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All our participating Counsellors are carefully selected for their skill, trustworthiness, and compassionate care

Colin Elmhurst
Intake Specialist
Colin is here for you in order to help you navigate your counselling options and connect you to the right Christian counsellor. As a Registered Psychotherapist himself, he’s uniquely equipped to help work with you to find what sort of care you need. You can reach out to him or read more about his practice by the button below.

Hannah Lewis
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), RECE
Hannah has a Diploma in Early Childhood Education, a Bachelor’s Degree in Religious Education, and a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology. She is registered with the CRPO as a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying). Hannah is a play therapist and specializes in working with children, youth, and parents, and does virtual work with Ontario residents, as well as in-person work in the small town of Havelock, Ontario.

Elza Manukian
Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist
Elza Manukian is a Registered Social Worker with OCSWSSW. She holds undergraduate degrees from Tyndale University and the University of British Columbia, and received a Master of Science in Clinical Social Work (MSW) from Columbia University. Elza specializes in working with various types of trauma, anxiety, depression, addiction, and has experience with first responders, military members and veterans. Elza leans on CBT, CPT, DBT, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, and more to individualize her counselling care to each client. Elza is faith-integrative and glad to work with Christian clients, pulling from their shared resources of faith to facilitate change.

Sarah Nichol
Registered Professional Counsellor (Candidate)
Sarah Nichol is a Registered Professional Counsellor. She employs Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing when helping her clients. She also uses Observed & Experienced Integration Therapy as a somatic-based therapy for trauma. Sarah integrates Christian faith to practice when appropriate for the client’s needs. Sarah sees clients in-person in Comox, BC, and offers Walk & Talk as a format for individual therapy sessions, while offering online counselling services to individuals in select provinces across Canada.

John-Paul Austring
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Social Worker
John-Paul provides Christian therapy that is biblically-based, holistic, strength-based, compassionate, and informed by social-science. He has received formal education in psychology, social work, and theology, each perspective which he brings to practice. John-Paul works with presenting issues of: depression, anxiety, trauma, loss, conflict, meaning-searching, and achieving goals with over 10 years of experience. He is provincially registered in both Ontario and Nova Scotia. He counsels individuals online across Canada and in-person in Ottawa.

Samuele Bariani
Registered Psychotherapist
Samuele is a Registered Psychotherapist with CRPO and graduate of Tyndale Seminary‘s Clinical Counselling. He works with individuals, couples, youth 12 and over, and families, with particular attention to family conflict. In individual care, Samuele specializes in trauma, PTSD, and men’s issues but also works with anxiety, depression, and other presenting issues. Samuele employs a mixture of cognitive-behavioural therapies with narrative approaches and is able to integrate matters of his clients’ personal faith. He offers his counselling services online across Canada and in-person in Mississauga.

Josh Song
Registered Psychotherapist
Josh is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) and received his graduate degree in Clinical Counselling at Tyndale Seminary. He offers trauma-informed psychotherapy that is integrated with spiritual perspectives to individuals and couples. Josh’s approach is grounded in using evidence-based treatment methods and has received professional training in Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) for individuals and couples in addition to utilizing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Mindfulness.

Eric Bouwman
Registered Psychotherapist
Eric Bouwman is a Registered Psychotherapist and graduate of Tyndale Seminary‘s Master of Divinity in Clinical Counselling program. Eric specializes in anxiety, coping skills, and anger management, even though he is able to help counselees with a wide range of presenting issues. Although he utilizes Cognitive-Behavioural techniques most often, Eric takes a psychologically-integrative approach to his psychotherapeutic care, borrowing from various modalities to help his clients in their own unique challenges.

Bobbi Van Brummelen
Registered Professional Counsellor
Bobbi is a trained Registered Professional Counsellor from British Columbia. She integrates both faith and bodily wellness into her professional counselling support, and also leans on a number of approaches including: Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, and Existential Therapies. Bobbi relates to her clients in a personal way as one who has also experienced deep valleys in life. She is additionally experienced as a successful fitness, health, and wellness instructor.

Peter Frieswick
Registered Psychotherapist
Peter is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapist of Ontario (CRPO) and a Canadian Certified Counsellor with the CCPA. As someone with a long family history in Christian ministry, Peter enjoys working with ministers, missionaries, and their family members. He is a knowledgeable EMDR Certified Therapist with a gift for integrating a Christian perspective into therapy, for those who want it.

Andreia Barreiro
Registered Psychotherapist
Andreia is a Registered Psychotherapist and graduate of Tyndale Seminary‘s Clinical Counselling program. She has a wide variety of specialties (anxiety, trauma, depression, and more) but uniquely brings a strong Christian perspective and to her psychotherapeutic work.

Brian Alton
Certified Biblical Counsellor
Brian Alton is an experienced pastor and counsellor professionally certified with the Association of Biblical Counsellors. He has received education in pastoral ministry from Briercrest College & Seminary, and counselling equipping with Gospel Care Collective and the Christian Counselling & Educational Foundation where he earned a certificate in Foundations in Biblical Counselling.

Hannah Brown
Certified Professional Counsellor, Registered Psychotherapist
Hannah is trained at a masters level as a counsellor by Dallas Theological Seminary. She has implemented what she’s gained in professional development in psychology as a Psychotherapist (RP) with CRPO and as Certified Professional Counsellor (CPC) with PACCP. Her passion is to integrate faith and theology to practice. Psychologically, she integrates a Cognitive-Behavioural and Adlerian perspective.

Sandy Boyachek
Certified Biblical Counsellor
Sandy is a graduate of Heritage College and Seminary‘s Master of Arts in Theological Studies Biblical Counselling program, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Western University. She has undergone world-class continuing education with the Christian Counselling and Educational Foundation, and holds professional credentials as a Certified Biblical Counsellor with the Association of Certified Biblical Counsellors.

Andrew Peterkin
Registered Psychotherapist
Andrew is a Registered Psychotherapist with the CRPO and graduate of Tyndale Seminary‘s Clinical Counselling program. He has a passion for writing and the arts and works within a Cognitive-Behavioural and Solutions-Focused perspective, specializing in working with individuals from diverse walks of life.
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