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Meet The Team
Stacey Lock
Registered Social Worker RSW BSW MSW
I have always been passionate about meeting people where they are at while providing a safe and non-judgmental space to share. I understand the value of affirming identities, building resources and acknowledging personal strengths. I have experience working with youth, individuals struggling with addictions and mental health challenges, overwhelmed parents, and front line workers with burn out or compassion fatigue.
As a Registered Social Worker, I am motivated to help individuals reprocess their traumas, find tools to support emotional regulation, and encourage goal attainment. As a Chemical Dependency Counsellor, I see addiction as a form of attempted resiliency. In the beginning, we use substances to address pain, mental health challenges, or to enhance performance. Then, for some, substance or behavioural addictions can have substantial consequences. As we move through life we may realize the addiction needs to be addressed. My hope is to support and strengthen the motivation to encourage change. I encourage my clients to explore their thoughts and feelings with the intention of supporting a change behaviour. I highly recommend and incorporate mindfulness practice and other self soothing techniques. I hold the strong belief that people are perfectly imperfect. We are beautiful and spectacular but can also become stuck, unhappy and may have a limiting belief that they are unable to live a fulfilling life. That’s where I come in.
My personal and professional experiences have allowed me to understand a number of ways to address needs expressed from my clients. I am flexible in my approach and use collaboration and as the basis of my therapy. I provide strength-based encouragement while incorporating a variety of therapeutic modalities, including Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness practices, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy(CBT), Solution Focused Therapy, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR).
I am looking forward to supporting you if you are a resident of Ontario, or British Columbia. I am able to do direct billing to make payment seamless if you have insurance. I am registered with Victim Quick Response Program (VQRP), and Non-Insured Health Benefits Program (NIHB) If you are in need, you can book a session today!
Katie Reed is a Registered Social Worker (RSW) and certified Addictions counsellor. She supports adults experiencing stress, with histories of trauma, addiction, relationship issues, and major life transitions.
She has worked in community mental health, domestic violence crisis settings, and recovery-focused environments. She has experience in crisis intervention, intimate partner violence support, risk assessments, group work, mental health education, and school-based advocacy. She also assists families with service navigation and works from a neurodiversity-affirming lens.
Katie practices from a trauma-informed and strengths-based approach with an emphasis on safety, empowerment, and choice. As a parent herself, she recognizes the challenges that come with parenting, balancing emotional needs, and building healthy relationships with children. Katie supports clients in understanding how their experiences and relationships influence their wellbeing, while helping them develop coping strategies, boundaries, and skills for meaningful change.