About Us

Michelle Wikerd, MSW, RSW, PMH-C

Founder & Therapist

Michelle Wikerd is a Registered Social Worker with a Master’s degree from Wilfrid Laurier University, licensed to provide therapy in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Ontario. With over 15 years of experience, she specializes in supporting individuals, couples, and families through life transitions, helping them reconnect with their inner strengths and achieve a sense of wholeness. Her extensive background includes working with diverse community-based organizations, bringing a wealth of knowledge to her therapeutic practice.

A core focus of Michelle’s work is grief and loss support, both in individual and group counselling settings. She has guided numerous clients through their grief, helping them create space for healing while honoring their continued connection with those they have lost. Her expertise extends to supporting caregivers navigating the challenges of loved ones’ health issues, including anticipatory grief. Michelle’s experience also includes counselling at a cancer clinic, where she supported oncology clients and their families at all stages of their cancer journey, fostering resilience and hope.

Michelle’s own journey into motherhood, marked by pregnancy loss and perinatal anxiety, has fueled her passion for supporting families as they adjust to parenthood. She holds specialized training in counselling prenatal and postpartum parents, addressing issues such as birth trauma, loss, and mental health. Michelle is a strong advocate for the healing power of group support and community connection.

Additionally, she is dedicated to supporting parents of neurodivergent children, an area close to her heart as a parent of an autistic child. She is committed to ensuring these families feel seen, understood, and supported in their unique journeys.

Michelle’s approach is trauma-informed, blending a range of therapeutic modalities, including Gottman Method, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and acceptance practices. Her clinical expertise, compassionate presence, and genuine care empower clients to deepen their connections with themselves, their loved ones, and their communities.

Brenda MacDonald, MSW, RSW

Therapist

Brenda MacDonald is a Registered Social Worker who has had the honor of working with youth and adults in various capacities for 20 years.  She obtained her Bachelors of Social Work from the University of British Columbia and completed her Masters of Social Work from Dalhousie University.  Brenda takes a collaborative approach, working alongside clients as active participants in their own healing journey.

Brenda’s goals is to create a safe, empathic space that encourages self-exploration and personal growth.  Through this process, she focuses on nurturing wellness in order to foster growth and healing.  Brenda supports clients with behavioural interventions, managing stress and anxiety, growing executive functioning skill sets, organizational skills, social awareness, cultivating healthy relationships, building emotional resilience, confidence growth, social and life skill development.

Brenda’s clinical practice incorporates strengths-based theory, anti-oppressive practice, systems theory, trauma informed theory, critical theory and eco system theory.  Brenda also incorporates motivational interviewing, brief intervention and solution focused approaches.

Brenda is committed to fostering a supportive, compassionate, and nonjudgmental connection where healing can occur.  She recognizes the courage it takes to reach out for help, which is why she values building a solid, trusting, and confidential relationship.

Lisa Calder, MSW, RSW, RCC, BCRPT

Therapist

Lisa Calder is a compassionate and creative Registered Social Worker with over 25 years of experience supporting mental health and well-being in community, hospital, school, and government settings across Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia. She holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Toronto and a Post-Master’s Diploma from the University of Calgary. Lisa has also taught Human Services and Social Work at the college level and values ongoing professional growth.

She specializes in play and expressive arts therapy, supporting children, youth, and families navigating grief, trauma, autism, anxiety, and emotional regulation. Lisa is a Registered Play Therapist with the BC Association of Play Therapists and holds an Expressive Arts Therapy (EXAT) designation. Her approach blends directive and non-directive methods, including sandtray, puppetry, and art-based interventions. She draws inspiration from respected mentors such as Marie-Jose Dhase, Greg Lubimiv, and Lisa Dion.

Her clinical work is trauma-informed and grounded in Attachment Theory, Narrative Therapy, ACT, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and other evidence-based modalities. She is a Registered Circle of Security Parenting Program provider and a service provider with the First Nations Health Authority and Autism Funding Unit. Her services are covered under most extended health plans.

Lisa lives in the Okanagan Valley on the traditional, unceded territory of the Syilx people. Her dog Rolo, a gentle therapy companion, can be requested for visits. Outside of her practice, she enjoys swimming, collage, photography, and travel.

Michelle Cole

Family & Parent Support Facilitator

Michelle began her career as a child education assistant, focusing on supporting children with behavioural and developmental challenges. Guided by the B.C. Early Learning Framework, she helped children build confidence, express themselves, and thrive both at school and at home through individualized learning plans and practical strategies for success.

Over time, Michelle’s work expanded beyond the classroom as she began supporting families in more holistic ways. She developed a practice centered on strengthening emotional resilience and cognitive well-being for both children and parents, weaving mindfulness and connection-based approaches into her work.

As part of her professional growth, Michelle completed Marci Shimoff’s Year of Miracles program and became a certified Happy for No Reason trainer, as well as a Certified Advanced Ho’oponopono Practitioner. These experiences deepened her commitment to helping families cultivate happiness and harmony in everyday life.

Through her work with the Webb Community Foundation, Michelle helps lead family retreats and parent support groups that nurture emotional balance, connection, and growth. Her compassionate and integrative approach creates space for parents to recharge, learn practical tools, and build meaningful relationships within their families and communities.