Tenere Wilfryd

Depression and anxiety, rocky relationships, trouble communicating? These are the challenges Tenere has been trained to work with. You don’t have to keep holding it all together on your own.

Tenere works with people who are used to being strong for others but don’t know how much longer they can keep it up.

They approach therapy as a place to develop the skills to function in a world that sometimes hurts and rarely makes sense. Finding the right tools for you can take some time, but most folks find some positive change in the first couple sessions.

Tenere earned their Master’s in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University, and their undergraduate and college degrees from Toronto Metropolitan University and Seneca College. Tenere is registered with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association and the College of Counselling Therapists of New Brunswick and participates in ongoing professional development. Prior to joining NUVISTA, Tenere gained experience working with community mental health and harm reduction agencies in Ontario and New Brunswick and private practice. Tenere also integrated lessons from lived experience.

Tenere does this work because they know firsthand how transformative the right therapeutic support can be. Having personally benefited from mental health interventions throughout their life, they bring humility, compassion, and a genuine curiosity to every session. Tenere sits with clients not as a rigid expert, but as a collaborative partner and ally. They view emotional well-being not as a fixed trait, but as a set of skills that can be actively developed and refined through patience, persistence, and practice.

Outside of work, Tenere can be found talking to cats, reconnecting with a love of writing poetry, scouring the town for Karaoke spots, and contemplating silently the majesty of pancakes.