Our Team – Birchwood Circle of Care

Meet our Team

Véronique Boisvert

Registered Speech Language Pathologist
Owner

Veronique Boisvert offers assessments and therapy both in English and in French. Veronique believes in a functional approach to therapy and finds parent coaching to be an important aspect of therapy. She specializes in functional communication, complex communication needs, social communication, apraxia and Autism.

Erin Gillingham

MEd. RPsych

Erin is a long-term resident of Fort McMurray. She is passionate about working with children, teens, and families to improve their mental well-being. Erin is a Registered Psychologist offering mental health counselling using cognitive therapies (primarily CBT and DBT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Erin can offer mental health screening and diagnostic assessment, as well as full psychoeducational assessments. She is committed to helping to create care plans and accommodation recommendations to ensure that every learner gets the most of their educational experience.

Aryn Bentley

Registered Speech Language Pathologist

Aryn Bentley is a Registered Speech-Language Pathologist who lives in Fort McMurray. She is passionate about providing inclusive therapy services and works with families to identify functional goals in a family-centered approach. Aryn is committed to supporting clients and their families in achieving communication goals through research-based therapy.

Jean Bae

Registered Speech Language Pathologist

Jean Bae has been a resident in Fort McMurray, AB since 2007. She is passionate to provide speech and language services to a community she loves. Jean believes in the importance of early intervention and parent coaching within her practice. She has experience in speech disorders, functional communication, social communication and pre-school stuttering (trained in the Lidcombe program).

Eizabeth Charelebois

Therapy Assistant

Elizabeth has worked with children since 2014. Her education background is in communication disorders and speech and language. She has a passion for learning and developing her skills as a professional. She has worked closely with other professionals to grow her skills, to better understand how she can best help her clients. Elizabeth is dedicated to working collaboratively in helping her clients achieve their goals.

Natasha Bayley

Therapy Assistant

Natasha has been working as a Speech Language Pathology Assistant in Fort McMurray since 2014. She has worked in multiple settings and with various age groups. She has experience working with a wide variety of goals in the speech and language field. Achieving communication goals step by step is her passion. After graduating with a B.Sc. in Behaviour, Cognition and Neuroscience, she then completed her Post Graduate Certification in Communicative Disorders.

In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and three-year-old daughter.

Kerry Wynn

Occupational Therapist

Kerry Wynn lives in Edmonton with her husband, two boys, and two dogs. Kerry is an Occupational Therapist (OT) who has practiced as an OT for 28 years, working with children from birth to 18 years in various urban and rural locations in Edmonton & Northern Alberta including Hospitals, Schools, Homes, and other community centers.

Kerry specializes in medical navigation, feeding, and swallowing, child development, equipment needs, adapting home and equipment, parent support & coaching, and routine-based intervention, including supporting learning strategies and success during everyday routines. Kerry discusses with the family and observes the child in their everyday routines to better understand the needs of the child.

Natasha Mosher

Occupational Therapist (OT)

Natasha lives in Beaumont AB with her husband, three children, and St. Bernard dog. Natasha is an Occupational Therapist (OT) who has practiced as a pediatric OT for 13 years, supporting children and their families within school, at home, and out in the community.

Natasha is a trauma-informed therapist who specializes in sensory and emotional regulation, sleep and sleep hygiene, parent/ child attachment, picky eating, functional adaptations, and routine-based intervention. Natasha values the knowledge each caregiver brings and works closely and collaboratively with them to establish a positive and supportive environment in which the child can learn and grow. Natasha has an abundance of experience providing direct therapy, as well as consultative services through parent/ teacher and caregiver coaching. She has additional training as a sleep therapist and is certified to run Circle of Security programming, a program designed to support families build strong and positive attachment styles with their children.

Audrea Wuetherick

Occupational Therapist (OT)

Andrea is an Occupational Therapist (OT) who has practiced exclusively with children, youth, and their families for over 20 years. Andrea specializes in routine-based intervention, sensory processing, and emotional regulation, and supporting everyday activities such as feeding, toileting, other daily routines and activities, and play.

Hazim Al-faouri

M.S. Psychology

Hazim is a mental health therapist currently working with indigenous communities. Hazim uses a solution focused therapy (SFT) approach and believes every person has their own unique solutions within them and hopes to work with clients to help them connect with their inner strengths. Hazim also uses narrative therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy to help individuals reach their goals and specializes in addiction, trauma, anxiety, depression, and grief and loss.

Karla Power

Triple P Instructor

Karla is a teacher with FMPSD and a mother of 2 boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Karla is a community advocate for Inclusion and enjoys helping other parents navigate their journey, while feeling connected to others. Karla believes that we are stronger when we share our stories and help one another.

Karla will be facilitating the Triple P program at Birchwood Circle of Care.

Kimberly Hourihan

Receptionist

Kim moved to Fort McMurray with her husband from New Brunswick in 2010. She has 5 children & 8 grandchildren. Coming to Fort McMurray on the 5-year plan they loved it so much they stayed. Her career has included Office Management, Marketing, and Team Management. Kim spends her spare time biking the trails, watching her grandchildren play sports, gardening and at her property in Boyle with her family.

Being in the role of Administration Kim will be scheduling, taking phone calls, receiving payments, and working hand in hand with the owner on various tasks.

Stephanie Van De Reep

Office Manager

Stephanie lives in Fort McMurray with her husband and two children since Sept 2003

Her career has included mortgage lending with BMO Bank of Montreal and numerous years with AHS as a scheduler.

In her spare time, she enjoys reading, jogging, and anything to do with being outside. Her passion is to travel as much as possible!

Contact us

Our Address

8106 Fraser Avenue, Unit 41
Fort McMurray, AB
T9H 1W6

Phone & E-mail

780-607-8376

birchwoodcoc@gmail.com

Business Hours

8:30 AM - 8:30 PM
7 days a week