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We are pleased to introduce you to our team:
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Dr. Ken Kwan, Ph.D., RMFT, C.Psych.,
Executive Director/Psychologist
Dr. Kwan is the Founder and Executive Director of Oshawa Psychological & Counselling Services serving Oshawa and surrounding communities in Durham Region, and Woodbine Psychological & Counselling Services serving Markham and surrounding communities in York Region.
Dr. Kwan is a registered psychologist in clinical and counselling psychology with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families as his primary client groups. Dr. Kwan has about 20 years of clinical counseling experience and has been in various clinical leadership capacities including being the Clinical Director of Family Services York Region. He was first registered as a chartered psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists in 1988 and with the College of Psychologists of Ontario in 2003. He is also a registered marriage and family therapist, and a clinical member and approved supervisor with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), and a registered sex therapist with the Board of Examiners in Sex Therapy & Counselling in Ontario (BESTCO).
In addition, Dr. Kwan is a sessional lecturer/associate graduate faculty member and clinical supervisor with the Counselling Psychology, and School and Clinical Child Psychology programs at OISE, University of Toronto, and an adjunct practice professor with the Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto; and a part-time faculty member with the School of Kinesiology & Health Sciences, York University.
In his 20 years of counselling and psychotherapy experience, Dr. Kwan has worked with patients on issues that include anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, ADHD, conduct and school problems, family relationship conflicts, couple relationship difficulties, coping with chronic illness and injuries, domestic violence and child abuse, and sexual dysfunctions. He uses a variety of therapeutic modalities including emotionally-focused therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, structural family therapy, and narrative therapy. He is fluent in English and Chinese (Cantonese), and can offer services in either language. |
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Cathy Gray
Manager, Administration/Client Services
Ms. Gray is a graduate of the 3-year Business program with a double major in Marketing and Business Administration from Canadore College of Applied Arts and Technology in North Bay, Ontario. She has over 15 years experience in marketing and office assistance. In addition, she is also an active community volunteer. She has served as a board member in a number of community organizations and committees including Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) and VOICE for Hearing Impaired Children. |
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Dr. Monica Apostol, Ph.D., C.Psych.
Psychologist
Dr. Apostol is a registered psychologist in Clinical and School Psychology with the College of Psychologist of Ontario. Her primary client groups include children, adolescents, and families. She also provides psycho-educational assessment and counselling for socio-emotional issues to young adults as part of her clinical practice. Dr. Apostol obtained her M.A. and Ph. D. degrees in School and Clinical Child Psychology from the University of Toronto in 2001 and 2007 respectively. She completed her internship at the Hincks-Dellcrest Treatment Centre, a well known children’s mental health Centre in Toronto, where she was trained in attachment-based and psychodynamic approaches to assessment and therapy of preschoolers, children, and adolescents. For the past seven years, Dr. Apostol has worked in a variety of clinical capacities with children, adolescents, and young adults in settings such as Toronto District School Board (TDSB), Accessibility Services, University of Toronto, and the Hospital for Sick Children. Dr. Apostol has experience providing assessment and/or intervention services to a range of presenting concerns including academic difficulties, giftedness, learning disabilities, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, developmental disabilities, behavioural problems, ADHD, anxiety, and depression. Currently Dr. Apostol is a Psychologist (Supervised Practice) at Toronto District School Board. At Woodbine Psychological and Counselling Services, Dr. Apostol offers psychological assessment and counselling/psychotherapy to children and adolescents.
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Narges Hosseini, M.A.
Psychotherapist
Ms. Hosseini obtained her M.A. in clinical psychology in Iran, 2001. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in School and Child Clinical Psychology at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto. She has several years of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families in a variety of capacities including as a counsellor in a university student counselling centre and in various placements. Ms. Hosseini is fluent in Farsi. She has worked with immigrant families especially those of Iranian background. Ms. Hosseini has experience with a range of presenting concerns such as academic related issues, behavioural problems, anxiety, depression, abuse and trauma, parent-child relationship problems, and family conflicts. At Woodbine Psychological and Counselling Services, Ms. Hosseini offers counselling and psychotherapy for children, adolescents, adults, and families. |
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Dr. Mary Hum, Ph.D., C.Psych.
Psychologist
Dr. Mary Hum has been practicing in the areas of school and child clinical psychology for 9 years. She has worked in a variety of settings including school boards, family services, hospitals, and community mental health agencies. She obtained her Ph. D. in School and Clinical Child Psychology from University of Toronto in 2004. She is a registered psychologist with the College of Psychologists of Ontario since 2006 in the areas of school, clinical and counselling psychology with children, adolescents, and families as her primary client groups. Dr. Hum’s primary practice focus at Oshawa Psychological and Counselling Services is providing comprehensive psychological assessments to children and adolescents, using a client-focused and strength-based philosophy in her work. Depending on the referral question, she sees the goals of assessment as to enhance the understanding of a child’s cognitive, academic, behavioral, social, and/or emotional processes to guide remediation and treatment. Dr. Hum has experience with a range of presenting concerns such as academic related issues, giftedness, learning difficulties, behavioral problems, attention deficit, hyperactivity and impulsivity, peer relations and social skills, bullying and victimization, anxiety, depression, trauma, anger control, parent-child relationship problems, and family conflicts. |
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Dr. Margaret Lam, Ph.D., C.Psych.
Psychologist
Dr. Lam received her Ph. D. at the University of Toronto in School and Child Clinical Psychology. She is a registered psychologist at the College of Psychologists of Ontario since 2006. Her area of practice is in School psychology with children and adolescents as her primary client groups. She has been providing psychological services in various clinical capacities in schools and clinical settings in Ontario for over 10 years, conducting comprehensive psychological assessments, counselling and working with multi-disciplinary teams. Dr. Lam’s practice focuses on school age children and adolescent with learning issues and school-related problems, including giftedness, specific learning difficulties/learning disabilities, issues involving behavioural, social and emotional problems, as well as issues involving attention, hyperactivity and impulsivity, autism and autistic spectrum disorder. Dr. Lam is an experience educator. She has been a teacher and principal in Hong Kong for 25 years. In her practice in school psychology Dr. Lam draws from her extensive experience in education both in Hong Kong and in Canada particularly when providing consultations and practical strategies for the classroom and for teaching staff. While she routinely conducts comprehensive assessment for school-age students in English, she speaks fluent Cantonese and Mandarin, and specializes in bilingual assessments for children with English as a Second Language. |
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Dr. Benedicte Lovald, Ph.D., C. Psych (Supervised Practice)
Psychologist
Dr. Benedicte Lovald is a registered psychologist (Supervised Practice) in clinical and counseling psychology with the College of Psychologists of Ontario. Her primary client groups include adolescents, adults, and couples. Dr. Lovald obtained her M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology at York University in Toronto in 2002 and 2008, respectively. She completed her clinical psychology internship at Bellevue Hospital Center, a well-known public hospital in New York City, with rotations in the Psychiatric Emergency Program, Outpatient Chemical Dependency Clinic, and an Adult Inpatient Unit. Her other doctoral practicum placements include Mental Health Outpatient Program at Lakeridge Health Oshawa, the Addictions Program at North York General Hospital (Branson Division), as well as the Clinical Psychology Program at the Counseling and Development Center at York University. Dr. Lovald has worked with diverse client populations providing psychotherapeutic interventions, comprehensive psychological assessment (personality, cognitive/intellectual, neuropsychological screening, and psycho-diagnostic evaluation), and group therapy for adult clients with a wide range of clinical issues such as substance abuse, mood and anxiety disorders, interpersonal and adjustment problems, and trauma. Dr. Lovald uses a variety of therapeutic methods including short-term psychodynamic therapy, person-centered therapy, emotion-focused therapy, cognitive-behavioural therapy, and process-oriented therapies. She adopts a collaborative and empathic approach to treatment that is guided by attention to the individual needs of clients. At Oshawa Psychological and Counseling Services, Dr. Lovald provides psychological assessment and therapy to adolescents, adults, and couples.
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Dr. Micheline Savard, Psy.D., C.Psych.
Psychologist
Dr. Savard is a registered psychologist in Clinical Psychology with the College of Psychologist of Ontario. Her primary client groups include adolescents, adults, couples, and families. She obtained her Masters of Arts in Counselling Psychology in 2005 and her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 2008 from the Adler School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Savard completed a doctoral practicum in the Anxiety Disorder Clinic at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and also in the Outpatient Mental Health Program at Lakeridge Health Centre. She completed her internship in both the Outpatient and Inpatient Mental Health programs at Lakeridge Health Centre. Dr. Savard is also a graduate of the Post Graduate Program of Training & Supervision in Gestalt Therapy from Gestalt Institute of Toronto in 2001. Dr. Savard is a certified Gestalt Therapist. She had served as a therapist at Gestalt Institute of Toronto Clinic working with clients from diverse background with a variety of presenting issues. Currently she is an associate faculty at the institute. Dr. Savard has worked with patients on issues that include anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, PTSD, family relationship conflicts, couple relationship difficulties, coping with chronic illness and injuries, domestic violence and child abuse, and sexual dysfunctions. She uses a variety of therapeutic modalities including Gestalt Therapy, EMDR, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Adlerian Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, object-Relation based therapy, and Brief Solution-Focused Therapy. She is fluent in English and French, and can offer services in either language. |
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Dr. Terra Seon, Psy.D., C.Psych.
Psychologist
Dr. Terra Seon’s areas of practice are in clinical and counselling psychology with adults and couples as a primary client group. She obtained her Masters of Arts in Counselling Psychology and Certificate in Trauma Therapy in 2000, and her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 2008 from the Adler School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Seon completed her doctoral internship at the Outpatient Mental Health Department at Markham Stouffville Hospital and practicums at the Forensic unit at Whitby Mental Health Centre and Markham Stouffville Family Life Centre. Dr. Seon has worked in diverse settings including hospital, community based agencies and private practice in different clinical capacities providing various psychotherapeutic services including psychotherapy, counselling, and psychological assessment for a wide range of presenting problems. Since 2001 she has been the member of the Crisis Team at the Emergency Department, Markham Stouffville Hospital. Dr. Seon’s primary areas of interest include; anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD and relationship conflicts. At Oshawa Psychological and Counselling Services, Dr. Seon will be providing psychological assessments and treatment to adults and couples. |
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Dr. Felix C. Thomas, Ph.D., C.Psych.
Psychologist
Dr. Thomas is a registered psychologist in clinical & counselling Psychology with the College of Psychologist of Ontario since 2006. He has 15 years of experience in rehabilitation services working with people with developmental disabilities, and six years of clinical counselling experience with Family Services York Region. Dr. Thomas completed his post-doctoral fellowship in the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Unit and Forensic Assessment Consultation and Treatment Program at Whitby Mental Health Centre. Dr. Thomas’ primary client group includes adolescents, adults, and families with a wide range of presenting problems such as anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, pain management, coping with chronic illness and injuries, and family relationship conflicts, domestic violent and child abuse. At Woodbine Psychological & Counselling Services, Dr. Thomas offers psychological assessment, counselling and psychotherapy. |
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Donna Wilson M.Ed., Cert. FRM (F.M.C.), Acc. FM (O.A.F.M.)
Certified Family Relations Mediator
Ms. Donna Wilson is a Certified Family Relations Mediator assisting couples going through the strain of separation/divorce to find a win/win solution for various family related matters including custody and access, parenting plans and child support issues. She has also conducted workplace mediations for Family Services, Toronto. Ms. Wilson earned the designation Certified Family Relations Mediator from Family Mediation Canada in 2007 and Accredited Family Mediator with the Ontario Association for Family Mediation in 2004. She completed her family mediation internship at the Ontario Court of Justice, 311 Jarvis Street, Toronto where she worked with high conflict families to resolve differences and bring about parenting solutions which were in the best interest of the children involved. During this internship, Ms. Wilson was on the pilot team that administered the Domestic Violence Evaluation (DOVE), to screen for domestic violence. She is a qualified Child Protection Mediator and Parent Coordinator and has taken course work in Arbitration for Non-Lawyers. Since 2005, Ms.Wilson has been coaching lawyers at workshops on Collaborative Law by Dr. Barbara Landau, Ph.D., LL.M., C. Med., C. Psych., and has been assisting in the teaching of mediation techniques.
Ms. Wilson is an experienced practitioner. In her practice of family mediation, she draws on her extensive experience in working with children, couples and families. Ms. Wilson is a certified teacher and holds a Master of Education in Counselling Psychology from OISE/University of Toronto. She has over 30 yrs experience work as a teacher and guidance counselor and has helped many youth to realize their goals.
Ms. Wilson has worked as a counsellor and parenting educator with the Family Services, York Region. As a counselor trained in Solution Focused Therapy, Ms. Wilson had provided individual counselling to children, adolescents, and adults; as well couple and family counselling with diverse presenting problems. As a parenting educator, she has conducted workshops for parents with children of all ages. Using her training in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), she has helped many couples successfully resolve their conflicts.
Ms. Wilson serves on the executive of the York Region chapter of the Association of Family Mediators of Ontario and is on the Family Mediator Certification Committee at the ADR Institute of Ontario. |
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Tammy Wong, M.Soc.Sc., M.Div., RMFT
Registered Marriage and Family Therapist /Psychotherapist
Mrs. Tammy Wong is a registered Marriage and Family Therapist and a Clinical Member with the Ontario Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (OAMFT), and American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (AAMFT). Mrs. Wong obtained her B.SocSc. in Psychology and M.SocSc. in Educational Psychology from Hong Kong University. She was a registered member in the Educational Psychology Division, Hong Kong Psychological Society from 1986-1991 and a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society from 1988-1997. She served as an Educational Psychologist for six years in various community organizations in Hong Kong providing psychological assessment and intervention to children with academic and behavioral difficulties, and providing counseling to parents. After immigrating to Canada, Mrs. Wong has turned her interest to counseling and completed a M.Div. in counseling from Tyndale University College & Seminary. Her area of interests in clinical practice includes child and adolescent behavioural problems, school and learning difficulties, abuse and trauma, couple discord, family conflicts, and parenting issues. In the past ten years, Mrs. Wong has provided individual, couple and family therapies to clients including children, adolescent, and adult from diverse background and many different presenting concerns. She is fluent in English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), and can offer services in either language. |
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Rosa Wu, M.A., Ed.M.
Psychotherapist
Ms. Wu obtained her M.A. in Psychology in Education and Ed.M. in Psychological Counselling from Columbia University in 2005. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Counselling Psychology through the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto. Originally from Taiwan, Ms. Wu has lived in Spain, Taiwan, Costa Rica, Panama, and New York, and is fluent in English, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese. The rigorous training in multicultural counselling she completed at Columbia University and her multicultural background have allowed her to work with highly diverse populations, such as Chinese and Latin American immigrants, and other disadvantaged populations in New York City. In summer 2008 she worked in a hospital setting in Quito, Ecuador, and provided counselling for teenage mothers and women coping with depression, anxiety, domestic violence, and trauma. She also has worked in providing psychological assessments and psychotherapy for individuals who have been involved in motor vehicle accidents. Wu is currently completing her doctoral practicum at Family Services York Region working with children in the context of family therapy, adolescents, and adults on issues such as cultural adjustments, parenting, depression, anxiety, trauma, and family relationship conflicts. At Woodbine Psychological & Counselling Services Ms. Wu will provide individual counselling and psychotherapy to adolescents and adults. |
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This is a partial list. For further details please contact us. |
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