Experience
Iva’s own life transitions, coupled with her professional experience and educational background in Law, Social Work, Psychotherapy, Counselling, Rehabilitation and Mediation have allowed her to easily relate to, connect, and work with a wide range of challenges and people.
As a part of her career journey, Iva has provided Counselling, Psychotherapy, Assessments, Mental Health, and Rehabilitation Consultation services in various professional environments including post-secondary education (York University – Osgoode Hall Law School and Fleming College); medical assessment centres (Omega Medical), community medicine, family health team, employment, corporate and medico-legal sectors. In addition, Iva has been training Career Counsellors and Psychotherapists in training from George Brown College, University of Toronto (OISE), Yorkville and York Universities.
Client Focus
Individuals, Couples, Families, Children and Youth
Types of Therapy
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Mindfulness, Brief-Solution Focused Counselling, and Gestalt Therapy.
Conditions
Trauma, PTSD, Couple and Family Conflicts, Anxiety, Depression, Workplace and Court mandated Counselling, Career-Academic-Life transitions and related stress; Addictions, Return to Work post-injuries, and Medico-Legal Vocational Assessments.
More Than Just My Work
I love dancing – I used to teach dance classes at the Spanish Centre in Toronto.
