Tracy has worked primarily in private practice that has provided opportunities to engage with clients in clinic, home, day care and school settings. A former elementary school resource teacher, she has spent her career working with young children and providing support in various areas of their development. She has a positive approach to working with children and families, assisting them with communication goals and tools to attain them, which can be incorporated into their busy home lives. She is grateful to be part of this profession where she also finds personal satisfaction in each client session.

Outside of the clinic, Tracy has often been found cheering for her children at various youth sport events, visiting Nova Scotia’s South Shore beaches, travelling, and enjoying a good book with a cup of coffee.

Tracy is based at both the Halifax and Bedford clinics.

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Cathy (she/her) is an Occupational Therapist with 35 years of experience working in both Ontario and Nova Scotia. For the last 20 years, Cathy has worked with children, youth and their families in northeastern Nova Scotia including several First Nations communities. She focuses on skill development, adapting tasks, and adapting the environment, to achieve improved function in play, self-care (toileting, personal hygiene, eating etc.), and school performance (printing, organization skills etc).

Cathy has extensive experience working with children and youth diagnosed with Autism, ADHD, Developmental Coordination Disorder, and other developmental disorders. She specializes in supporting children with significant challenges related to toileting and eating. She uses a strengths-based approach, while considering sensory processing, motor coordination, emotional regulation, communication, and anxiety.

Cathy is based in Antigonish and is available to support children/families in the Pictou, Antigonish, Guysborough, and parts of Inverness and Richmond Counties.

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Elizabeth Pace is a speech-language pathologist who is passionate about helping children and teens communicate with confidence. She takes a strengths-based approach, focusing on each child’s unique abilities to foster growth and create meaningful progress. By celebrating the potential in every child, Elizabeth collaborates with families to set goals that are functional, empowering, and tailored to their everyday lives.

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Vanessa Poulton is an experienced occupational therapist who is passionate about supporting youth and adults struggling with their mental health. She has extensive experience supporting clients experiencing anxiety and depression, trauma histories, and life transitions.

Vanessa has training in evidence-based psychotherapies, including: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Mindfulness to support children, teens, adults and families. Her areas of interest include: anxiety management, coping with depression, grief and loss, managing life transitions and stress, bereavement support, pregnancy/postpartum mood support, parenting challenges and women’s health.

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Jenny is a skilled Occupational Therapist who is passionate about supporting children, youth, and adults in achieving their occupational goals through client-centered care and evidence-based practices. With children and youth, she focuses on supporting youth and adolescent mental health, sensory & emotional regulation, handwriting skills, and motor skill development to promote independence and enhance participation in self-care, learning, and play.

Jenny supports adults and seniors managing physical and mental health challenges, offering interventions such as home safety assessments, workplace modifications, chronic pain management, concussion rehabilitation and providing support for adults with difficulties with executive functioning and sensory processing differences.

Jenny is a certified Functional Capacity Evaluator, specializing in the administration of comprehensive Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCEs) to assess an individual’s ability to perform work-related tasks.

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