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Justine is a Registered Social Worker in good standing with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers, providing psychotherapy to adolescents and young adults aged 12–25, with a particular focus on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ADHD, OCD, executive functioning challenges, anxiety, depression, and emotional regulation.

Throughout her career, Justine has worked across community resource programs, student support services, developmental services, and mental health settings. She brings extensive experience supporting neurodivergent youth and young adults, including autistic individuals navigating sensory and emotional overwhelm, social and relationship challenges, executive function concerns, identity development, and the transition toward greater independence.

Justine understands that adolescence and emerging adulthood can involve significant changes in identity, relationships, expectations, and responsibilities. Her work supports young people navigating post-secondary education, academic stress, life transitions, confidence and self-esteem, friendships, family relationships, and everyday challenges. She recognizes that neurodivergent individuals may experience these transitions differently, particularly when navigating environments that do not adequately accommodate their needs.

Drawing upon neurodiversity-affirming, strengths-based, individualized, and trauma-informed approaches, Justine works collaboratively with clients to develop emotional regulation strategies, strengthen executive functioning skills, explore relationship dynamics, and build greater self-understanding and confidence. Her approach emphasizes respecting each person's communication style, lived experience, autonomy, and individual goals rather than expecting them to conform to a particular way of thinking, feeling, or interacting with the world.

Justine earned her Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Montevallo and her Master of Social Work from the University of Tennessee. She values a warm, relational, and non-judgmental approach to psychotherapy, prioritizing genuine connection and creating a space where adolescents and young adults feel understood, respected, and supported as they navigate their own path forward.