Mikaela Flood

Mikaela’s clinical experience spans the lifespan, from pediatric to middle-aged populations, though her primary focus is on pediatric psychology. Mikaela particularly enjoys working with children under the age of ten, with a major focus on early childhood (as young as age 2). Her areas of clinical focus include Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, trauma, attachment, FASD, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), academic and intellectual disabilities, and pediatric mood disorders.
In addition to her work with children, Mikaela has a growing clinical interest in grief, palliative, and end-of-life care, as well as couples and family therapy, with a particular focus on how loss, transition, and relational stressors impact emotional well-being and relationships across the lifespan. She is interested in supporting individuals, couples, and families navigating anticipatory grief, bereavement, and relational change, and in providing compassionate, meaning-centered care during periods of significant life transition.

Mikaela’s therapeutic approach is integrative, drawing primarily from attachment-based, trauma-informed, and humanistic/existential frameworks. Within her child therapy practice, she incorporates play-based and sand tray/art therapy to facilitate emotional expression, symbolic processing, and relational connection in developmentally appropriate ways. Across child, family, and adult work, she values creating a collaborative and compassionate therapeutic relationship that supports emotional awareness, authenticity, and resilience. Her assessment practice emphasizes understanding individuals within their broader developmental, familial, and environmental contexts, integrating standardized testing with clinical observation and caregiver collaboration. She also has a particular interest in parenting and caregiving assessments and in Collaborative Therapeutic Assessment (CTA), a collaborative assessment approach that actively involves clients and caregivers in the assessment process to promote insight, shared understanding, and meaningful therapeutic change.

At Nuvista, Mikaela will also be offering attachment-based parent and caregiver programming through the Circle of Security intervention, as well as parent/caregiver and adult assessments, couples and family therapy, and equine-assisted therapy. She values an interdisciplinary approach to clinical care and aims to integrate collaboration across specialties to support holistic client well-being. Mikaela is passionate about promoting emotional well-being and secure attachment relationships in children, individuals, and families through accessible, evidence-based, and relationship-centered care.
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Mikaela Flood was born and raised in rural Prince Edward Island. She completed her Master of Arts in Psychology, with a focus on Child and Adolescent Development, at Adler University in 2021 and began her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 2022 in Edmonton, Alberta. Returning to Prince Edward Island, Mikaela will complete her clinical internship year as a psychologist intern at Nuvista Mental Health / Serene View Ranch beginning in September 2026.

Mikaela has served as a sessional instructor for several undergraduate psychology courses and has worked in the field of family violence prevention. She has also worked as an Autism Specialist, supporting children and families through individualized intervention planning, behavioral consultation, and caregiver coaching.

I chose this work because I value helping people make sense of their experiences and feel more confident in themselves and their relationships. Whether working with young children, families, or adults, my goal is to create meaningful change early and support growth that leads to long-term resilience, connection, and well-being.

When she is not working, Mikaela enjoys reading, travelling, and spending time with her four golden retrievers.