Clinicians | A Holding Place

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A Holding Place provides counselling services for individuals, couples, and families in a safe, welcoming environment.

Our practice employs highly-skilled therapists who specialize in a wide range of therapeutic approaches, allowing us to provide personalized treatment plans to suit your specific needs and goals.

Meet our team and find the right therapist, counsellor, or social worker to help you make a positive change in your mental health.

Vanessa Burke

Registered Social Worker

B.A., B.S.W., M.S.W., R.S.W.

Individual, Couple, and Family Counselling

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Amy Forsey

Registered Clinical Social Worker

B.S.W., M.S.W., R.S.W.

Individual Counselling

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Carrie Matthews

Registered Social Worker

B.S.W., M.S.W., R.S.W.

Individual & Family Counselling

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Shelley Butt

Registered Social Worker

B.S.W., M.S.W., R.S.W.

Individual and Family Counselling

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Arwa Brown

Certified Counsellor

B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.(Counselling Psychology), C.C.C.

Individual and Family Counselling

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Sarah Hunt

Registered Social Worker

B.A.(Psychology/Sociology), B.S.W., M.S.W., R.S.W.

Individual and Family Counselling

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Meghan Churchill

Registered Social Worker

B.S.W., M.S.W., R.S.W.

Individual and Couples Counselling

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Samantha Rose

Registered Social Worker

B.S.W., M.S.W., R.S.W.

Individual and Family Counselling

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Katie Walsh

Registered Social Worker

BA.(Sociology/Psychology), B.S.W., M.S.W., R.S.W.

Individual and Family Counselling

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Lindsay Butt

Registered Social Worker

BA.(Sociology/Women’s Studies), B.S.W., M.S.W., R.S.W.

Individual and Family Counselling

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Lisa Cranford

Registered Social Worker

BA.(Sociology/Psychology), B.S.W., M.S.W., R.S.W.

Individual and Family Counselling

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Leigha Cann

Registered Social Worker

B.S.W., M.S.W., R.S.W.

Individual and Family Counselling

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Hillary Mitchell

Registered Social Worker

B.S.W., M.S.W., R.S.W

Individual, Couple, and Family Counselling

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Helen MacKinnon

Founder and Certified Counsellor

B.A.(Psychology), M.Ed.(Counselling Psychology), C.C.C.

Individual, Couple, and Family Counselling

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Contact

A Holding Place
1 Mount Cashel Road
St. John's, NL A1A 1X6

709.738.0432

help@aholdingplace.ca

Land Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge the land on which we practice as the ancestral homelands of the Beothuk, whose culture has now been erased forever. We also acknowledge the island of Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland) as the unceded, traditional territory of the Beothuk and the Mi'kmaq. We commit to working in a spirit of truth and reconciliation to make a better future for all.