Our Professional Team
Our Professional Team
At Harmony Counselling we believe in collaborative care for better mental health
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Lorena Patrucco is the Director, Clinical Supervisor and Registered Psychotherapist at Harmony Counselling Services. Lorena has more than 20 years of experience working with children from infancy (infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age) youth and young adults in clinical and community-based settings, Hospitals, and Learning/Educational Centres and private practice. Lorena is a mindful and empathetic child and youth psychotherapist who strives to understand and support children and families in a safe and non-judgmental space guided by an integrated holistic approach.
Lorena’s scope of practice focuses on working on with children, youth, young adults and families on a wide range of issues including, parenting training, separation anxiety, divorce/separation transition/process, school difficulties (Learning disabilities, ADHD training, behavioural issues), self-esteem, eating disorder, social and communication training, anxiety (generalized, social, performance, OCD), and depression.
Lorena integrates a client-centered approach to counselling and she uses a variety of modalities including Play Therapy, CBT, Art therapy, DBT, Social thinking, Solution focused-therapy, Narrative approach among other interventions. She also has experience working with youth in the LGBTQ+ community, including youth who are gender transitioning.
Lorena is truly passionate to help others and she does it by incorporating a variety of clinical techniques to suit the needs of her clients. In addition to Lorena’s clinical experience, she is also a Part-time Professor in Early Childhood Education at Sheridan College.
Lorena holds a Master of Art in Counselling Psychology in addition to Bachelors of Arts in Educational Psychology, as well as Diploma in Early Childhood Educator and an Early Interventionist-Resource Consultant Certificate. Lorena is a registered Psychotherapist with the College of Psychotherapist of Ontario (CRPO) as well as Member in good standing of the Ontario Association of Mental Health Professional (OAMHP).
She speaks English and Spanish fluently, providing services in both languages!
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Maria Carolina Saenz holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá as well as a Mental Health and Addictions Certificate counselor from Durham College, Ontario. Maria Carolina is a member in good standing of the Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals (OAMHP).
Maria Carolina brings extensive expertise in monitoring and fostering human development across private practice, hospital, and community settings. She has broad experience working with children, adolescents, young adults, older adults, individuals experiencing homelessness, family groups, emotional support groups, educational workshops, crisis intervention, and interprofessional collaborations. Her services are available both in-person and online, in Spanish and English.
Over the last ten years, Maria Carolina has developed strategies for providing emotional support in crisis intervention, mental health care, psychoeducation, trauma-informed approaches, and individual counseling. She employs a humanistic, client-centered, and systemic approach, empowering individuals to develop strategies for managing crises, anxiety, depression, substance use challenges, understanding behaviors, addressing relationship challenges, navigating grief, coping with illnesses, and facing other life circumstances.
Maria Carolina invites you to join her in creating a space for reflection, self-awareness, and autonomy, a space where compassion is central and where you are encouraged to explore new perspectives on your life’s journey.
Maria Carolina offers services in-person and online in English & Spanish.
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Kimberly Tome is an intern therapist (MACP Candidate) and Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) practicing under the supervision of Lorena Patrucco, Registered Psychotherapist.
Kimberly is a registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario and is currently completing her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University. She also holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Family Social Services from the University of Guelph-Humber.
Kimberly has worked in the mental health field supporting infants (ages 0-6), children, youth, and adults in various settings. These experiences include Infant Mental Health through the Hospital for Sick Children, supporting children and youth with ADHD, ASD, and personality disorders, and supporting adults with psychosis, and other mental health conditions.
With an emphasis on strengths, Kimberly aims to create a safe and supportive environment to facilitate empathetic growth and personal change. Drawing on a client-centred approach, she caters her therapeutic approach to each unique individual. She uses a variety of evidence-based modalities to ensure clients can explore their thoughts, experiences, and stories in a non-judgemental and effective space. Kimberly helps clients with attachment wounds and understanding, attachment parenting, emotional regulation, life transitions, stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, interpersonal relationships, and other life difficulties.
Kimberly is available online and in-person in our Oakville Office.
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Alejandra Arevalo is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario and is completing her master’s degree in music therapy at Concordia University, with anticipated graduation in 2025. She is also a Certified Music Therapist (MTA) and a Neurologic Music Therapy Fellow (NMT-F). Alejandra earned her bachelor’s degree in music therapy and completed graduate-level training in professional counseling in the United States.
With extensive experience across the lifespan, from infancy to end of life, Alejandra has supported individuals with a wide range of strengths and needs. Her work includes serving those with developmental disabilities, neurological conditions, and ageing-related challenges, as well as supporting clients dealing with mental health concerns such as trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, suicidality, eating disorders, and life transitions.
Drawing from her diverse training, Alejandra blends psychodynamic approaches with music therapy to create engaging, success-oriented experiences that empower clients to take charge of their personal growth. Her integrative approach incorporates Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Reality Therapy, Trauma-Informed Therapy, Aesthetic Music Therapy, and Neurologic Music Therapy. Central to her practice is fostering a safe, trusting therapeutic alliance that
nurtures creativity, self-awareness, self-acceptance, and client-led progress.
Alejandra offers psychotherapy and music therapy services online in both English and Spanish.
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Marianne Caroleo is a Registered Psychotherapist (qualifying) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario and completed her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University. She is also a Child and Youth Care Practitioner. She has achieved her Bachelor of Art in Child and Youth Care at Toronto Metropolitan University (formally Ryerson University), a Child and Youth Worker diploma and Children’s Mental Health Certificate from Humber College.
Marianne has experience working with children and adolescents in the school system and children’s mental health. Marianne is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario.
Marianne is passionate about helping people seek positive change and growth in their lives. Using warmth and compassion, she fosters a safe and supportive space to help individuals and families feel comfortable sharing their stories.
Marianne utilizes a collaborative and accepting approach that allows her to draw on various treatment modalities to assist clients in navigating their unique needs and challenges. The therapeutic relationship is key to developing trust between her and her clients, allowing them to work together to build on their strengths and begin their healing journey.
Marianne is prepared to work with clients to create a treatment plan, goals, and outcomes. Her focus will be on listening to clients tell their stories to help them recognize and build on their strengths, abilities and assets. Sessions will be tailored to each client to meet the unique needs that people have.
Marianne utilizes an integrative approach that allows her to work from various treatment lenses such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Polyvagal theory, and solution-focused therapy. Additionally, Marianne works from a strength-based and
trauma-informed lens.
Shannon Reis is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario and completed her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology with Honours at Yorkville University. Shannon also completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at The University of Western Ontario with a focus in Psychology and Criminology. Shannon has a background in Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA) Therapy, predominately with early learners and school-aged children having ASD, ADHD, and other dual diagnoses, and also has experience working in the school system with early learners, school-aged children, and teens with varying exceptionalities.
Shannon believes fostering a safe and empathetic space that feels warm, authentic, and welcoming helps all flourish in therapy. Shannon tends to take on a strength-based perspective and is passionate about helping others become aware of the pre-existing skills and strengths they bring to the world. Shannon believes all clients are the experts of themselves and nurtures a collaborative relationship with clients at all ages and stages. Shannon understands each client is rare in their life experiences and works to modify therapeutic interventions to best fit the distinct needs, wants, and desires of each client when moving in the direction of their goals.
Shannon focuses on helping children and youth with ASD, ADHD, life transitions, anxiety, depression, anger, behavioural difficulties, self-esteem, learning difficulties, friendships, and more! Shannon typically integrates play therapy, art interventions, narrative therapy, cognitive-behavioural therapy, and mindfulness-based therapy to ensure all client’s inner worlds are attuned to, validated, and seen.
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Maria Georgina Arzola is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) and she is a member with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA). Georgina holds a Master Degree in Counselling Psychology in Canada and an International Medical Degree (IMD) in Psychiatry from Venezuela.
Georgina offers psychotherapy services to adolescents, adults, and older adults in both English and Spanish, in online or in-person settings. She uses an integrative approach with insight-oriented and evidence-based modalities that she better adapts and fits each
of her clients’ unique needs.
Georgina possesses the knowledge and experience of working with a broad range of clients and mental health conditions in both community and private settings with a trauma-informed and culturally sensitive practice. Georgina is trained in and uses
Psychodynamic Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotionally Focused Therapy. Cultural competence is important in my practice, and I understand the cultural nuances that influence minorities in our community.
As an immigrant herself, Georgina is quite in tune with the struggles and barriers of immigration as well as the cultural nuances and dissonance that might be silently
impacting your family dynamics and other areas of your life. Georgina empathetically helps find the tools and strategies that better fit their situation and needs to regain control of their life.
Georgina welcomes clients with diagnoses that affect social and emotional well-being, such as anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief, relationship problems. She also supports parents looking for related consultation and support with changes in family dynamics.
Georgina offers her therapeutic services in English and Spanish!
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Meagan Lombardi is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario and completed her Undergraduate at the University of Guelph with a focus in Sociology.
Meagan is passionate about supporting youth, families, and adults as they share their stories, navigate challenges, and celebrate their successes. She provides a safe and supportive environment where you can be open and express yourself freely. Through attentive listening, a nonjudgmental outlook and unconditional positive regard she aims to help you build on your innate strengths and capacities, achieve your goals, and live a life that feels most authentic to you.
Meagan provides services from a place of empathetic and trauma-informed awareness. She understands that all individuals and situations are unique and works collaboratively to tailor and develop a plan that will address your specific needs. With patience and understanding Meagan works with you to determine a pace that feels comfortable, empowering you to identify your needs and ensuring the best possible treatment is provided, creating lasting change.
Meagan implements an integrative approach drawing on a variety of modalities including narrative, person-centered, solution-focused and family systems therapy as well as strength-based and trauma-informed approaches. She focuses on helping individuals and families with self-esteem, anxiety/stress management, depression, life transitions and communication/interpersonal relationship skills.
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Gretchen Savery is an experienced counsellor with a Bachelor of Arts in General Psychology, a Master of Arts in Family Therapy and Systemic Intervention and is a member in good standing with the Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals (OAMHP). She is passionate about the many ways in which she can help others change their lives by guiding them in discovering their strengths and learning the skills needed to succeed. Her counselling style is based on respect, sensitivity and understanding; it focuses on healing, gaining positive skills and eliminating harmful behaviours.
Moreover, her training in Family Therapy provides her with important tools to help modern families navigate the challenges that often affect everyone involved in the dynamic. She is knowledgeable of various approaches from which she uses the most suitable for each family in their circumstances. Other areas she focuses on include: Parenting, Anxiety, Depression, School Difficulties, Behavioural Issues, Life Transitions, Stress Management, Self-esteem, Toxic Habits, Communication Skills …
Gretchen strives to understand where you are and where you are coming from, to help you overcome difficult situations and/or develop necessary skills to fulfil your potential and get to where you want to be. She believes everyone has very good reasons to be who they are, and with her guidance you can take steps to become who you want to be regardless of your past or current situation.
Gretchen is fluent in English and Spanish and offers counselling in both.
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Lidya Lopez is a passionate and trained counsellor who brings a vast expertise in working with children, families, and adults in the Mississauga and Brampton Community. Lidya’s practice focuses on helping individuals and families to regain well being in their lives from a holistic approach, individualizing treatment based on their unique needs and circumstances. She values family dynamics and therapeutic relationships with clients and believes that change comes from working together in an open and nonjudgmental space.
Lidya provides therapy to parents, children, and adults presenting with a variety of mental health issues such as mood and anxiety disorder, depression, stress management, ADHD, bullying, social and life skills, and self-harming behaviours. She also supports parents who are struggling to manage their child’s behaviour, parenting training, as well as working with children whose parents are going through a separation. Other specialties include, anger management, bereavement, post-traumatic stress disorder, and workplace stress. Lydia applies a variety of modalities to therapy, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Play and Art Therapy, Strength-based approach among other approaches.
Lidya received a Bachelor of Art in Psychology in the Hispano-American University in Costa Rica (with Toronto University credential) and she holds an Early Childhood Assistant Diploma from Canadian Business College. She is a member in good standing with the Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals (OAMHP).
Lydia provides therapy in Spanish.
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Romina Di Belli is a registered Social Worker (MSW, RSW). Romina holds a Master of Social Work Degree from Windsor University in combination with a Bachelor Degree in Psychology. She is a member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW) and the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Services Workers (OCSWSSW).
Romina has more than twenty years of experience working in Social Services and Mental Health field with families in Argentina and more than three years working with children and their families as a school Social worker in Toronto, Canada.
Romina specializes in supporting adolescents and adults through individual therapy. She takes a collaborative approach to therapy based on Person Centered Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. She tailors each session based on client’s needs, wants and goals.
She has strong experience in helping clients overcome challenges such as:
- Life transitions and personal development
- Relationship problems
- Managing expectations of significant others
- Depression, sadness, loneliness, homesickness
Romina supports the Spanish speaking community navigate the transitions, challenges and opportunities of being part of a different culture by providing you with a new perspective towards your feelings, thoughts and actions.
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Melanie Candido is a Registered Psychotherapist (qualifying) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. She completed her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University. She also works as an Instructional Therapist for children and youth with Autism, ADHD, and other exceptionalities. Melanie has achieved a Bachelor of Applied Science in Psychology from the University of Guelph-Humber and a Children’s Mental Health Certificate from Humber College.
Melanie places importance on having clients be the experts of their care, places their needs central in therapy, and aids in guiding them toward goals set together. Melanie strives to create positive change through collaboration and authentic connections with clients.
Drawing from a variety of evidence-based therapeutic practices, Melanie aims to create a safe and inviting environment for all clients of different ages. She focuses on the unique abilities and nature of individuals and builds therapeutic relationships that allow clients to feel comfortable and safe in expressing their needs. She focuses on helping clients with depression, anxiety, ADHD, conflict resolution, life transitions, and stress management in children, adolescents, adults, and families
Melanie utilizes an integrative approach that allows her to work from various treatment modalities to meet the unique and specific needs of clients. She specifically
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Carolina is a Registered Social Worker and she holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Windsor in combination with a Bachelor Degree in Psychology. She is a member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW) and the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Services Workers (OCSWSSW).
Carolina’s background includes more than 10 years of clinical experience providing mental health services in the community. She has worked many years with youth and adult patients with complex psychiatric disorders, and has supported individuals with developmental disabilities and their families’ accessing services in Ontario. Carolina has also expertise in the gerontology field, supporting individuals and families struggling with chronic health conditions and experience completing trauma work, providing evidence- based interventions for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Carolina specializes in supporting youth, adults, and seniors through individual therapy
Carolina uses a trauma-informed, strengths-based approach grounded in a deep respect for every person, she has a compassionate approach to care. Experience in using different evidence-based methods of psychotherapy models, including CBT, DBT, ACT, Mindfulness. Carolina specializes in Anxiety, Depression, Stress, Life transitions, Trauma and PTSD. She offers her therapeutic services in English and Spanish!
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Dasha Shalimo is a certified therapeutic art practitioner (TAP) who offers an abundance of healing practices for those individuals who are interested in self-discovery, self-healing and empowerment. She offers art therapy sessions through individual and small group sessions for women and children who are struggling with life’s challenges. Her sessions help children who have encounter bulling, social difficulties and behavioural challenges, anger issues and grief among other difficulties. Dasha is also a filial therapist, which through art therapy, she helps individuals and families to create and build genuine long-lasting bonds, recover from broken relationships, and overcome family issues.
Dasha uses various means of artistic expressions to move through the process of personal discovery and eventual understanding of the self. You do not need to be an artist your expression will come from within yourself. Hence, you will become an artist of your own life.
While focusing on the healing practice of expressive art, Dasha offers a vast of knowledge in understanding one’s own development and mindset and focuses her practice on helping clients with several life challenges such as, traumatic experiences, grief, social behaviour, life transitions (such as newcomers/immigration), relationship issues, and parenting/separation issues. Dasha also offers restorative practices to help families to unwind their potential and reestablish healthy relationships.
She earned a doctorate from UofT as well as a masters and bachelor degree in Early childhood psychology and pedagogy. Dasha has worked locally and internationally with various groups where she developed and practiced skills and knowledge that has characterize her as an open – minded, kind-hearted and empathetic person. At present, Dasha is completing her training with CiiAT to become a full licensed psychotherapist and art therapist – Dasha works under supervised practice.
Dasha offers therapy in English, Belarusian and Russian.
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