Our Story - Meet the Team
Welcome
Welcome
Hi, I'm Judy, Clinical Director and Owner at Your Story Counselling Services. We are a team of masters level clinicians offering support and care for a wide range of challenges and issues.
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The core values of Your Story have remained the same since the beginning: supporting those that are feeling overwhelmed or uncertain about how to make the first step in their journey towards positive change and well-being.
My team and I believe that therapy should be a collaborative effort between all those involved. We maintain an inviting and non-judgmental space for all that celebrates and respects all identities, races, genders, abilities, cultures, and/or sexual orientations.
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Each clinician on the Your Story Counselling team offers their own unique blend of expert training and modality alongside with the lessons and knowledge they have gained in their own lived experiences and struggles to provide the best competent and supportive care. We believe that each story is different and strive to work collaboratively and alongside you to help you find the best possible strategies and tools to better your life.
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I invite you to explore our website to learn more about our clinicians and our services. Please do not hesitate to reach out and contact us if you have any questions. We look forward to meeting you soon.
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All the best,
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- Judy T Lui, MSc, CCC, RP
Clinical Director - Your Story Counselling Services
Carling Mashinter, M.S.C., R.P.
Registered Psychotherapist
Associate Therapist
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*Pictured also is Gerty, Carling's therapy dog who is also available to attend sessions with clients*
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Carling is accepting clients for Individual, Couple, Family and Sex Therapy. In Office only
Masters of Science - University of Guelph
Couple and Family Therapy
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Bachelor of Arts (H.) - University of Waterloo
Psychology, Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies
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Offering Services in English for In-Office Appointments
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Carling works from a strength-based, client centred and goal-oriented approach. Utilizing 5 different modalities Carling specializes in working with relationships, including couples, friends, and family. She is particularly skilled in working with polyamorous and LGBTQ+ relationships, specializing in sex therapy. With her own personal experience in chronic pain and disability, she believes that these experiences are an asset in working with folks with disabilities. Carling's priority is creating an inclusive space for all to experience the benefits and value of therapy.
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Email: Carlingm@yourstorycounselling.com
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Meet The Team
Lynn Qi, M.Ed. R.P.
Registered Psychotherapist
Associate Therapist
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Lynn is currently accepting clients of Individual Therapy
Masters of Education - University of Toronto
Counselling Psychology
Bachelor of Arts - University of Rochester
Psychology, Brain & Cognitive Science
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Offering Services in English and Mandarin
Lynn practices using various psychotherapies including:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), and clinical traumatology. She embraces a client-centered and mindfulness-based approach and integrates interventions from different therapy modalities to tailor treatment plans to every client’s needs. Lynn is passionate about helping and empowering clients to achieve more fulfilling and meaningful lives and providing clients with the tools and strategies in facing their life challenges.
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Zahra Eizadi, M.A. R.P.(q).
Registered Psychotherapist
Associate Therapist
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Zahra is currently accepting clients of Individual, Couples, Family, and Sex Therapy
Masters of Arts - University of Tehran
Counselling Psychology
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Bachelor of Arts - Azad University
French Translation
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Bachelor of Arts - Medical University of Mazandaran
Midwifery
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Offering Services in English and Farsi
Zahra is an international mental health clinician, with a vast experience of helping individuals and couples from different cultural backgrounds and mental health conditions to deal with various conflicts. She utilizes various approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness, Emotional Focused Therapy (EFT), Object Relation and attachment theory. Zahra is passionate about helping individuals and couples create an integrative approach to address dysfunction coping strategies and replace them with constructive actions to best fit unique needs and goals.
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Alana Sham, M.A.C.P., R.P.(q).
Registered Psychotherapist
Associate Therapist
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Alana is accepting clients for Individual, Child & Family Therapy
Masters of Arts - Yorkville University
Counselling Psychology
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Bachelor of Arts (H.) - University of Toronto
Psychology, Sociology & East Asian Studies
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Offering Services in English and Cantonese
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Alana works from an attachment-based and trauma-informed lens, apply therapy approaches such as solution-focused therapy (SFT), narrative therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and play therapy techniques to best work with her clients. Working with individuals, children, and families, Alana has experience working with children as young as 2 years old across a broad spectrum of challenges (ASD, ODD, ADD, OCD, PTSD, NVLD). She understands the importance of communication and understanding our loved ones. Alana is passionate about supporting her clients to succeed and feel empowered by their own abilities.
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Email: Alanas@yourstorycounselling.com
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Judy T Lui
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Msc., CCC., RP
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Clinical Director
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Individual Therapy
Couple/Relational Therapy
Sex Therapy
Currently NOT accepting new clients
Lynn Qi
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MA, RP
Associate Therapist
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Individual Therapy
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Online and In Office Appointments available
Zahra Eizadi
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MA, R.p.(q)
Associate Therapist
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Individual Therapy
Couple Therapy
Sex Therapy
Online and In Office Appointments available
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Alana Sham
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MACP, R.P.(q)
Associate Therapist
Individual Therapy
Child & Adolescent Therapy
Family Therapy
Sex Therapy
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Online and In Office Appointments available
Carling Mashinter
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MSC, R.P.
Associate Therapist
Individual Therapy
Couple Therapy
Family Therapy
Sex Therapy
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In Office Appointments available
Gerty
Therapy Dog Extravaganza, Co-Therapist to Carling.
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Available for sessions at no additional charge when seeing Carling!
Judy T. Lui, M.Sc. C.C.C. R.P.
Registered Psychotherapist
Certified Canadian Counsellor
Clinical Director/Founder
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Judy is currently not accepting new clients until June 2020. Please email us to inquire about her waitlist.
Masters of Science - University of Guelph
Couple & Family Therapy
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Bachelor of Arts (H.) - University of Waterloo
Psychology, Sociology, SMF (Sexuality, Marriage, & Family Studies)
Judy is the founder and director of Your Story Counselling, with extensive training and experience in multiple psychotherapy settings, She utilizes a strengths-focused postmodern systemic perspective, specifically drawing on the therapeutic models of Dialogic Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Sex Therapy, IMTT (Image Transformation Therapy), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing Therapy), and Culturally-Informed Therapy Modalities. Judy is constantly learning new approaches and techniques to better serve the unique needs and goals of each and every one of her clients.
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