Anchor & Oak
Counselling and Consulting

Individual
Psychotherapy

Working together individual therapy can support the development of your personal wellness and recovery goals, highlight your personal strengths, capacities and resiliency, and build skills and strategies to manage symptoms of depression, anxiety, distressing emotions and life stresses.

I work alongside you to offer trauma-informed, non-judgmental compassionate support in your journey and life transitions to manage mood, worry, and the experience of overwhelm. Psychotherapy can support an increase in confidence, and self-efficacy, in navigating changes and identity carving.

Group

Postpartum Support Group

This bi-weekly support group creates a non-judgmental, safe, and supportive space to connect with others, and provides information, helpful tools, and resources. Groups are created to offer the opportunity for support and connection during your transition and adjustment to parenting.

5th Trimester Therapy Group

This therapeutic group is designed to support individuals in the transition to paid work after a maternity or parental leave. The group aims to build skills and strategies to navigate this transition and increase self-efficacy and self-compassion.

This group will be delivered over 7 weekly 90-minute sessions.

Please reach out for more information and to register.

Teaching and Consulting

Providing information, and resources and facilitating group sessions on various topics for community partners, expecting families, or postpartum parents.

Community Workshops include:

Perinatal Mental Health: Identifying your risks, Signs, Symptoms, Treatment Options for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders;
Developing a Postpartum Care Plan
Understanding Birth Trauma and Coping Skills for Healing.
Managing Parenting Stress
Supporting Your Mental Health Through Menopause

Please contact to register for an upcoming session.

Please contact me if you are a community partner looking for a specific or specialized session regarding perinatal mental health.

Therapy Sessions

About Me

My name is Amy Spencer and I am a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) since 2017. I hold a Master of Social Work degree from Carleton University. My practice in psychotherapy uses evidence-based approaches in Motivational Interviewing (MI), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), and Mindfulness.

I have completed specialized training for perinatal mental health, CBT for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, CBT for Insomnia, CBT for perinatal OCD, and birth story processing. I am Canadian Certified in both Perinatal Grief and Loss and Birth and Reproductive Trauma.

I am empathetic and passionate about shining a light and building awareness of this experience and bringing meaningful services and opportunities for growth and healing during your fertility journey, pregnancy, and postpartum experiences.

Getting Help

Reaching out for support can often make us feel vulnerable. Acknowledge the courage and bravery of taking these first steps towards your health and well-being. Seeking therapy with an objective and confidential professional can help on your wellness journey to nurture your emotional health and growth.