Westboro Wellness Team
Cindy Wolfe
M.Ed., MSW, RSW, SEP
Cindy has been practicing social work since graduating from York University in 1999. Starting her career with positions of advocacy, child protection, research and community engagement, she shifted towards counselling, earning an M.Ed. in Counselling and eventually becoming a crisis counsellor with the Ottawa Police Service for 11 years.
To advance her skills, she returned to school, obtaining a Master of Social Work degree which included an 8-month internship with the Royal Ottawa Hospital’s Operational Stress Injuries Clinic, providing clinical support to members of the RCMP and Canadian Forces challenged with PTSD, operational stress, anxiety, and depression. Cindy is currently working primarily with first responders as well as current and retired military members and their families.
Cindy’s extensive trauma training in Prolonged Exposure Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and Somatic Experiencing has helped shape her therapeutic practice. Using these and additional approaches, Cindy would like to work collaboratively with you to help you achieve your goals.
Andrea Khalid
MA, RP
Andrea has been working in the Psychology field for over 10 years. Before her passion for clinical work, she worked in neuropsychological assessment and clinical research. Andrea graduated with a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology and is currently in the process of her PhD in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Andrea specializes in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy while also utilizing Self-Compassion, Solution-Focused and Strength-Based approaches in session. Client well-being and confidentiality are her priorities and she strives to help clients work through challenges.
Andrea currently sees adults who are experiencing concerns with anxiety, depression, chronic illness, grief, stress (including caregiver stress), interpersonal relationships, self-esteem, workplace issues, burnout, and she has a clinical interest in First Responders and their everyday work challenges.
Kimberly Tran
MSW, RSW
Kimberly Tran has a Bachelors of Arts degree in Psychology and a Masters of Social Work. She is a Registered Social Worker who began her counselling experience working in hospital settings at the Royal Ottawa Hospital and at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. She then spent over a decade working in child welfare and helping families, youth and children through traumatic and stressful life experiences and events.
She is able to work with individuals who are experiencing struggles managing their daily lives due to stress, anxiety or trauma; as well as with couples and families regarding their relationships, attachment concerns or parenting struggles.
Kaysia Saliba
MSW, RSW
Kaysia has been working in the social work field for over 12 years. She began her career working in the areas of sexual assault and domestic violence support and obtained a bachelors and Masters degree in Criminology and Social Justice studies in 2005 and 2010. She then went on to complete her Masters in Social Work at Dalhousie University in 2018, which included internships providing clinical support to active duty military personnel in Shilo, Manitoba and a rape crisis centre in New Zealand.
Upon graduating her Masters, Kaysia worked in mental health intervention at a Family Health Team, where she started up a PTSD treatment clinic. Kaysia recently worked with the Ottawa Hospital’s First Responders Clinic, providing clinical support to the city’s first responders.
Kaysia has a particular interest in working with clients who have PTSD, with active duty and retired military members, first responders and those who have experienced sexual or domestic violence. Kaysia has extensive training in Prolonged Exposure Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), Cognitive Processing Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Kaysia welcomes you to her practice and looks forward to working with you. Please reach out to her by email or phone to book an appointment.