Meet Our Experienced Therapists and Consultants
At Graystone Counselling, we support individuals, families, organizations, and practitioners in building sustainable mental health and wellbeing. Our multidisciplinary team offers integrated, trauma-informed care that considers emotional, relational, and lifestyle factors. Through individualized and collaborative services, we help clients and workplaces foster resilience, balance, and lasting wellbeing.
Promoting Wellbeing for Individuals and Organizations
Cara Beth Elliott, LCT, B.Ed.
Founder, Clinical Director & Family Therapist
Cara Beth Elliott, LCT, B.Ed.
Founder, Clinical Director & Family Therapist
Guiding Belief
“Awareness creates choice. Choice creates change.”
Helping individuals, families, and communities build healthier relationships—with themselves, with one another, and with the life they want to live.
Meet Cara
Cara Beth Elliott believes that meaningful change begins with understanding. When people gain greater awareness of their emotions, relationships, behaviours, and the stories they tell themselves, they become empowered to make choices that create healthier, more connected, and more fulfilling lives.
As the Founder and Clinical Director of Graystone Counselling & Consulting, Cara has dedicated more than 15 years to supporting children, adolescents, adults, couples, families, and organizations through life’s challenges. Her professional journey began in education, where she developed a deep understanding of child development, family systems, communication, and emotional wellbeing. Today, her work integrates counselling, family therapy, organizational consulting, and community mental health, allowing her to support clients across every stage of life.
Known for her warm, grounded, and collaborative style, Cara creates a therapeutic environment where clients feel genuinely heard, respected, and supported. Whether someone is navigating anxiety, addiction, grief, family conflict, relationship challenges, or significant life transitions, she works alongside them to understand not only what is happening, but why. Through greater awareness, practical strategies, and compassionate guidance, Cara helps clients build resilience, strengthen relationships, and create meaningful, lasting change.
Cara has developed a strong area of focus in family reunification and court-involved family work. She collaborates with parents, children, legal professionals, schools, and community agencies to rebuild trust, strengthen attachment, improve communication, and support the safe restoration of parent-child relationships. Her work emphasizes child-centred practice, emotional safety, and thoughtful, gradual relationship repair.
Beyond the therapy room, Cara is passionate about strengthening community mental wellbeing. She develops psychoeducational groups, workplace wellness initiatives, leadership training, and community mental health projects that promote emotional resilience, self-awareness, and meaningful connection.
Who Cara Supports
Cara works with:
- Children (5+)
- Adolescents
- Adults
- Seniors
- Individuals
- Couples
- Families
She also partners with schools, organizations, businesses, and community groups to strengthen mental wellbeing, healthy relationships, and psychologically safe environments.
Areas of Focus
Emotional Wellbeing
Anxiety, Depression & Stress Management
Developing emotional resilience while learning practical strategies to manage anxiety, depression, and the challenges of everyday life.
Anger Management & Emotional Regulation
Understanding emotional patterns, recognizing triggers, and developing healthier ways to respond with confidence, self-awareness, and self-control.
Grief, Loss & Life Transitions
Providing compassionate support through loss, change, uncertainty, and life’s most difficult transitions while fostering hope, healing, and resilience.
Motivation, Personal Growth & Life Direction
Helping clients gain greater self-awareness, clarify their values, overcome barriers, and move forward with confidence, purpose, and meaningful goals.
Relationships & Families
Family & Relationship Therapy
Strengthening communication, rebuilding trust, improving connection, and helping couples and families navigate challenges together.
Parenting Support
Supporting parents in strengthening relationships with their children while navigating emotional, behavioural, developmental, and family challenges with confidence and compassion.
Family Reunification & Parent–Child Relationships
Supporting families experiencing separation, conflict, disrupted parent-child relationships, or court involvement. Cara works collaboratively with parents, children, legal professionals, and community partners to rebuild trust, strengthen attachment, improve communication, and create emotionally safe pathways toward healthier family relationships.
Conflict Resolution & Relational Support
Helping individuals, couples, families, and organizations develop respectful communication, collaborative problem-solving skills, and healthier approaches to conflict.
Recovery & Behavioural Change
Addiction & Recovery
Supporting individuals and families affected by substance use, gambling, and behavioural addictions through recovery-focused counselling, relapse prevention, and long-term resilience.
Leadership & Organizational Wellbeing
Organizational Mental Health & Leadership Consulting
Partnering with workplaces, schools, and organizations to strengthen leadership, foster psychologically healthy environments, improve communication, and promote employee wellbeing through evidence-informed consultation, training, and mental health initiatives.
Community Leadership
Cara believes mental wellness extends beyond the counselling office. She is passionate about creating opportunities for education, prevention, and connection within the broader community.
In addition to her clinical practice, Cara develops therapeutic groups, educational workshops, workplace training, and community mental health initiatives that encourage resilience, emotional awareness, and meaningful conversations about mental wellbeing. She is also the co-creator of The Voices Within Project, a community initiative dedicated to raising awareness of the powerful conversations happening within our own minds while promoting self-compassion, resilience, and hope.
What Therapy Looks Like with Cara
Cara believes that healing begins with awareness.
Her approach is collaborative, practical, and deeply relational. She helps clients understand the connections between their thoughts, emotions, behaviours, relationships, and life experiences while developing practical tools that support meaningful, lasting change.
Rather than focusing solely on problems, Cara works alongside clients to recognize patterns, strengthen relationships, build emotional resilience, and develop the confidence to move forward with greater clarity and purpose.
She believes every individual and every family has the capacity for growth. Therapy provides an opportunity to slow down, gain perspective, strengthen connection, and make choices that better reflect the life they want to create.
How Cara Works
Cara integrates evidence-informed approaches that are thoughtfully tailored to each client’s unique goals and needs, including:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Family Systems Therapy
- Mindfulness-Based Strategies
- Strengths-Based Practice
What You Can Expect
Cara is committed to creating a therapeutic experience where every client feels:
- Heard with compassion
- Respected without judgment
- Safe to explore difficult conversations
- Empowered to make meaningful choices
- Equipped with practical strategies for everyday life
- Strengthened in their relationships
- Confident in their resilience and capacity for growth
Whether she is supporting a child learning to manage emotions, helping parents reconnect with their children, guiding couples through relationship challenges, assisting individuals in recovery, or partnering with organizations to strengthen workplace wellbeing, Cara’s goal is always the same—to help people build healthier relationships and create lasting, meaningful change.
Colleen Doucette, LCT-C
Licensed Counselling Therapist – Candidate
Colleen Doucette, LCT-C
Licensed Counselling Therapist – Candidate
Individual 18+ & Couples
Guiding Belief
“Lasting wellness begins when we care for both the mind and the body.”
Helping individuals and couples build emotional resilience, strengthen relationships, and create lasting wellbeing through a whole-person approach to mental health.
Meet Colleen
Colleen Doucette believes that emotional and physical wellbeing are deeply connected. Our thoughts influence our behaviours, our emotions affect our physical health, and the way we care for our bodies shapes how we experience the world around us. Lasting change happens when we recognize and support the whole person.
As a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC), Licensed Counselling Therapist – Candidate (LCT-C), Certified Dialectical Behavioural Therapist (C-DBT), and Registered Holistic Nutritional Consultant (RHN), Colleen brings a unique perspective to counselling by recognizing the important relationship between emotional wellbeing, physical health, lifestyle, and nutrition. While her role at Graystone is focused on counselling, her background in holistic nutrition enriches her understanding of the many factors that influence mental health, emotional resilience, and overall wellbeing.
Known for her compassionate, calm, and collaborative style, Colleen creates a safe and supportive environment where clients feel comfortable exploring life’s challenges without judgment. Whether someone is struggling with anxiety, emotional eating, relationship concerns, stress, self-esteem, emotional regulation, or creating healthier habits, she works alongside each client to develop meaningful goals that feel realistic, sustainable, and personally empowering.
Colleen believes healing is not about striving for perfection. It is about developing self-awareness, building practical skills, cultivating self-compassion, and creating a balanced life that supports lasting emotional wellbeing.
Who Colleen Supports
Colleen works with:
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Adults (18+)
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Seniors
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Individuals
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Couples
She is especially passionate about supporting individuals and couples who recognize the connection between emotional wellbeing, relationships, lifestyle habits, nutrition, and long-term health.
Areas of Focus
Emotional Wellbeing
Stress, Anxiety & Depression
Helping clients better understand overwhelming emotions while developing practical coping strategies that strengthen resilience and emotional wellbeing.
Emotional Regulation & DBT Skills
Teaching practical Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills—including mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness—to help clients respond more effectively to life’s challenges.
Self-Compassion & Emotional Resilience
Supporting clients in moving away from self-criticism and toward greater self-acceptance, confidence, and emotional balance.
Relationships
Couples Counselling & Relationship Wellness
Helping couples strengthen communication, deepen emotional connection, navigate conflict with greater understanding, and develop practical relationship skills that foster trust, resilience, and lasting connection.
Mind-Body Wellness
Emotional Eating & Relationship with Food
Helping clients understand the emotional patterns that influence eating behaviours while developing a healthier, more compassionate relationship with food and their bodies.
Lifestyle Habits & Emotional Wellbeing
Supporting clients in understanding how sleep, stress, nutrition, movement, and daily routines influence emotional wellbeing while developing sustainable lifestyle habits that support long-term mental health.
Mind-Body Integration
Helping clients recognize the connection between emotional health, physical wellbeing, and everyday behaviours while fostering greater balance, resilience, and self-awareness.
Community Wellness & Groups
Colleen believes that growth often happens through shared learning and supportive community.
She facilitates therapeutic groups and educational workshops that combine practical skill-building, emotional wellness, mindfulness, and healthy lifestyle education to help participants develop healthier relationships with themselves and others.
Programs include:
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Emotion Regulation & DBT Skills Groups
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Mindful Eating & Body Awareness
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Lifestyle & Mental Wellness Workshops
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Stress Management & Lifestyle Balance
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Women’s Wellness & Empowerment Groups
What Therapy Looks Like with Colleen
Colleen believes that healing begins with understanding the relationship between our thoughts, emotions, behaviours, physical wellbeing, and relationships.
Her approach is compassionate, collaborative, and practical. Whether working with an individual or a couple, Colleen helps clients understand the emotional patterns, communication styles, lifestyle habits, and behaviours influencing their wellbeing and relationships while developing practical skills that support meaningful, sustainable change.
Rather than focusing on temporary solutions, Colleen encourages clients to build self-awareness, strengthen emotional resilience, develop healthier habits, improve relationship patterns, and cultivate self-compassion. She believes lasting wellness is created through small, intentional changes that honour both the mind and the body.
How Colleen Works
Colleen integrates evidence-informed counselling with a whole-person perspective, creating personalized care that reflects each client’s unique goals, strengths, and life experiences.
Her work incorporates:
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Principles
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Mindfulness-Based Strategies
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Client-Centred Counselling
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Whole-Person Wellness Principles
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Behaviour Change & Lifestyle Coaching
Colleen’s background as a Registered Holistic Nutritional Consultant (RHN) complements her counselling practice by providing additional insight into the relationship between lifestyle, physical health, and emotional wellbeing. While her focus at Graystone is counselling, this broader perspective allows her to support clients in understanding how everyday habits can influence overall mental wellness when clinically appropriate.
What You Can Expect
Colleen strives to create a therapeutic experience where every client feels:
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Heard without judgment
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Supported with compassion
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Equipped with practical skills
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Empowered to make sustainable lifestyle changes
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More connected to their emotional and physical wellbeing
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Confident in their ability to create lasting change
Whether supporting an individual learning to regulate overwhelming emotions, helping someone improve their relationship with food, guiding healthier lifestyle changes, or working with couples to strengthen communication and emotional connection, Colleen’s goal is to help every client build a life—and relationships—that feel healthier, more balanced, and more fulfilling.
Jamie Bromley, LCT-C
Licensed Counselling Therapist – Candidate
Jamie Bromley, LCT-C
Licensed Counselling Therapist – Candidate
Children, Adolescents & Adult Therapist
Guiding Belief
“I believe meaningful change begins when people feel safe enough to be fully seen, heard, and accepted for who they are.”
Helping children, adolescents, and adults discover their strengths, find their voice, and create meaningful, lasting change.
Meet Jamie
Jamie Bromley believes that meaningful change begins with connection. When people feel genuinely heard, accepted, and understood, they become better able to understand themselves, overcome life’s challenges, and move toward lasting growth.
She is passionate about creating a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental environment where children, adolescents, and adults feel comfortable exploring their experiences, building emotional resilience, and developing the confidence to move forward.
Jamie understands that beginning counselling can feel overwhelming. Her goal is to create a therapeutic relationship where clients feel safe to be themselves—knowing they will be met with compassion, curiosity, and respect. She believes therapy is not about fixing people, but about helping them recognize their strengths, better understand themselves, and create meaningful change that reflects their values, goals, and hopes for the future.
Her background in psychology, youth mental health advocacy, and clinical counselling has strengthened her passion for supporting emotional wellbeing across the lifespan. Through clinical placements and counselling internships, she has gained experience in intake assessments, individual counselling, treatment planning, youth mental health programming, and multidisciplinary collaboration. Earlier in her career, Jamie advocated for student mental health by developing awareness initiatives, leading stress management workshops, and promoting emotional wellbeing within schools and the community.
As a neurodiversity-affirming and LGBTQ+ affirming therapist, Jamie is committed to providing inclusive, respectful care where every individual feels welcomed, valued, and empowered to be themselves.
How Jamie Can Help
Populations Served
- Children
- Adolescents
- Adults
Areas of Focus
Anxiety, Depression & Stress Management
Helping clients build emotional resilience while developing practical strategies to navigate anxiety, depression, and everyday stress.
Emotional Regulation
Supporting individuals in understanding their emotions, responding with confidence, and developing healthier coping strategies.
Self-Esteem & Self-Compassion
Helping clients reduce self-criticism, strengthen self-worth, and develop a more compassionate relationship with themselves.
Trauma & Difficult Life Experiences
Providing trauma-informed care that promotes emotional safety, healing, resilience, and post-traumatic growth.
Life Transitions
Supporting individuals through changes related to school, career, relationships, identity, family, and personal growth.
Relationships & Communication
Strengthening healthy communication, boundaries, trust, and meaningful relationships with others.
Youth Mental Health
Helping children and adolescents navigate emotional, behavioural, academic, social, and developmental challenges while strengthening confidence and resilience.
Identity Development & Personal Growth
Supporting clients in discovering their strengths, clarifying their values, and building the confidence to create a life that feels authentic and meaningful.
What Therapy Looks Like with Jamie
Jamie believes healing happens through connection, self-awareness, and compassion.
Her approach is collaborative, strengths-based, and tailored to each person’s unique experiences, goals, and abilities. Rather than focusing solely on problems, Jamie helps clients understand the thoughts, emotions, relationships, and life experiences that influence their wellbeing while building practical skills that support lasting change.
She believes every person possesses strengths that can become powerful resources for healing. Together, therapy becomes an opportunity to develop resilience, strengthen self-understanding, build healthier relationships, and move forward with greater confidence and hope.
How Jamie Works
Jamie’s work is grounded in evidence-informed, client-centred care and integrates:
- Person-Centred Therapy
- Trauma-Informed Practice
- Strengths-Based Therapy
- Mindfulness-Based Strategies
- Collaborative Goal Setting
Every treatment plan is individualized to reflect each client’s unique strengths, experiences, and goals while fostering a therapeutic relationship built on trust, collaboration, and respect.
What You Can Expect
Jamie strives to create a therapeutic experience where every client feels:
- Heard without judgment
- Safe to be authentic
- Respected and accepted
- Empowered to make meaningful choices
- Equipped with practical tools for everyday life
- Confident in their strengths and ability to navigate future challenges
Whether supporting a child learning to understand big emotions, an adolescent discovering their identity, or an adult navigating life’s uncertainties, Jamie’s goal is for every client to leave therapy feeling more understood, more hopeful, and more confident than when they first arrived.
Wijdane Akachkach, LCT-C
Licensed Counselling Therapist – Candidate
Wijdane Akachkach, LCT-C
Licensed Counselling Therapist – Candidate
Children, Adolescents & Adult Therapist
Guiding Belief
“Making space for who we are and what we experience creates room to move toward what matters.”
Supporting children, adolescents, and adults in building psychological flexibility, making space for difficult experiences, connecting with their values, and taking meaningful action toward the lives they want to live.
Meet Wijdane
Wijdane Akachkach believes counselling should honour the whole person—their experiences, culture, identity, values, strengths, and the world in which they live.
With a background in psychology and a professional career in music, acting, and writing, Wijdane brings creativity, curiosity, and openness to her therapeutic work. She recognizes that people experience and express themselves in different ways and believes counselling is most meaningful when it reflects the individuality of the person sitting in front of her.
Her approach is warm, collaborative, and person-centred. Wijdane creates space for clients to explore their thoughts, emotions, relationships, and experiences without judgment while developing greater self-understanding, self-acceptance, and practical strategies for navigating everyday life.
Wijdane has a particular interest in supporting clients navigating anxiety, depression, self-esteem, burnout, communication and relationship challenges, cultural adjustment, life transitions, ADHD, as well as smoking and vaping cessation.
As a culturally responsive and LGBTQ+ affirming therapist, Wijdane is committed to providing inclusive and respectful care. She welcomes immigrants, newcomers, BIPOC individuals, and clients from diverse cultural backgrounds and recognizes the important role that culture, identity, language, belonging, and lived experience can play in emotional wellbeing.
Fluent in English, French, and Arabic, Wijdane can provide counselling in the language in which clients feel most comfortable communicating and expressing themselves.
How Wijdane Can Help
Populations Served
- Children
- Adolescents
- Adults
Areas of Focus
Anxiety, Depression & Stress Management
Helping clients better understand their emotional experiences while developing practical strategies to manage anxiety, depression, stress, and overwhelm.
Self-Esteem & Self-Acceptance
Supporting clients in recognizing their strengths, reducing self-criticism, and developing a more compassionate and accepting relationship with themselves.
Burnout
Helping clients recognize patterns of emotional and mental exhaustion, explore contributing factors, and develop healthier boundaries and strategies for balance.
Communication & Assertiveness
Supporting clients in expressing their thoughts, feelings, needs, and boundaries with greater confidence and clarity.
Relationships
Helping clients explore interpersonal patterns, strengthen communication, establish healthy boundaries, and develop more meaningful connections with others.
Cultural Adjustment, Identity & Belonging
Supporting immigrants, newcomers, and individuals navigating cultural adjustment, identity, belonging, changing roles, and the experience of adapting to a new environment.
Life Transitions
Providing support through periods of change and uncertainty related to relationships, family, education, career, culture, identity, and personal growth.
ADHD
Supporting clients in better understanding their individual experiences, strengths, challenges, and needs while developing strategies that work for them.
Smoking & Vaping Cessation
Helping clients explore habits, triggers, motivation, and patterns while developing practical strategies to reduce or stop smoking and vaping.
What Therapy Looks Like with Wijdane
Wijdane believes therapy begins with curiosity rather than judgment.
Her approach is collaborative, culturally responsive, and individualized to each client’s experiences, needs, and goals. She helps clients explore the connections between their thoughts, emotions, behaviours, relationships, culture, and life experiences while identifying what matters most to them.
Rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach, Wijdane works alongside clients to develop greater self-awareness and acceptance while building practical skills that support meaningful change. Therapy may involve learning new ways of relating to difficult thoughts and emotions, strengthening communication and boundaries, navigating cultural or life transitions, or taking steps toward personally meaningful goals.
How Wijdane Works
Wijdane’s work is grounded in person-centred, culturally responsive care and integrates:
- Person-Centred Counselling
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Trauma-Informed Counselling
- Mindfulness-Based Strategies
- Culturally Responsive & Socially Just Counselling
Her approach is individualized to reflect each client’s experiences, culture, identity, values, strengths, and goals while fostering a therapeutic relationship built on collaboration, respect, and acceptance.
What You Can Expect
Wijdane strives to create a therapeutic experience where every client feels:
- Heard without judgment
- Comfortable being themselves
- Respected in their culture and identity
- Supported through change and uncertainty
- Encouraged to recognize their strengths
- Empowered to make choices aligned with their values
- Equipped with practical strategies for everyday life
Whether supporting a young person building confidence, an adult navigating anxiety or burnout, a newcomer adjusting to a new culture, or someone exploring identity, relationships, or personal change, Wijdane’s goal is to provide a space where clients can better understand themselves, recognize their strengths, and move forward in ways that feel meaningful and authentic to them.
Dominique Piqugard, MTA
Certified Music Therapist
Dominique Piqugard, MTA
Certified Music Therapist
Children & Adults
Guiding Belief
“Music has the power to connect us—to ourselves, to others, and to moments that words alone cannot always reach.”
Helping children, adults, seniors, and families discover healing, connection, and emotional expression through the therapeutic power of music.
Meet Dominique
Dominique Piqugard believes that music has a unique ability to reach people in ways that words sometimes cannot. Whether through rhythm, melody, songwriting, singing, movement, or shared musical experiences, music creates opportunities for connection, expression, healing, and hope.
As a Certified Music Therapist (MTA) with more than 10 years of clinical experience, Dominique has supported children, adolescents, adults, seniors, and families experiencing developmental challenges, grief, trauma, neurological conditions, dementia, palliative care, and significant life transitions. Her work has included music therapy in schools, long-term care, pediatric settings, palliative care, community programs, and private practice. She is also the founder of UB Music-que, where she has developed individualized music therapy services for families across New Brunswick.
Known for her calm, compassionate, and playful approach, Dominique creates safe, welcoming spaces where clients can communicate, build relationships, express emotions, and discover strengths through meaningful musical experiences. Every session is thoughtfully adapted to the unique abilities, interests, and goals of the individual or family.
Dominique believes that every person is inherently musical—not because they need to perform, but because music provides a natural way to connect, communicate, and experience growth throughout every stage of life.
Who Dominique Supports
Dominique works with:
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Children
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Adolescents
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Adults
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Seniors
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Families
She has extensive experience supporting individuals experiencing developmental differences, grief and bereavement, neurological conditions, dementia, palliative care, rehabilitation, communication challenges, and major life transitions.
Areas of Focus
Children & Families
Child Development & Emotional Growth
Supporting children’s emotional, social, cognitive, and communication development through engaging, evidence-informed music therapy experiences.
Developmental & Neurodiverse Support
Helping children with developmental differences build communication, social interaction, emotional regulation, confidence, and participation through individualized music therapy.
Family Connection
Using shared musical experiences to strengthen family relationships, encourage meaningful interaction, and support emotional connection.
Emotional Wellbeing
Emotional Expression
Helping clients safely express thoughts and feelings through music when words may feel difficult or unavailable.
Self-Confidence & Self-Esteem
Building confidence through creative success, self-expression, and meaningful participation in music-making.
Stress Reduction & Emotional Regulation
Using music intentionally to promote relaxation, emotional regulation, resilience, and overall wellbeing.
Grief, Illness & Life Transitions
Grief & Bereavement Support
Providing compassionate music therapy for children, adults, and families navigating grief, loss, and significant life transitions.
Palliative & Supportive Care
Creating opportunities for comfort, connection, legacy-building, emotional expression, and meaningful moments throughout serious illness and end-of-life care.
Aging & Neurological Wellness
Dementia & Memory Care
Supporting cognitive stimulation, memory recall, communication, emotional wellbeing, and social engagement through individualized music therapy.
Neurological Rehabilitation
Using evidence-informed music therapy interventions to support communication, movement, cognitive functioning, and quality of life for individuals experiencing neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and stroke rehabilitation.
Community Leadership & Music Programs
Dominique believes music has the power to strengthen not only individuals but entire communities.
In addition to her work with Graystone Counselling & Consulting, she is the founder of UB Music-que, where she has developed music therapy programs supporting children, families, schools, healthcare organizations, and community agencies throughout New Brunswick. She has presented educational workshops for professionals, collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams, and continues to advocate for greater access to music therapy services.
Community programs may include:
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Children’s Music Therapy Groups
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Emotional Expression Through Music
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Grief & Bereavement Support
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Dementia & Memory Programs
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Parent–Child Music Experiences
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Community Wellness Workshops
What Music Therapy Looks Like with Dominique
Dominique believes healing often begins with connection.
Her approach is warm, collaborative, and individualized. Every music therapy session is thoughtfully designed around each client’s unique strengths, interests, developmental needs, and therapeutic goals. Whether using singing, instruments, movement, songwriting, improvisation, listening, or creative musical play, Dominique creates meaningful opportunities for growth through shared musical experiences.
Rather than focusing on musical ability or performance, her work focuses on helping clients build confidence, strengthen communication, express emotions, foster relationships, and experience joy through music.
She believes that music creates opportunities for connection that extend far beyond the therapy room.
How Dominique Works
Dominique integrates evidence-informed music therapy practices that are individualized for each client’s goals and needs, including:
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Active Music Therapy
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Receptive Music Therapy
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Songwriting
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Improvisation
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Neurologic Music Therapy Principles
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Developmental & Family-Centred Music Therapy
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Grief-Informed & Trauma-Informed Care
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Creative Arts-Based Interventions
Her work emphasizes collaboration, creativity, emotional safety, and the belief that every person deserves opportunities to connect, express themselves, and experience meaningful growth through music.
What You Can Expect
Dominique strives to create a therapeutic experience where every client feels:
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Welcomed and accepted
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Heard beyond words
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Encouraged to express themselves
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Safe to explore emotions
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Connected through meaningful experiences
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Celebrated for their unique strengths
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Empowered to grow with confidence
Whether supporting a child learning to communicate, a family navigating grief, an older adult reconnecting through familiar songs, or an individual seeking emotional expression, Dominique’s goal is to help every client experience the healing power of connection through music.
Melanie LeClair, n.d.
Naturotherapist, Somatic Practitioner & Yoga Instructor
Melanie LeClair, n.d.
Naturotherapist
Children, Adults & Couples
Guiding Belief
“Healing begins when the body feels safe enough to let go.”
Helping individuals reconnect with their bodies, regulate their nervous systems, and rediscover their natural capacity for healing.
Meet Melanie
Melanie LeClair believes that healing is more than overcoming symptoms—it is about reconnecting with ourselves in a way that feels safe, grounded, and authentic. She recognizes that our bodies often carry the effects of stress, trauma, and life’s experiences long after the events themselves have passed. Through compassionate, body-centred care, Melanie helps clients reconnect with their innate capacity for healing while fostering greater balance between the mind, body, and spirit.
As a bilingual Naturotherapist with advanced training in trauma-informed yoga, breathwork, Reiki, and Peruvian shamanic practices, Melanie brings a compassionate, integrative approach that honours both modern understanding of nervous system regulation and traditional healing wisdom. Her work is deeply rooted in creating emotionally safe spaces where clients can explore healing at their own pace, always with respect for their unique experiences, beliefs, and personal goals.
Known for her calm, intuitive, and grounded presence, Melanie meets each client with warmth, curiosity, and acceptance. Whether someone is seeking support for stress, emotional overwhelm, trauma recovery, nervous system regulation, or personal growth, she works collaboratively to help clients reconnect with themselves through gentle, embodied practices that encourage resilience, self-awareness, and lasting wellbeing.
Who Melanie Supports
Melanie works with:
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Adults
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Seniors
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Individuals seeking trauma-informed, body-centred support
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Individuals interested in holistic approaches to emotional wellbeing and personal growth
She is especially passionate about helping clients reconnect with themselves through nervous system regulation, somatic awareness, and whole-person healing.
Areas of Focus
Trauma Recovery & Emotional Healing
Complex Trauma & Emotional Healing
Supporting individuals in gently processing emotional experiences through trauma-informed, body-centred practices that prioritize safety, compassion, and resilience.
Nervous System Regulation
Helping clients understand their stress responses while developing practices that promote calm, emotional balance, and greater resilience.
Somatic Awareness & Mind-Body Connection
Supporting clients in reconnecting with their bodies, increasing self-awareness, and recognizing how physical sensations, emotions, and experiences are interconnected.
Holistic Healing
Breathwork
Using intentional breathing practices to encourage relaxation, emotional release, grounding, and nervous system regulation.
Reiki & Energy-Based Healing
Supporting relaxation, balance, and self-awareness through gentle energy-based practices that complement holistic wellness.
Trauma-Informed Yoga
Using mindful movement, breath, and body awareness to support emotional regulation, self-compassion, and a greater sense of safety within the body.
Personal & Spiritual Growth
Mindfulness & Embodied Living
Helping clients cultivate greater presence, self-awareness, and connection with themselves through body-centred mindfulness practices.
Spiritual Exploration
Supporting individuals who wish to incorporate spiritual practices into their personal healing journey in a respectful, client-led, and culturally mindful way.
Community Healing & Group Programs
Melanie believes healing is strengthened through connection and shared experience.
She facilitates group programs and workshops that encourage emotional wellbeing, nervous system regulation, mindfulness, and personal growth within supportive community settings.
Programs include:
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Somatic Healing Circles
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Breathwork Workshops
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Trauma-Informed Yoga
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Women’s Healing Circles
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Mindfulness & Embodiment Workshops
What Healing Looks Like with Melanie
Melanie believes that the body holds an incredible capacity for healing when it is met with compassion, safety, and curiosity.
Her approach is gentle, collaborative, and deeply respectful of each person’s unique experiences. Rather than asking clients to push through difficult emotions, Melanie helps them develop a greater awareness of their body’s signals while learning practical ways to restore regulation, build resilience, and reconnect with themselves.
She understands that healing looks different for every individual. Whether through breathwork, mindful movement, somatic practices, or holistic approaches, Melanie works alongside each client to create an experience that honours their comfort level, values, and personal goals.
How Melanie Works
Melanie integrates a variety of trauma-informed and holistic approaches that are thoughtfully adapted to each individual’s needs, including:
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Somatic Healing Practices
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Trauma-Informed Yoga
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Breathwork Facilitation
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Reiki
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Mindfulness & Embodied Awareness
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Peruvian Shamanic Practices (when appropriate and aligned with client interest)
Her work is grounded in compassion, collaboration, emotional safety, and respect for each person’s lived experience and healing journey.
What You Can Expect
Melanie strives to create a healing experience where every client feels:
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Safe and supported
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Heard with compassion
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Connected to their body
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Grounded during times of stress
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Empowered to trust their own inner wisdom
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Respected in their unique beliefs, experiences, and healing journey
Whether someone is recovering from trauma, seeking greater emotional balance, exploring holistic healing, or simply longing to feel more connected to themselves, Melanie’s goal is to help each client discover a greater sense of calm, resilience, and wholeness.
Tammy MacDonald, n.d.
Naturotherapist, Nutrition & Fitness Coach
Tammy MacDonald, n.d.
Naturotherapist, Nutrition & Fitness Coach
Guiding Belief
“Small, sustainable choices create lifelong wellbeing.”
Helping individuals build healthier lives through nutrition, movement, education, and sustainable lifestyle change.
Meet Tammy
Tammy MacDonald believes that wellness is built one choice at a time. Rather than pursuing perfection, she encourages clients to develop realistic, sustainable habits that support lasting physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing.
As a Naturotherapist, Nutrition & Fitness Coach, and Certified Yoga and Pilates Instructor, Tammy brings a practical, whole-person approach to health. She believes that nutrition, movement, mindfulness, and education work together to create meaningful change, empowering individuals to feel stronger, healthier, and more connected to themselves.
Known for her warm, encouraging, and approachable style, Tammy creates a welcoming environment where clients feel supported without judgment. Whether someone is looking to improve their nutrition, increase energy, navigate menopause, reduce stress, or develop healthier daily habits, Tammy works collaboratively to create realistic wellness plans that fit each person’s unique lifestyle and goals.
She believes wellness is not about restrictive rules or quick fixes. It is about creating sustainable habits that help people thrive throughout every stage of life.
Who Tammy Supports
Tammy works with:
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Adults
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Seniors
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Women navigating perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause
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Individuals seeking healthier, more balanced lifestyles
She is especially passionate about supporting women through hormonal transitions while helping individuals build practical habits that improve long-term health and overall wellbeing.
Areas of Focus
Nutrition & Healthy Living
Holistic Nutrition
Helping clients develop realistic nutrition strategies that improve energy, digestion, vitality, and overall wellbeing while supporting long-term healthy habits.
Lifestyle & Habit Change
Supporting individuals in creating sustainable routines that promote lifelong health, confidence, and balance.
Energy, Stress & Resilience
Helping clients better understand how nutrition, movement, sleep, and stress influence energy levels and emotional wellbeing while developing practical strategies that restore balance.
Women’s Health
Perimenopause, Menopause & Healthy Aging
Providing education, encouragement, and practical lifestyle strategies that help women navigate hormonal changes with greater confidence, resilience, and wellbeing.
Bone Health & Healthy Aging
Supporting long-term health through nutrition, movement, and lifestyle practices that promote strength, mobility, and vitality throughout every stage of adulthood.
Mind-Body Wellness
Yoga & Pilates
Using mindful movement, breath, and body awareness to improve flexibility, strength, balance, stress management, and overall wellbeing.
Mindfulness & Lifestyle Balance
Helping clients create healthier relationships with themselves through self-awareness, movement, restorative practices, and intentional self-care.
Community Wellness & Education
Tammy believes education empowers people to take an active role in their health.
She facilitates workshops, wellness programs, and educational sessions that provide practical tools, encouragement, and community support for individuals seeking healthier, more balanced lives.
Programs include:
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Women’s Wellness & Menopause Education
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Healthy Lifestyle Workshops
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Yoga & Pilates Classes
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Nutrition & Wellness Education
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Mindfulness & Stress Management Programs
What Wellness Looks Like with Tammy
Tammy believes that lasting wellness is created through small, consistent changes rather than dramatic transformations.
Her approach is practical, compassionate, and personalized. She works alongside clients to better understand their lifestyle, goals, health concerns, and daily routines while developing realistic strategies that support long-term success.
Rather than focusing on restrictions or perfection, Tammy encourages progress, self-compassion, and sustainable habit change. She believes every individual has the ability to improve their health when they are given the knowledge, encouragement, and practical tools to move forward with confidence.
How Tammy Works
Tammy integrates evidence-informed wellness practices that support whole-person health, including:
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Holistic Nutrition
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Lifestyle & Behaviour Change Coaching
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Women’s Health Education
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Yoga Instruction
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Pilates Instruction
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Mindfulness-Based Wellness Practices
Her work emphasizes education, collaboration, balance, and practical strategies that fit naturally into everyday life.
What You Can Expect
Tammy strives to create a wellness experience where every client feels:
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Welcomed without judgment
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Encouraged rather than overwhelmed
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Educated and empowered
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Supported in creating realistic lifestyle changes
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More confident in caring for their health
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Motivated to build lifelong wellness habits
Whether helping someone improve their nutrition, navigate menopause, increase physical activity, reduce stress, or develop healthier daily routines, Tammy’s goal is to help every client feel stronger, more energized, and more confident in their ability to care for themselves.
Emily LeBlanc
2026 Summer Intern, Mount Allison University, Psychology Program
Emily LeBlanc
Fourth-Year Honours Psychology Student
Mount Allison University
Guiding Belief
“I believe psychology has the greatest impact when it moves beyond the classroom and becomes something people can understand, relate to, and use to create meaningful change in everyday life.”
Building a foundation in psychological science, community mental health, and evidence-informed practice as she prepares for a career as a psychologist.
Meet Emily
Emily LeBlanc is a fourth-year Honours Psychology student at Mount Allison University whose goal is to become a psychologist dedicated to advancing mental health through evidence-informed practice, research, and community engagement.
A Dean’s List student, member of the Mount Allison University Women’s Hockey Team, and experienced childcare professional, Emily has developed a strong foundation in leadership, teamwork, communication, and child development. These experiences have strengthened her understanding of resilience, confidence, emotional wellbeing, and the importance of healthy relationships—with ourselves and with others.
From Theory to Community
Emily completed her internship through the Mount Allison University–Graystone Counselling & Consulting Experiential Learning Partnership, an innovative placement designed to bridge academic learning with meaningful community impact.
Rather than observing from the sidelines, Emily became an active member of Graystone’s multidisciplinary team, contributing to evidence-informed mental health initiatives, psychological education, community outreach, resource development, and program design. Working alongside experienced clinicians, she gained firsthand experience translating psychological science into practical tools that support individuals, families, and communities.
At Graystone, experiential learning means contributing, collaborating, and creating—allowing students to develop professionally while making meaningful contributions to community mental health.
Leadership, Teamwork & Community
Emily believes some of life’s greatest lessons happen through teamwork, service, and shared experiences.
As a university athlete, she has experienced firsthand how our inner dialogue influences confidence, resilience, performance, and belonging. Hockey has reinforced the importance of perseverance, communication, trust, and supporting others through both success and adversity.
Her experience working with children further strengthened her understanding of child development, emotional regulation, and the powerful influence that parents, teachers, coaches, and peers have on the inner voices young people develop. She believes helping children build healthier conversations with themselves early in life can strengthen confidence, resilience, and emotional wellbeing that lasts a lifetime.
These experiences continue to shape Emily’s belief that psychology should help people better understand themselves, build healthier relationships, and develop the confidence to navigate life’s challenges with resilience and self-compassion.
Signature Internship Project
The Voices Within Project
Emily’s signature internship experience was contributing to the development of The Voices Within Project—Graystone Counselling & Consulting’s community mental wellness initiative focused on one of the most influential conversations we will ever have: the one happening inside our own minds.
Grounded in evidence-informed psychology, the project helps children, adolescents, families, educators, coaches, and communities recognize how inner dialogue influences confidence, resilience, belonging, emotional wellbeing, and everyday decision-making. Rather than promoting positive thinking, it encourages participants to develop greater awareness, self-compassion, and healthier thinking by learning to Notice, Name, Choose, and Carry Forward more supportive inner voices.
Working alongside clinicians, educators, artists, and community partners, Emily contributed to:
- Developing the project’s psychological framework
- Translating evidence-informed research into accessible educational resources
- Creating community education materials
- Supporting interactive mental wellness experiences
- Assisting with program planning and community engagement
Emily also helped develop the Dance Edition, exploring how inner dialogue influences confidence, perfectionism, body image, belonging, and performance. As both a psychology student and university athlete, she recognized these same principles within sport—where the conversations athletes have with themselves influence confidence, resilience, teamwork, and performance. She believes developing an inner coach rather than an inner critic can help young people thrive not only in athletics and performance, but throughout everyday life.
The Voices Within Project demonstrates how academic psychology, community partnerships, and experiential learning can work together to make mental health education practical, engaging, and accessible.
Areas of Interest
Emily’s academic and professional interests include:
- Community Mental Health
- Prevention & Mental Health Promotion
- Child & Adolescent Development
- Psychological Research
- Knowledge Translation
- Positive Psychology
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Looking Ahead
Emily plans to pursue graduate studies in psychology with the goal of becoming a psychologist who combines evidence-informed practice, research, and community engagement to strengthen the wellbeing of individuals, families, and communities.
She hopes to continue developing innovative approaches that bridge psychological science with education, prevention, and meaningful community impact.
Developing the Next Generation of Mental Health Professionals
At Graystone Counselling & Consulting, we believe tomorrow’s mental health professionals learn best by contributing—not simply observing.
Through partnerships with universities such as Mount Allison University, students become active members of multidisciplinary teams, contributing to program development, community mental health initiatives, psychological education, and innovative projects like The Voices Within Project. These experiences allow students to apply psychological science in meaningful ways while making tangible contributions to the communities they serve.
Together, Graystone Counselling & Consulting and Mount Allison University are demonstrating how experiential learning can bridge academic excellence with real-world impact—preparing future psychologists who are compassionate, collaborative, evidence-informed, and committed to strengthening the mental wellbeing of their communities.
Because the future of mental health begins by investing in the people who will lead it.
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