Montreal Integrated Therapy
Meet Our Team!
With a collective experience spanning over 30 years, our diverse team of licensed social workers, therapists, and mental health professionals offers a broad range of expertise to guide you toward healing, growth, and empowerment.
We specialize in helping clients facing a variety of issues, including trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship difficulties, stress, parenting challenges, emotional dysregulation, attachment issues, and life transitions. We also offer support for those dealing with racial trauma, immigrant and refugee experiences, adoption, caregiving, mental health concerns, and relational dynamics.
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In our work with children, adolescents, and families, we create a safe space where everyone can feel heard and understood. We specialize in supporting children through emotional difficulties, attachment issues, anxiety, and challenging life transitions. Our work with adults includes supporting individuals navigating grief, trauma, anxiety, self-esteem issues, and identity challenges.
Shimmon Hutchinson, PSW, MSW, Founder/Owner
Over the last 11+ years, I have worked with children, individuals, couples, and families in Youth Protection, Teaching/Education, and Community settings. My expertise covers areas such as conjugal violence, emotional dysregulation, anger, trauma, racial trauma, anxiety, identity, race and culture, self-esteem, attachment, parenting, co-parenting, and fostering.
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I employ an emotionally focused, integrative approach that draws from strengths-based, motivational, solutions focused, and cognitive behavioral therapies. I believe through creating emotional and psychological safety in collaboration with clients, it helps to facilitate deeper self-exploration, while working towards client-centered goals.
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Your comfort, safety and feeling understood are my priority. I recognize that searching for a therapist can take time, and I hope to support you in your healing journey. Even if not with me, I'm happy to recommend someone who might be helpful!
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​​​Jasmine Piques, MSW, Registered Social Worker
My passion lies in supporting individuals navigating the complexities of grief and challenging life transitions. My experience includes understanding the mental and emotional toll of caregiving, the intricacies of dementia care, death preparedness, and end-of-life support. I am equipped to assist individuals dealing with emotional difficulties, stress, and communication issues. Additionally, I have extensive knowledge of health and social care systems, enabling me to provide guidance on community resources. I hold a Master of Social Work from McGill University and am licensed with the Order of Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists of Quebec.
Drawing from person-centered, strength-based, solution-focused, and narrative approaches, I aim to create a warm environment that encourages open exploration. I bring a social constructivist lens to my practice, understanding that each client’s story is shaped by their unique experiences. My approach is rooted in trust and the creation of a strong therapeutic alliance, where I prioritize meeting clients exactly where they are in their journey. I believe in the power of co-constructing solutions that are meaningful and empowering, fostering a space for healing and growth. Together, we will explore coping strategies that resonate with your strengths, ensuring you feel heard and supported.
Whether you are facing a loss or navigating life’s challenges, I am here to support you in finding your path forward with compassion and clarity.
Hadeel Yasawi, M.S.W, T.S, Clinical and Licensed Social Worker
Life can present challenges that feel overwhelming whether it’s unresolved trauma, navigating a major life transition, or simply needing someone to talk to. I provide a supportive, non-judgmental, and transparent space where you can explore your goals and move toward the changes you want to make for yourself. My approach is grounded in strength-based, solution focused methods, empowering you to be in control of your own path toward healing and growth. I also draw from a variety of approaches and theoretical views, thus providing an integrated approach to counselling.
I have supported individuals facing a wide range of challenges, including childhood abuse and neglect, attachment difficulties, loss, complex relational dynamics, mental health concerns & substance use. I am also specialized as an adoption worker, offering insights and empathic support to those navigating the complexities of adoption.
My practice is about building a supportive partnership where your voice and goals are at the forefront. I understand how overwhelming it can be to take that first step, but by reaching out, you’re choosing to invest in yourself. I invite you to explore what’s possible in a space that honours your experiences and empowers you to grow.
Laura Shearer, Drama Therapist, MA
When you’re feeling overwhelmed and distressed, reaching out for help takes courage. My priority is to make sure you feel understood and supported, creating a warm and trusting relationship that acknowledges your strengths and honors the challenges you've already overcome. Together, we'll work towards your goals in a safe and welcoming space.
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I take a collaborative, strengths-based approach that affirms LGBTQ and neurodivergent experiences when working with children and adults. Our sessions will focus on exploring any limiting beliefs, societal messages, or external factors affecting your perspective. We will work together to reconnect you with narratives that bring greater fulfillment, joy, and creativity. I'll support you in building confidence, deepening self-exploration, and identifying beliefs that open up new possibilities. Our collaboration can help you handle stressors more effectively, increase self-esteem, and feel more connected in your daily life. In individual drama therapy, we might engage in activities like storytelling, role-playing, crafts, music, movement, or character creation, allowing you to experiment with new perspectives in a non-judgmental space. There’s no need to be "good at art" or have experience in performing arts—these activities are adaptable to your interests and goals. We'll use imagination and playfulness to explore insights that talking alone may not reveal. Everyone can reconnect with their creativity and benefit from the joy of play!
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I also specialize in working with children facing challenging life transitions or struggling with interpersonal relationships, low confidence, or anxiety. For children who need help expressing strong emotions like anger in healthy ways, I provide therapeutic play sessions for ages 3-7, based on Child-Centered Play Therapy. These in-person sessions offer a space where children feel accepted and celebrated, allowing them to explore new ways of understanding themselves and interacting with their environment.​
Raphaël Côté, Registered Social Worker, MSW
My approach focuses on helping individuals uncover patterns that may be holding them back and guiding them toward achieving their goals. Together, we will work to create a space where you feel safe and supported to explore and address your unique challenges.
With years of experience as a youth and gerontological social worker, I specialize in supporting individuals facing challenges related to emotional regulation, self-confidence, and fostering healthier relationships. I hold a Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW) from McGill University and am a licensed member of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW).
Drawing from evidence-based approaches such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, strengths-based interventions, and solutions-focused strategies, I aim to facilitate meaningful growth and healing. Whether it’s building emotional regulation, improving self-esteem, or cultivating stronger, healthier relationships, I am here to support you every step of the way. Let’s work together toward a more confident and fulfilling future.
Lindsey Ackerman, Creative Arts Therapist, MA
With a deep belief in the therapeutic power of creative expression, I strive to provide a compassionate, non-judgmental space for clients to explore their emotions, build resilience, and work toward healing. My approach is trauma-informed, collaborative, client-centered, emotions and strengths-focused. I believe in the innate wisdom of the body and see creative arts therapy as a process of reconnecting with and listening to that inner wisdom. The arts, in particular, offer a way to express the unspeakable.
I hold a Master’s Degree in Creative Arts Therapies with a specialization in Drama Therapy, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Play Therapy from Concordia University. I am a professional member of the Academy of Naturopaths and Naturotherapists of Canada (ACNN), holding a Naturotherapist Designation (N.D.), and a professional member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA), working toward my designation as a Certified Canadian Counselor (CCC).
I have experience supporting adults in areas such as anger management, anxiety, depression, domestic violence, trauma and its aftermath and more. I also have experience with children (ages 2–14) through play and drama therapy, as well as with neurodivergent individuals, and adults with developmental differences.
Drawing from both psychological theory and artistic practice, I integrate various therapeutic modalities to create a safe, supportive environment where clients can express themselves, process difficult emotions, and gain new perspectives.
Natasha Edwards, Creative Arts Therapist, MA, CCC
As a creative arts therapist and certified Canadian counsellor, I listen not only to your words but to the deeper aspects of your experience. My approach is strengths-based, focusing on your unique capabilities while helping you navigate challenges in a way that feels empowering. I offer a judgment-free, curious space where you can simply show up as you are.
With training in drama therapy, therapeutic play, child-parent relationship therapy, relational needs, and motivational interviewing, I use a variety of tools—counselling through words, role exploration, metaphor, storytelling, and movement—to help you connect with your emotions, needs, and behaviours on a deeper level and to support the development of the coping tools.
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I have worked with diverse populations, including children, teens, and adults facing developmental trauma, anxiety, domestic violence, anger management, relationship challenges, identity exploration, language barriers, adverse immigration experiences and more. I have also supported individuals with post-stroke aphasia and primary progressive aphasia, along with their caregivers.
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I believe in your capacity to make meaningful changes and gain a deeper understanding of yourself. I’m here to help guide that process, providing the support you need to unlock your inner wisdom.
Shannon Bianca Millichamp, RSW, MED
You and your spouse have made the decision to separate and divorce. Now you are thinking to yourself, what do we do next? What is best for us and our family?
First, you are not alone, and the next steps can feel extremely daunting.
For some couples, the process of family mediation is a perfect option. It is the opportunity to sit with an accredited mediator to feel empowered and gain self-confidence in the decision-making process, outside of a court room environment. More importantly, when co-parenting is involved, that your child or children's best interests are preserved. In doing so, it allows an in-depth look at your family's overall needs and enables spouses to choose the best solutions for all family members. When couples come to the negotiation table, the stakes and emotions feel high; however, we must not forget that there is almost always the possibility of joint gain even in difficult situations. I believe there is a way to resolve conflict with compassion!
With over a decade of experience working with and for children and families in Quebec’s Health and Social Service network and youth protection services, my expertise allows me to support and guide you in overcoming this difficult and emotional process. I became an accredited family mediator (with engagements) with the hope of supporting couples through the decision-making process of divorce. My role is to act as an impartial party who facilitates discussions, negotiations and ensures that agreements between both spouses are fair, equal and achieved in a respectful and neutral environment. Depending on your situation, we will establish the modalities of parental time and sharing of parental decision-making responsibilities, determine child support payments and/or spousal payments; as well as proceed with division of your assets.
Together you can!