationships. 


Let Laura work with you to identify and build your own internal resources so you can heal from your past experiences and move through life in the most authentic way possible!


Laura is an IFS Level 1 Trained psychotherapist - she has completed over 200 hours of live and asynchronous online IFS training and is currently working toward IFS Certification. She is also trained to deliver EMDR Therapy in person and online. 


"There is nothing inside or outside of you that you don't have the power to face." 


Book a free meet & greet with Laura

Areas of specialty

Trauma & PTSD

Internal Family Systems Therapy

Support for Therapists

Now more than ever we know trauma has an impact on your every day life.


Maybe something happened once, maybe it happened over time. Let us help untangle the affect trauma has had on your life.

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Support for Therapists

Internal Family Systems Therapy

Support for Therapists

Therapists experience trauma, stress, burnout, and need space to process their experiences.


It has been a pleasure supporting therapists & counsellors over the last 2 years and I would love to support you too.

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Internal Family Systems Therapy

Internal Family Systems Therapy

Internal Family Systems Therapy

IFS is an empowering and compassionate, non-pathologizing approach to mental health therapy!


IFS therapists help you find your own internal resources and use this wisdom to create a way forward in your life.

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EMDR Therapy

Internal Family Systems Therapy

Internal Family Systems Therapy

EMDR is the gold standard for trauma therapy!


EMDR helps find the ways that trauma is stuck in your body and memories and supports healthy cognitive processing.

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