mental health & wellness.
I’m here for that.
REGISTERED SOCIAL WORKER, PSYCHOTHERAPIST
Lisa Azzopardi | CYC, MSW, RSW
Lisa has over 15 years of experience practicing in mental health. She offers EMDR, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Narrative Therapy and Parts Work. Lisa has presented nationally on clinically innovative work in the areas of adolescent and family mental health.
Areas of Practice & Training:
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy ( Niagara Stress & Trauma Clinic)
Attachment-Focussed EMDR ( Parnell Institute, California)
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy with Pat Odgen, Continuing Ed
Internal Family Systems Therapy with Richard Schwartz, Continuing Ed
Somatic EMDR Certification with Arielle Schwartz ( The Embody Lab)
Trauma Informed CBT (The National Child Traumatic Stress Network)
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (The Linehan Institute, Behavioural Tech)
Narrative Therapy Training ( The Hincks-Dellcrest Centre, Toronto)
Background:
Lisa holds a diploma in Child and Youth Work ( Humber College), an Undergraduate Degree in Child & Youth Care ( Toronto Metropolitan University, formerly Ryerson University) and a Master of Social Work ( Wilfrid Laurier University). Throughout her academic studies, Lisa practiced as a live-in child and youth worker supporting adolescents while they emancipated and emerged from the child welfare system. She also worked in the automotive industry, mostly welding, and studying her eventual trade.
Her research has focussed on “ Building therapeutic relationships through sports recreation” and the development of a DBT-Informed Parenting Skills Group.
Lisa was clinically supervised as a masters student at SickKids Hospital and the Ministry of Children and Youth Services, and later practiced in both settings as a Child and Family Therapist for several years.
Lisa’s Catalyst to her full-time private practice was becoming a mother herself.
