Atika supports children, youth and adults navigating anxiety, stress, emotional overwhelm, life transitions, family stress, emotional regulation challenges and the impact of difficult past experiences. She brings extensive experience working with children and youth with intellectual and physical disabilities, including autistic and other neurodivergent individuals.
Her developing therapeutic style is warm, empathetic, strengths-based, culturally responsive, trauma-informed and compassion-focused. Atika emphasizes reflection, resilience, emotional regulation and practical coping strategies that can be applied in everyday life. She is currently completing her M.Ed. at OISE, University of Toronto and practises as a Student Therapist under clinical supervision.