About Us

Alexia Dyer began her career as a sexual assault trauma counsellor and has worked for many years as a counsellor, mediator, educator and facilitator. Her career path has reflected her capacity to be empathic and non-judgmental while working to further social change. Because Alexia’s gift is her ability to listen to and connect with people at a deeper emotional level, she has decided to embrace her true purpose of offering one-on-one support to people as a relational therapist.

Alexia works with virtual clients in Ontario and virtual and in-person clients in BC.

Alexia’s education and training  
• Diploma, Toronto Institute for Relational Psychotherapy
• Registered Psychotherapist
• Certified Breath Coach
• M.A. in Sociology & Equity Studies in Education, OISE/U of T
• Certificate in Restorative Justice, Simon Fraser University
• Certificate in Dispute Resolution, York University

•Attended Terrence Real’s Couples Experiential Workshop (2019)

•Attended Esther Perel’s State of Affairs: A New Clinical Approach to Infidelity (2018)

•Attended Sue Johnson’s Using the Wisdom of EFT to Overcome Clinical Impasses in Couples Therapy (2018)

•Additional training on narrative therapy, trauma-informed practice, suicide prevention and crisis intervention

Alexia’s areas of specialty
• Anxiety, depression, self-esteem, anger, grief, shame
• Chronic illness, self-harm and suicide ideation
• Assertiveness and boundary setting, attachment styles
• Sexual and gender identities
• Trauma, including sexual, physical, and emotional abuse
• Sexual and reproductive health
• Blended families, step-parenting, infertility
• Intimate partner violence, abusive relationshipse
• Restorative justice, community approaches to harm
• Self-acceptance and self-compassion
• Pet bereavement

Alexia is a member of the Canadian Association for Psychodynamic Therapy and is governed by their Code of Ethics.

Elizabeth Brownlie has worked for many years in the mental health field. She started as a researcher and educator in human development, mental health and trauma and has a Ph.D. in lifespan developmental psychology. She changed careers to pursue her long held dream of becoming a psychotherapist. As a therapist, Elizabeth has a gentle, open and accepting style that combines her capacity for listening and empathy with her academic background and life experiences.

Elizabeth’s education and training 
• Diploma, Toronto Institute for Relational Psychotherapy
• Registered Psychotherapist
• M.A. and Ph.D. in Lifespan Developmental Psychology, Simon Fraser University
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ontario Centre of Excellence in Child and Youth Mental Health
• Assistant professor of psychiatry, University of Toronto, 2008-2018

• Presenter, Society for Research in Psychotherapy and Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood international bienniel conferences; Canadian Psychological Association, Children’s Mental Health Ontario, and Canadian Council on Substance Abuse annual conferences

• Author of several articles and a book on childhood experiences and challenges, gender, and mental health

• Attended Sue Johnson’s Using the Wisdom of EFT to Overcome Clinical Impasses in Couples Therapy (2018)

• Additional training on mental health and substance use issues, trauma-informed care, and health equity

Elizabeth’s areas of specialty
• Anxiety and depression, shame and guilt, grief and loss, anger and resentment
• Identity and belonging
• Self-concept, self-confidence, imposter feelings
• Sexual and gender identities
• Trauma, including sexual, physical, and emotional abuse
• Complex families, relationships and attachment
• Adoption, adoptive and birth/original families, reunion
• Caregiving, compassion fatigue and burnout
• Therapy for therapists

Elizabeth is a member of the Ontario Society of Registered Psychotherapists, and is governed by their Code of Ethics.