Our Team
All practitioners at INDIGROW Psychology offer counselling through a trauma-informed lens. We are able to provide services in multiple languages, including English, Cantonese, and Spanish.
Get to know our team below and find a practitioner that best suits your needs. Not sure who to book with? Get in touch and we can help!
Mckenzie Kool
Co-Founder & Director of Trauma Informed Care
Registered Psychologist
Mckenzie’s approach to counselling comes from her experience in treating a wide range of mental health concerns, combined with the observation that the symptoms clients present with often have roots in unprocessed trauma or distressing life events. She works from an attachment perspective and a brain-based approach that aims to integrate unprocessed trauma in the nervous system, in order to alleviate psychological distress and unhealthy relationship patterns. Mckenzie also works to help clients resolve generational trauma that is passed down through no fault of our own. Mckenzie believes that we all have the ability to heal from the life experiences that have disconnected us from who we really are. She is nonjudgmental, empathetic, and believes that counselling should be both insightful and fun.
She has completed advanced training in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), attachment focused EMDR, EMDR and egostates, clinical hypnosis, Internal family systems (IFS), and the comprehensive resource model (CRM).
Mckenzie holds a deep understanding in working with complex PTSD, generational trauma, attachment disorders, and dissociative disorders. She is LGBTQ2SIA+ friendly and provides counselling to adults and couples.
Mckenzie’s areas of expertise include:
PTSD and Complex PTSD | Attachment Trauma | Anxiety | Depression | Addictions | Eating Disorders | Self-Esteem | Couples Counselling | Dissociative Disorders | Generational Trauma
Katie Pelletier
Co-Founder & Director of Child, Youth, and Family Support
Registered Psychologist
Katie believes that all people are capable of positive change, overcoming challenges, finding compassion, and becoming the best that they can be. She works from an attachment-based, trauma informed perspective and uses a mind-body approach that aims to heal past wounds in order to help clients alleviate their distress and reach their counselling goals in a holistic and sustainable way. Katie works from a family systems orientation, working with clients to help address challenges in their family systems and social supports. She often collaborates with schools and other structured support systems, believing that sustainable change needs to be reflected in and supported by the systems supporting her clients.
Katie has completed training in Self-Regulation Therapy (SRT), Response-Based Approach, and Theraplay, individually tailoring her approach to meet the needs of her clients. Katie is LGBTQ2SIA+ friendly and provides counselling to children, youth, families and adult individuals in both English and Spanish.
Katie holds a deep understanding of how to support clients with a wide variety of developmental levels, including those with developmental disabilities and works to tailor her approach to the developmental needs of her clients. She often incorporates play and art therapy techniques into her work with children, youth and families.
Katie's areas of expertise include:
Autism | Attachment Trauma | Anxiety | Depression | Parent-Child Conflict | Adolescent Development | Family Discord | Self-Esteem | Trauma | Developmental Disabilities
Terrie Ann McKinley
Director of Graduate Intern Services
Registered Psychologist
Terrie Ann is driven to help clients develop awareness for how their historical life experiences shaped who they are, why this was necessary, and together find ways to change these adopted ways of being. She believes that within every person is their ideal self, waiting to be discovered.
Terrie Ann utilizes a client-centred approach and uses principles from dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), emotion-focused therapy (EFT), and poly-vagal and somatic theories. She is trained in eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR), the comprehensive resource model (CRM), and internal family systems (IFS). Additionally, Terrie Ann has experience and training in resolving conflict within relationships and building more effective communication patterns.
Her diverse life experiences have made her a compassionate listener and instilled a universal optimism for the possibility of change. She has a special interest in working with adult survivors of trauma and/or childhood abuse or neglect. She is LGBTQ2SIA+ friendly.
Terrie’s areas of expertise include:
Anxiety | Depression | Trauma and PTSD | Self-Esteem | Bullying | Boundary Setting | Stress Management | Parenting Skills | Life Stage Changes | Childhood | Addictions | Divorce | Eating Disorders | Attachment injuries | Couples Counselling
Sunny Cheung
Provisional Psychologist
Sunny believes that everyone is capable of creating positive changes in their life and that distress is often the catalyst for personal growth and meaningful transformation. Sunny finds value in understanding how past experiences shape our ways of thinking, relationship patterns, and coping mechanisms. He individually tailors his therapeutic approach and works collaboratively with clients to provide tools in supporting them to achieve their goals and find meaning and contentment in their lives.
Sunny’s approach comes from his extensive training in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), family systems, and solution-focused therapy (SFT). He works from an attachment-based perspective and is trauma informed. He believes that creating a safe and supportive relationship with clients is the foundation for effective therapy.
In addition to individual counselling, Sunny has experience and enjoys working with children, youth, and families. He provides tools to help reduce distress, improve communication, strengthen relationships, and resolve conflict. Sunny also provides support for youth and parents as a school liaison, bridging the support received in counselling into the classroom for consistent care. He has been described as calm, empathetic, and authentic. He is LGBTQ2SIA+ friendly.
Sunny’s areas of expertise include:
Anxiety | Depression | Trauma & PTSD | Self-Esteem | ADHD | Behavioural Issues | Child or Adolescent | Family Conflict | School Issues | Parenting Support | Life Coaching | Racial Identity | Self-Harm
Janelle Morhun
Provisional Psychologist
Janelle believes therapy is for everyone, whether they are currently struggling or looking to learn more about themselves. She provides a safe, non-judgmental space to explore her clients needs, and encourages them to get curious. She is comfortable sitting with clients in difficult feelings, helping them identify glimmering moments of hope, and brings her creativity into the therapy space by incorporating art, play, and gentle movement.
Janelle draws from a number of therapeutic approaches, using a brain-based, trauma-informed lens. She tailors her therapeutic approaches to best meet her client’s goals by drawing from narrative therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), art therapy, internal family systems, and somatic therapies. She is also excited to soon receive training in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and play therapy.
Janelle has a deep, brain-based understanding of the many ways in which trauma impacts different areas of an individual’s life, and has extensive experience working with individuals who have experienced sexual violence. Janelle welcomes the opportunity to work with children, youth, adults, families, and couples of all backgrounds and is LGBTQ2SIA+ friendly.
Janelle’s areas of expertise include:
Trauma | Sexual Violence | Anxiety | Depression | Addiction | Anger | Stress | Grief | Self-Esteem | Relationship Issues | Parenting Concerns | Family Discord
Leanne Pfliger
Clinical Counsellor
*As a Counsellor, Leanne is currently offering a rate of $190 per session.
Leanne is passionate about helping individuals process their trauma and values the importance of the therapeutic relationship to make positive changes. Her experience stems from ten years of mental health training in an adolescent therapeutic campus-based mental health treatment program.
Leanne has a deep understanding of the complexities of mental health and intergenerational trauma. She enjoys working with children, youth, and adults, providing her clients with the tools they need to help improve communication, strengthen relationships, and alleviate psychological distress.
Leanne has experience supporting individuals across a variety of developmental levels including those with developmental disabilities and autism, and has extensive knowledge and experience collaborating with providers such as FSCD/PDD clients to organize and create treatment plans. Leanne welcomes clients from all backgrounds and is LGBTQ2SIA+ friendly.
Leanne’s areas of expertise include:
Autism | Developmental Disabilities | Trauma & PTSD | ADHD | Anxiety | Depression | Behavioural Issues | Stress Management | Abuse | Child or Adolescent | Family Conflict
Jenni Carrier
Graduate Counselling Intern
*As a Counselling Intern, Jenni is currently offering a rate of $50 per session.
Jenni provides a nurturing, trauma-informed space for her clients, allowing them to authentically heal and grow. Employing a client-centered, integrative approach rooted in feminism, somatic, and emotion-focused therapies, she tailors tools to address challenges. Jenni utilizes a relational, collaborative approach, incorporating essential elements into clients' lives for individualized care.
Trained in Gottman Method and EMDR, Jenni brings diverse experience working with families, children, and youth in various settings, demonstrating a trauma-informed practice. Jenni welcomes clients from all backgrounds, maintaining an LGBTQ2SIA+ friendly and kink-aware practice.
Jenni’s areas of expertise include:
Autism | Developmental Disabilities | Trauma & PTSD | ADHD | Anxiety | Depression | Behavioural Issues | Stress Management | Abuse | Child or Adolescent | Family Conflict