Our Team

Founder, Registered Social Work, psychotherapist, msw

Chioma Efejedia

Are you feeling stuck? Overwhelmed by the day-to-day stressors? Struggling with communication in your relationships? Want to know how to show up authentically yourself? Do you feel anxiety or depression is holding you back? If so, then look no further. I aim to form a collaborative, therapeutic relationship with my clients to provide a safe space away from everyday pressures, in which you can explore and better understand yourself. Ultimately, I endeavour to provide you with an experience that is therapeutic, culturally responsive and empowers you to enhance your life and live it more fully.

My approach is supportive and empowering. I focus on guiding those who feel stuck or uncertain about the path they’re on in life. I specialize in helping clients manage stress, burnout, and periods of adjustment following significant life changes.

I also work with couples to build strong relationships and communication patterns. Whether you have been married for years or taken the first steps into marriage. My approach is to support couples in working through conflict, strengthening their dialogue, and finding ways to build shared meaning. 

If you’re ready to take the next step toward healing and growth, I invite you to reach out and begin your journey with me by Booking a 15-minute consultation where we get to know each other. Together, we can work toward a more fulfilling and balanced life.

Therapist, Register social worker, msw

Thelma Abankwa

I specialize in helping young adults unpack symptoms related to Anxiety and Depression as a result of past traumas. Healing in these area leads to growth in relationships, career, as well as ending unhealthy coping mechanisms and addictions. Additional specialties include ADHD and OCD related symptoms. Let’s unpack this together!

My approach to therapy is centered around building a safe and trusting relationship. Once this is done, I incorporate methods that work to challenge and address your current thoughts, acknowledge and accept them, in order to start the healing process to transform them. This sets the tone for an improved outlook on life and regained trust in one’s self!

Please feel free to give me a call or email me to book a 15 minute consultation. You will always get a response! Going on a healing journey is not easy, but there comes a time when enough is enough, and you are at the end of the rope. You don’t have to carry this burden alone. I’m available to help unpack, navigate, and start the process of a new way forward

Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MA

Manal Alhamwi

Are you feeling weighed down by past experiences, uncertain about the future, or stuck in patterns that no longer serve you? I believe healing often begins with the simple yet powerful act of making sense of what has happened, whether that means understanding our emotional reactions, the challenges we’ve faced, or the deeper meanings behind them. I offer a calm, supportive space where you can reflect, feel seen, and move toward healing at your own pace.

Drawing from my own healing journey, I understand the importance of self-compassion. As Charlie Mackesy says in The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, “being kind to oneself is one of the greatest acts of kindness, and asking for help is not giving up, but refusing to give up.” With lived experience as an immigrant and mature student, I connect with the challenges of navigating identity, managing change, living with uncertainty, and grieving ambiguous losses.

Using a person-centred lens and trauma-informed modalities such as Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), I work with clients facing anxiety, depression, grief, emotional dysregulation, pain, and trauma. This includes supporting those navigating the unique stress of antagonistic or high-conflict relationships, particularly where borderline or narcissistic traits may be present. IFS has deepened my appreciation for the protective, reactive, and wounded parts we all carry and the healing that becomes possible when we reconnect with our calm, curious, and compassionate core Self.

I’ve witnessed the courage it takes to be vulnerable and the strength that emerges through the healing process. Like Viktor Frankl, I believe that one of our greatest freedoms lies in how we choose to respond to life’s challenges. When you’re ready to explore your own path toward healing, I would be honoured to walk alongside you.