Pamela (or Pam) is a white, cisgender, queer, neurodivergent settler of Canadian/British descent.
She works with adults and youth (10+) from the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, as well as our families, friends and allies.
People often connect with Pam for support in managing symptoms of anxiety & depression; coping with relationship struggles and family issues; support with understanding emotions and how to cope with them; exploring or understanding various aspects of one’s identity, improving self-confidence and self-awareness; and recovering from experiences of trauma, discrimination, racism, homophobia, transphobia and minority stress.
Family members of 2SLGBTQIA+ folks often seek out Pam for help with understanding their feelings and worries about a loved one’s gender and/or sexuality, and for support about how to be there for their loved one.
Pam practices from a client-centred, trauma-informed approach. She relies on an eclectic array of theoretical frameworks to inform her practice, including Internal Family Systems Theory (IFS), Attachment Theory, Feminist Theory, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Narrative Therapy, Critical Race Theory, Queer Theories, and Family Systems Theory. She uses many talk-therapy strategies, somatic approaches, as well as play and art therapy and sand tray therapy strategies when the opportunity arises.
Pam is the owner and director of Centrepeace Counselling & Therapy Services. She has been practicing social work since 2004, and social service work since 2001. Her experience has primarily focused on counselling individuals and families in a variety of mental health settings in Ontario. She is a registered member of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW), and the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW).
Pam has taken a number of trainings related to working with folks from the Queer and Transgender community, including several workshops by Rainbow Health Ontario and an intensive program on Trans and Gender Diverse Healthcare via CAMH.
She is a certified facilitator for the Circle of Security Parenting program. See www.circleofsecurityinternational.com for more information on what this program entails. She is also an approved mental health provider for the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) program for First Nation and Inuit people.
To book a free 15-minute consultation, using our online calendar, click the red button at the top-right of this page. Or contact our administrative support clerk at admin@centrepeacelondon.ca.
Pam supervises Master’s level counselling students from September through April each year. The students provide services on a sliding fee scale. See the “Master’s Level Students” page under “Our Team” on this site for more information.
