finding hope, healing and wellness together
Meet Shayla Dube
Shayla is experienced in play therapy with children and psychotherapy with adolescents and adults. She has also successfully utilized sand play therapy with people of different ages.
She is a registered Social Worker, who holds a Bachelor & Masters in Social Work along with a certificate in Refugee and Migration Studies from York University.
She has been empowering children, youth, individual adults and families of diverse backgrounds to transform their emotional distress into hope, healing and wellness for the past 11 years. Grounded in faith and the spirit of Ubuntu (humanity), Shayla approaches her work from a non judgmental place of kindness and compassion, helping you to live your best life.
OUR APPROACH & SKILL-SET
We believe in the uniqueness of each individual client and their respective experiences within their cultural and spiritual beliefs, as such there is no one size fits all in mental health that’s why we collaboratively identify a treatment plan that identifies the problems and solutions that meet your specific needs, while magnifying your strengths. WE will use a mindful, strength-based and client-centered, eclectic approach that draws from the following evidenced-based treatment modalities:
- Narrative Focussed: Advanced Tree of Life Practitioner, Narratives in the suitcase and ABORIGINAL NARRATIVE PRACTICE.
- Racial Trauma Trained.
- Afrocentric Centred & Culturally Responsive.
- Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT).
- Dialectal Behavioural Therapy ( DBT).
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).
- Solution Focused (brief) Therapy (SFBT).
- De- colonizing, anti - oppressive, anti- racist and intersectional justice lenses.
- 2SLGBTQIA+ affirmative.