​We currently have a roster of five Registered Psychotherapists and Art Therapists. If there is a unique type of creative intervention that you are looking for, do not hesitate to contact us and inquire.
Gilda Raimondi earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Manitoba. After graduation, she discovered the field of art therapy while attending an art exhibition. Gilda decided to pursue her interest in art therapy and moved to Toronto where she graduated from the Toronto Art Therapy Institute. In 2009, Gilda received a diploma in Advanced Counselling Skills from George Brown College.
During her studies, Gilda worked as an art therapist with children in a Junior Public School and in the sexual assault care centre of a hospital in Toronto. Gilda is currently working with adults between the ages of 19 and 60 with complex disabilities. She is a counsellor on the Board of directors for the Canadian Art Therapy Association, and was co-chair of the 2011 Art Therapy Conference "Art Therapy Here and Now".
Bailey is a graduate of a Masters of Counselling in Art Therapy from Athabasca University and the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute. Bailey is currently working towards her designation with the CRPO.
Before becoming an art therapist Bailey completed her degree in Fine Arts followed by a degree in Education from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. She has many years of experience teaching art programs for youth, adults, and seniors. As an art therapist she has worked with clients experiencing chronic pain, cancer, palliative care, dementia, trauma, grief and life transitions. Bailey has worked with clients at an addiction centre, a long-term care facility, a cancer centre and a transition house for women and children.
She works from an existential background in art-therapy, incorporating mindfulness techniques, solution focused and a client-centred perspective. Bailey believes that all clients have the ability to discover their own strengths through art-making. Her approach is gentle as she works with her clients in their pondering of life. Bailey provides a space for clients to learn more about their experience of living.