Meet Our Practitioners at Compass Clinic
We're a team of passionate clinicians who specialize in working with children, youth and adults using a developmental lifespan approach to providing mental health services.
Charmaine Miranda - PhD, R. Psych
"If I had an hour to solve all the problems of the world, I would spend 59 of those minutes defining the problem" ~
— Albert Einstein
Rachel Weber - PhD, R. Psych
"And often enough, when we talk we think we are protecting ourselves, We are struggling against our rescuer." ~
— Maryilynne Robinson
Jodi Yager - PhD, R. Psycho
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." ~
— Lao Tzu
Sandy Klar - PhD, R. Psych
"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow." ~
— Anthony J. D’Angelo
Dr. Gillian Watson - PhD, R. Psych
"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You." ~
— Dr. Seuss
John Lum - PhD, R. Psych
"A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers." ~
— Helen Keller
Antonia Dangaltcheva - PhD, R. Psych
"Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together." ~
— Brené Brown
Andrea Stelnicki - PhD, R. Psych
"Courage is contagious. Every time we choose courage, we make everyone around us a little better and the world a little braver." ~
— Brené Brown
Dr. Ali Eslami MD, PhD, Psychiatrist
“Silence is the language of god,
all else is poor translation.”
― Rumi
Charlene Barva - PhD, R. Psych
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." ~
— Albert Einstein
Natasha Karim - MA, R. Psych
"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself." ~
— Rumi
Chris Graham - M.C., R. Psychmi
"The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others." ~
— Joan Erikson
Erica Lane - MA, R. Psych
"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves." ~
— Victor E. Frankl
Greenly Ho - PhD (何偉庭) (臨床心理學博士)m - MA, R. Psych
"If your plan is for 1 year plant rice. If your plan is for 10 years plant trees. If your plan is for 100 years educate children." ~
— Guan Zhong
Mary Morris, Psy.D. – Assessing Clinician
"Once you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope." ~
— Bell Hooks
Susan Dhaliwal - Assessing Clinician
"Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." ~
— Victor E. Frankl
Dorna Rahimi - Assessing Clinician
"In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on." ~
— Robert Frost
Jessica Baraskewich - Assessing Clinician
"Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time."
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
David Feinstein - Assessing Clinician
"If We Treat People as If They Were What They Ought to Be, We Help Them Become What They Are Capable of Becoming." ~
— Goethe
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Kathleen Walsh - Assessing Clinician
"Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health; safe connections are fundamental to meaningful and satisfying lives." ~
— Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
Aisha Ghani - Clinical Psychology Intern
"People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel." ~
— Maya Angelou
Jessica Eriksen, MEd., Doctoral Student
“In this world, you will have to be who you are, not who others think you should be.”
- Tim Burton, Alice in Wonderland [the film, 2010]
Ryan Santin - M. Ed, RCC
"Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its life believing that it is stupid." ~
— Albert Einstein
Laura Roy - MCP, RCC
"When people show you who they are, believe them." ~
— Maya Angelou
Georgie Nicholas - MSc, PGDip, RCC
"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." ~
— Albus Dumbledore
Claudia Smith, RN
"One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore." ~
— Andre Gide
Sarah Ehl, M.Sc., RSLP
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart"
- Helen Keller
Keera Mulligan, Psychometrist
"One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore." ~
— Andre Gide
Lisa Bradshaw, BSc, BEd
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the beginning.”
- C.S. Lewis
Amanda Harvey
"Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else." ~
— Margaret Mead
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