Therapists in Quebec
Lily Jiménez Dabdoub Neurolotus Art Therapy
Art Therapist, CCC, ATPQ, ND, MACAT, BScPsy, BSPsy
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Montréal, QC H2X
Waitlist for new clients
Maya Angelou once said, “there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you”. I am here to support you in expressing your untold stories. I will witness and listen to your untold stories and help you express and process them through the tools that expressive arts therapies provide, particularly art. Art therapy is a less challenging medium to explore your emotional needs. Through our art therapy sessions I will help you catch those overwhelming emotions and entangled thoughts. Together we will be able to find the best strategies for you to make the changes you need to feel better and heal.
Maya Angelou once said, “there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you”. I am here to support you in expressing your untold stories. I will witness and listen to your untold stories and help you express and process them through the tools that expressive arts therapies provide, particularly art. Art therapy is a less challenging medium to explore your emotional needs. Through our art therapy sessions I will help you catch those overwhelming emotions and entangled thoughts. Together we will be able to find the best strategies for you to make the changes you need to feel better and heal.
I specialize in working with children, teens, and families, using expressive arts therapy as a means to help navigate complex emotions, trauma, and life transitions.
Sometimes life leads us down a path where we feel there is no clear direction. These paths may leave us carrying trauma, anxiety, or other stressors that have us feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, and struggling to move forward. I'm here to help you reclaim your voice, build resilience, and regain a sense of balance to move forward. Art therapy provides unique ways of self-expression, while processing complex thoughts, emotions, and experiences. Art therapy can empower us to discover new strengths, build new and stronger connections with ourselves and others, and foster a sense of belonging and well-being.
I specialize in working with children, teens, and families, using expressive arts therapy as a means to help navigate complex emotions, trauma, and life transitions.
Sometimes life leads us down a path where we feel there is no clear direction. These paths may leave us carrying trauma, anxiety, or other stressors that have us feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, and struggling to move forward. I'm here to help you reclaim your voice, build resilience, and regain a sense of balance to move forward. Art therapy provides unique ways of self-expression, while processing complex thoughts, emotions, and experiences. Art therapy can empower us to discover new strengths, build new and stronger connections with ourselves and others, and foster a sense of belonging and well-being.
Mélanie Lemay holds a master’s degree in art therapy from the Université du Québec en Abitibi- Témiscamingue, where her research focused on the intersection between trauma, resilience and the power of transformation through artistic expression. She is a certified art therapist with the Association des art-thérapeutes du Québec (AATQ), and actively participates in the advancement of the profession through her involvement on the Board of Directors. Her expertise encompasses a wide range of therapeutic modalities, including mindfulness-based art therapy, trauma-informed practices and expressive arts-guided interventions.
Mélanie Lemay holds a master’s degree in art therapy from the Université du Québec en Abitibi- Témiscamingue, where her research focused on the intersection between trauma, resilience and the power of transformation through artistic expression. She is a certified art therapist with the Association des art-thérapeutes du Québec (AATQ), and actively participates in the advancement of the profession through her involvement on the Board of Directors. Her expertise encompasses a wide range of therapeutic modalities, including mindfulness-based art therapy, trauma-informed practices and expressive arts-guided interventions.
Sarah Kennedy Certified Music Therapist
BHScPT, MA, MTA
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Montréal, QC H2M
Do you struggle with emotional pain and grief that you would like to process through music? I work with adults experiencing grief and loss, bereavement, life transitions, emotional pain, anxiety, depression, and stress. I use music therapy to help my clients increase self-awareness, ease pain, develop self-soothing techniques, and restore well-being. We will harness your natural love of music to create personal transformation. Music Therapy is a certified profession. I completed a masters degree with a focus on music therapy for psychological health, and my approach is trauma-informed.
Do you struggle with emotional pain and grief that you would like to process through music? I work with adults experiencing grief and loss, bereavement, life transitions, emotional pain, anxiety, depression, and stress. I use music therapy to help my clients increase self-awareness, ease pain, develop self-soothing techniques, and restore well-being. We will harness your natural love of music to create personal transformation. Music Therapy is a certified profession. I completed a masters degree with a focus on music therapy for psychological health, and my approach is trauma-informed.
Licensed Couple & Family Therapist, Creative Arts Therapist. Cindy specializes in trauma-focused therapy with individuals, couples, and families. She works from an anti-oppression perspective that recognizes the systemic issues that impact mental and emotional health. Cindy is a strong believer in helping her clients tell their stories through empathic and creative engagement. She incorporates verbal and body-based creative methods to guide her clients through whatever obstacles are keeping them from being more peaceful and integrated selves. Sessions are always client-centered, inclusive and sensitive to your individual needs.
Licensed Couple & Family Therapist, Creative Arts Therapist. Cindy specializes in trauma-focused therapy with individuals, couples, and families. She works from an anti-oppression perspective that recognizes the systemic issues that impact mental and emotional health. Cindy is a strong believer in helping her clients tell their stories through empathic and creative engagement. She incorporates verbal and body-based creative methods to guide her clients through whatever obstacles are keeping them from being more peaceful and integrated selves. Sessions are always client-centered, inclusive and sensitive to your individual needs.
FR: Bonjour et bienvenue sur mon profile ! J’ai créé la base de mon expérience en art thérapie auprès d’une clientèle enfant en travaillant pour des organismes communautaires plusieurs années. J’y ai développé un intérêt supplémentaire et des connaissances pour les suivis parent-enfant. Puisque l’enfance est le point de départ de chaque individu, j'accompagne également des adultes dans la découverte de soi par l'art et l’exploration du passé par des exercices variés.
FR: Bonjour et bienvenue sur mon profile ! J’ai créé la base de mon expérience en art thérapie auprès d’une clientèle enfant en travaillant pour des organismes communautaires plusieurs années. J’y ai développé un intérêt supplémentaire et des connaissances pour les suivis parent-enfant. Puisque l’enfance est le point de départ de chaque individu, j'accompagne également des adultes dans la découverte de soi par l'art et l’exploration du passé par des exercices variés.
Welcome! I am a licensed social worker and an engaged clinician whose practice draws from diverse professional, academic and lived experiences to support insight into life’s challenges, including anxiety, life transitions, interpersonal relationships, body image, illness, and addiction. I strive to bring openness, curiosity, and compassion to my work with adults and couples. I know that life can be complicated and that our “stuff” is rarely isolated to one area of life. I will support you in making connections between these experiences, making them a little lighter to carry.
Welcome! I am a licensed social worker and an engaged clinician whose practice draws from diverse professional, academic and lived experiences to support insight into life’s challenges, including anxiety, life transitions, interpersonal relationships, body image, illness, and addiction. I strive to bring openness, curiosity, and compassion to my work with adults and couples. I know that life can be complicated and that our “stuff” is rarely isolated to one area of life. I will support you in making connections between these experiences, making them a little lighter to carry.
My intention is to provide an open and non-judgmental space where we can collaborate to explore your unique needs in therapy. My approach encourages clients to use their creative strengths to help explore thoughts and emotions. Our sessions will be flexible and personalized to best meet your needs.
My intention is to provide an open and non-judgmental space where we can collaborate to explore your unique needs in therapy. My approach encourages clients to use their creative strengths to help explore thoughts and emotions. Our sessions will be flexible and personalized to best meet your needs.
Have you ever felt like talking just isn't enough? There are some feelings and experiences that words alone do not capture. Therapeutic play uses children's natural inclination for play to create positive changes in their life, creating a supportive environment for freedom of expression.
Have you ever felt like talking just isn't enough? There are some feelings and experiences that words alone do not capture. Therapeutic play uses children's natural inclination for play to create positive changes in their life, creating a supportive environment for freedom of expression.
Jennifer Wiley-Vallerand Art Therapy
Art Therapist, MA, ATPQ
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Montréal, QC H3Z
Feeling the stress of life can be an overwhelming experience. Jennifer will assist you in your journey to creatively explore your movement towards mental health wellbeing. Trauma focused art therapy can be particularly effective for the client who feels stuck or who cannot talk about their difficulties. We will work together to develop a deeper understanding of yourself through creative exploration of your experiences. I am particularly interested in supporting a systematic exploration of the clients sensory experiences, to encourage an understanding of their physical and emotional balance.
Feeling the stress of life can be an overwhelming experience. Jennifer will assist you in your journey to creatively explore your movement towards mental health wellbeing. Trauma focused art therapy can be particularly effective for the client who feels stuck or who cannot talk about their difficulties. We will work together to develop a deeper understanding of yourself through creative exploration of your experiences. I am particularly interested in supporting a systematic exploration of the clients sensory experiences, to encourage an understanding of their physical and emotional balance.
Samantha Petrella
Art Therapist, MA, ATPQ, CCC
Verified Verified
Montréal, QC H2M (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
We all have the need to feel seen and heard. I believe art therapy can help with this by allowing you a safe space to discover and express your needs, your patterns and your sense of self. We can tackle a range of issues such as stress, life transitions, and interpersonal struggles using art as tool for self-expression and regulation. No art experience or talent is necessary to benefit from art therapy.
We all have the need to feel seen and heard. I believe art therapy can help with this by allowing you a safe space to discover and express your needs, your patterns and your sense of self. We can tackle a range of issues such as stress, life transitions, and interpersonal struggles using art as tool for self-expression and regulation. No art experience or talent is necessary to benefit from art therapy.
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Natasha Williot - Dramathérapeute /Drama Therapist
Counsellor, CCC
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Verdun, QC H4H
Welcome to the ADHD, Autistic, Hypersensitive, and/or Gifted adults who are beginning on their self-discovery journey. Come find a space to put down the masks and feel accepted as you are, including all your diverse social locations and communities. Make peace with your inner child, and grieve the past so you can overflow with love, energy, and creativity. Maybe you feel your throat close when you try to speak and are looking for ways to use stories, characters, movement and art to communicate. Or your head feels like static and you seek clarity and outside perspective that takes into consideration the systems in which we live.
Welcome to the ADHD, Autistic, Hypersensitive, and/or Gifted adults who are beginning on their self-discovery journey. Come find a space to put down the masks and feel accepted as you are, including all your diverse social locations and communities. Make peace with your inner child, and grieve the past so you can overflow with love, energy, and creativity. Maybe you feel your throat close when you try to speak and are looking for ways to use stories, characters, movement and art to communicate. Or your head feels like static and you seek clarity and outside perspective that takes into consideration the systems in which we live.
Rosaruby Glaberman
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RDT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Montréal, QC H4A
Waitlist for new clients
There are points in all our lives when we need outside help. Understanding your emotions and behaviors that are informed by past experiences and negatively affect your self-esteem and relationships with others is challenging. Often we want to change but don't know how. Developing a therapeutic alliance where you feel safe expressing and exploring all the parts of yourself- the good & the bad, is a valuable gift you can give to yourself. I value helping clients to explore the complexity of their beings, process pain, and use their struggles as opportunities for personal awakening and change.
There are points in all our lives when we need outside help. Understanding your emotions and behaviors that are informed by past experiences and negatively affect your self-esteem and relationships with others is challenging. Often we want to change but don't know how. Developing a therapeutic alliance where you feel safe expressing and exploring all the parts of yourself- the good & the bad, is a valuable gift you can give to yourself. I value helping clients to explore the complexity of their beings, process pain, and use their struggles as opportunities for personal awakening and change.
People-pleasers, perfectionists, worriers, and warriors ages 16 to 66: this is your call to action. You want to be more in touch with yourself but you have been held back by anxiety, trauma, and people taking advantage of you. As part of the LGBTQ2IA+ and geeky communities, you sometimes feel like you're cast aside and rarely understood. It is so tempting to give up, but you continue to persevere! You've been fighting on your own for so long that now you're ready for some more support from someone who won't ask you to educate them about being queer/the MCU/BDSM/pop culture references.
People-pleasers, perfectionists, worriers, and warriors ages 16 to 66: this is your call to action. You want to be more in touch with yourself but you have been held back by anxiety, trauma, and people taking advantage of you. As part of the LGBTQ2IA+ and geeky communities, you sometimes feel like you're cast aside and rarely understood. It is so tempting to give up, but you continue to persevere! You've been fighting on your own for so long that now you're ready for some more support from someone who won't ask you to educate them about being queer/the MCU/BDSM/pop culture references.
Ariane Lavery
Counsellor, MA, ATQ
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Montréal, QC H2R
Waitlist for new clients
I am a Canadian Certified Counsellor with an MA in Creative Arts Therapies. I work with teens, young adults and adults suffering from anxiety, depression, trauma, self-confidence and self-esteem. If you want help addressing personal or relational difficulties, I provide a warm and collaborative environment in which your unique values and strengths will be honoured as we attend to the areas in which you struggle.
I am a Canadian Certified Counsellor with an MA in Creative Arts Therapies. I work with teens, young adults and adults suffering from anxiety, depression, trauma, self-confidence and self-esteem. If you want help addressing personal or relational difficulties, I provide a warm and collaborative environment in which your unique values and strengths will be honoured as we attend to the areas in which you struggle.
I welcome older children (aged 11+), youth, and adults to my practice. Through discussion or creative process, we carve out a space to hear from your voice of awareness, and from there, identify its needs and goals. From stuck habits to difficult relationship dynamics, we can identify parts of your life that both are and are not serving you; so as to strengthen the parts of you that nurture the more positive aspects, while working to better understand and manage the aspects that may be holding you back. Through a blend of psychodynamic, trauma-informed, and humanistic approaches, we honour and explore your identity and its roles.
I welcome older children (aged 11+), youth, and adults to my practice. Through discussion or creative process, we carve out a space to hear from your voice of awareness, and from there, identify its needs and goals. From stuck habits to difficult relationship dynamics, we can identify parts of your life that both are and are not serving you; so as to strengthen the parts of you that nurture the more positive aspects, while working to better understand and manage the aspects that may be holding you back. Through a blend of psychodynamic, trauma-informed, and humanistic approaches, we honour and explore your identity and its roles.
Are you stuck in repetitive, unhealthy patterns and feel as if life happens to you? Drama Therapy can provide the tools and context to engage your imagination in telling your story, solve problems, express feelings and achieve insight. Being active in personal healing is transforming and life affirming experience. Through this technique the life journey of an individual/couple/family can be actively explored and interpersonal skills increased. Participants expand and integrate parts of themselves for a more functional self to emerge. Drama therapy's creative flexibility makes it an appropriate intervention for people of all ages.
Are you stuck in repetitive, unhealthy patterns and feel as if life happens to you? Drama Therapy can provide the tools and context to engage your imagination in telling your story, solve problems, express feelings and achieve insight. Being active in personal healing is transforming and life affirming experience. Through this technique the life journey of an individual/couple/family can be actively explored and interpersonal skills increased. Participants expand and integrate parts of themselves for a more functional self to emerge. Drama therapy's creative flexibility makes it an appropriate intervention for people of all ages.
Tricia Amundson
Registered Psychotherapist, BA, MA, PgDip
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Montréal, QC H2T (Online Only)
I am client centred and prefer to work collaboratively, integrating a variety of therapeutic modalities tailored to the needs of my client. I am professionally qualified as a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist and a Creative Arts Therapist. In addition, I have advanced training in Mindfulness and Meditation, training in CBT, Solution Focused therapy, and EMDR.
I am client centred and prefer to work collaboratively, integrating a variety of therapeutic modalities tailored to the needs of my client. I am professionally qualified as a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist and a Creative Arts Therapist. In addition, I have advanced training in Mindfulness and Meditation, training in CBT, Solution Focused therapy, and EMDR.
Loraine Alvarado - Dramathérapeute Drama Terapeuta
MA, ND
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Montréal, QC H2R
Waitlist for new clients
Difficult times of transition or change can trigger insecurities, anxieties and reflections that isolate us and disconnect us from ourselves and the world. It's not always easy to find the words to talk about it. It's ok. Drama therapy goes beyond words. I can help you break through blockages, find meaning, reconnect with yourself, and awaken curiosity about new possibilities and transformation in your life.
Difficult times of transition or change can trigger insecurities, anxieties and reflections that isolate us and disconnect us from ourselves and the world. It's not always easy to find the words to talk about it. It's ok. Drama therapy goes beyond words. I can help you break through blockages, find meaning, reconnect with yourself, and awaken curiosity about new possibilities and transformation in your life.
Sophie Chappell
Counsellor, MA, CCC, ACNN
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Montréal, QC H4A (Online Only)
Welcome! I am excited to join you on your journey toward becoming your best self. As a counsellor, I provide a compassionate and collaborative space where clients can gain self-awareness and emotional balance. My work focuses on helping individuals navigate anxiety, self-esteem issues, parenting and relationship challenges by breaking free from unhelpful patterns. Through our work together, clients develop resilience, enhance emotional regulation, and build meaningful connections. I am dedicated to supporting personal growth, self-compassion, and a deeper sense of purpose, empowering clients to lead more fulfilling lives.
Welcome! I am excited to join you on your journey toward becoming your best self. As a counsellor, I provide a compassionate and collaborative space where clients can gain self-awareness and emotional balance. My work focuses on helping individuals navigate anxiety, self-esteem issues, parenting and relationship challenges by breaking free from unhelpful patterns. Through our work together, clients develop resilience, enhance emotional regulation, and build meaningful connections. I am dedicated to supporting personal growth, self-compassion, and a deeper sense of purpose, empowering clients to lead more fulfilling lives.
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Expressive Arts Counsellors
What happens in expressive arts therapy?
In an expressive arts therapy session, the therapist will provide the space and materials necessary to encourage the client to express themselves creatively. These can include art supplies, musical instruments, a journal, a camera, and more. The therapist offers careful guidance throughout the creative process, often noticing and talking about psychological issues as they arise. Many clients also benefit from the mind-body connection—the physical act of making art can help them feel more grounded and present.
How long does expressive arts therapy take?
An expressive arts therapy session will typically last between 50 minutes and an hour. Group sessions may run longer. Sometimes, a client might only need one or two sessions of expressive arts therapy in conjunction with talk therapy to resolve a psychological issue. Others might find a fixed number of sessions over the course of either weeks or months to be beneficial. The duration depends on the client and their individual needs and goals for therapy.
How does expressive arts therapy help children?
Creativity is an important part of normal child development. Expressive arts therapy proves a safe outlet for child clients to learn to identify their emotions and express them in healthy ways. In expressive arts therapy, children can build their self-esteem, discover more about their personality and strengths, and feel a sense of normalcy in an otherwise chaotic world. This therapeutic approach can be particularly helpful for children with developmental disabilities, autism, ADHD, speech impairments, and other conditions.
What are the limitations of expressive arts therapy?
Sometimes individuals have physical limitations that can affect their ability to express themselves artistically in certain mediums. For example, someone with hearing problems might find it difficult to make music. Sickness and mobility issues can make some types of art physically inaccessible (e.g., sculpting, dancing, etc.). Sometimes, clients are overly skeptical and have trouble letting go and engaging with the creative process. Individuals who require a higher level of care may be better served with other types of therapy.