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Melissa Schafer
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Over the past decade I have devoted my career to supporting infants, toddlers, young children, and their parents through the various joys and challenges that arise in the early years. This work includes:
Through this work I have supported numerous parents whose own experience of being parented is impacting their parenting, parents who want to offer their children a different experience of being parented than they received, and parents who struggle in knowing how to respond to their children’s big emotions and behaviours.
I hold a Bachelor Degree in Psychology from the University of British Columbia and a Masters in Occupational Therapy from McMaster University. I then went on to obtain additional training in various play therapy approaches and attachment-based interventions (including Theraplay, Circle of Security, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, and Infant-Parent Psychotherapy). I am a registered Occupational Therapist, Psychotherapist and a member of the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario.
With an extensive background in play therapy, and an attachment and neurobiology grounded approach, I look forward to supporting you and your children through navigating the ups and downs of the early years and the parenting journey.
Fee for regular 50 minute session: $150 (No HST required)
- working with parents in the immediate postpartum period who are not feeling connected to their infants, or are feeling overwhelmed or anxious managing the new tasks of parenting
- supporting parents in navigating toddler behaviours and the big feelings that arise in these instrumental years of development
- supporting young children who are experiencing anxiety or emotion regulation challenges
- working with families and their children who have witnessed domestic violence
- supporting children who are in foster care and supporting families through the adoption process
Through this work I have supported numerous parents whose own experience of being parented is impacting their parenting, parents who want to offer their children a different experience of being parented than they received, and parents who struggle in knowing how to respond to their children’s big emotions and behaviours.
I hold a Bachelor Degree in Psychology from the University of British Columbia and a Masters in Occupational Therapy from McMaster University. I then went on to obtain additional training in various play therapy approaches and attachment-based interventions (including Theraplay, Circle of Security, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, and Infant-Parent Psychotherapy). I am a registered Occupational Therapist, Psychotherapist and a member of the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario.
With an extensive background in play therapy, and an attachment and neurobiology grounded approach, I look forward to supporting you and your children through navigating the ups and downs of the early years and the parenting journey.
Fee for regular 50 minute session: $150 (No HST required)