Meet the Team
Accepting New Clients
In-Person and Virtual
Weeknight Availability
Venus Cheng BSW, MA, RSW
With a Bachelor in Social Work and a Master’s in Psychology, and over 10 years of experience in psychotherapy, Venus brings both academic depth and extensive clinical experience to her work. Her background across hospital, community, and specialized settings has shaped a thoughtful, grounded, and compassionate approach to supporting young adults.
What can she help with?
Venus works with kids, teens, and adults who feel overwhelmed by their emotions, disconnected from their bodies, or unsure of who they are becoming. Many of the people she supports experience eating disorders, disordered eating, body image concerns, and emotional dysregulation in the context of life stress, identity exploration, and questions of belonging and self-worth.
Therapeutic Approach
In therapy, Venus offers a steady and compassionate space where difficult emotions can be named, understood, and held without judgment. Venus views eating and emotional struggles as meaningful adaptations to pain, pressure, and unmet needs rather than problems to be “fixed.” Together with her clients, Venus focuses on building a safer, more trusting relationship with food, emotions, and the self, while developing practical tools to navigate everyday life.
Drawing from evidence-based approaches such as DBT, CBT, FBT, and Emotion-Focused Family Therapy, Venus balances structure with curiosity and care. Her experience across varied levels of care allows her to attune to complexity, manage risk thoughtfully, and deeply respect the courage it takes to seek support.
At the heart of Venus’ work is the belief that healing grows through connection, compassion, and a strengthening sense of identity. Venus is committed to creating an affirming, culturally responsive, and stigma-free therapeutic space where young adults can move toward greater stability, self-understanding, and self-trust.
Accepting New Clients
In-Person and Virtual
Weeknight Availability
Hailey McKee MACP, RP (Qualifying)
Hailey has worked in the mental health field since 2022. She graduated with a BA in Social Psychology, Minor in Mental Health & Addiction, and holds an ABA Certificate. She then completed a MA in Counselling Psychology. She has varied experiences working with children, teens, families, and adults providing psychotherapy, ABA services, and working within multidisciplinary teams.
What can she help with?
She provides compassionate, evidence-based services for children, youth, young adults, parents, and families, supporting concerns related to anxiety, depression, school challenges, ADHD, Autism, and other behavioural or relational difficulties.
Therapeutic Approach
Hailey believes that life’s challenges are not meant to be faced alone and is committed to walking alongside clients with care and compassion. She views therapy as an opportunity to explore your unique journey, uncover new insights, and work toward the life you envision—one where you feel more balanced, confident, and at peace. Drawing from both professional training and personal experience, she is dedicated to fostering growth and healing, creating a supportive space where clients can learn, reflect, and move forward together.
Accepting New Clients
In-Person and Virtual
Weeknight / Weekend
Availability
Additional Languages:
Farsi, Kurdish
Hana Varzandeh MSW, RSW
Hana brings over 18 years of experience in social work, with a solid foundation in both community development and clinical mental health. She has held a variety of roles within hospital settings, including working as a crisis worker in emergency departments and as a member of a Mobile Crisis Team providing community-based support. For five years, Hana also served as a consultant to Police Services, contributing her expertise to their mobile crisis response program.
What can she help with?
Hana's clinical and therapeutic work focuses on helping adults addressing concerns related to symptoms of depression, anxiety, ADHD, adjustment to life altering experiences such as the loss of a loved one, retirement, marriage, ending a relationship, or caring for family members with disabilities/mental health challenges. She also specializes in working with first-responders. She incorporates diverse modalities depending on the context of the session.
Therapeutic Approach
Hana views therapy as an opportunity to clear a foggy mirror—allowing individuals to see themselves with greater clarity, less judgment, and a deeper appreciation for their own strengths, abilities, and resilience. She believes that healing begins in a safe and supportive space, where people feel truly heard, validated, and understood. For Hana, meaningful therapeutic work happens when emotions are gently acknowledged and cared for, creating the conditions to explore, process, and grow.
Kate Wong RP, MDiv
Limited Availability for
New Clients
As a therapist, Kate has worked in various children's mental health agencies, adult addiction services, and private practice settings throughout the GTA since 2016. Most of her current practice includes working with children and young adults facing mental health and family issues.
What can she help with?
She specializes in helping children, youth, young adults, parents, and families to effectively address concerns related to symptoms of anxiety, OCD, depression, post-traumatic stress, parent-child conflict, suicidal ideation, self-harming behaviours, and other behavioural / relational challenges.
Therapeutic Approach
She considers the therapeutic process to be a collaborative and for a season of time. She typically draws upon a client's interests and strengths while incorproating evidence-based practices from a range of therapeutic modalities depending on a client's specific needs, situation, and hopes for therapy. This could include elements of body-based and relational approaches, CBT and DBT therapies, narrative therapy, and trauma-focused therapy.