Amy Taylor


BSW/RSW,
Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist

Aniin, Hello! My name is Amy. I offer a non-judgemental space where you can be your authentic self and feel heard, understood, and supported as we work through what brings you to therapy.

17+ — Barrie + Virtual — Individuals & Families — Accepting New Clients

A little about me


As a Registered Social Worker and a passionate Indigenous Woman, I provide a non-judgemental space in which you can feel free to be your authentic self to explore difficult thoughts and emotions. As unique as every person is, so are the struggles we face. How we process and navigate these experiences is just as unique. Through an integrative trauma-informed approach to therapy, I will assist you in identifying your strengths, overcoming challenges, learning effective coping mechanisms, and working together collectively to bring about positive changes that, in turn, can help to bring you inner peace. Although therapy cannot erase the past, it can help us to understand and process our experiences.

There are times when understanding why you feel the way you do isn't enough to change what keeps happening. You may recognize the patterns in your relationships, know where some of them came from, and still find yourself getting pulled back into the same reactions, roles, or dynamics. Therapy can be a place to look more closely at those patterns, not with judgment, but with honesty and curiosity about what is keeping you stuck.

As an Indigenous woman and Registered Social Worker, I bring both professional experience and an understanding of the ways our histories, families, relationships, and environments can shape us. I have experience supporting people who have lived through trauma, including experiences that happened directly to them as well as generational trauma and patterns that have been carried through families.

Trauma doesn't always stay neatly in the past. It can influence how safe you feel with other people, what you tolerate in relationships, how you respond to conflict, the boundaries you set, or struggle to set, and even what you have come to believe about yourself. Part of our work may involve understanding those connections and recognizing which ways of coping once protected you but may no longer be serving you.

Understanding where a pattern came from doesn’t mean you have to keep living it.

My approach is compassionate, but I also believe therapy sometimes requires us to have conversations that aren't easy. I won't simply sit back and agree with everything you say. When it's helpful, I'll gently challenge you, ask the harder questions, and help you notice patterns that may be difficult to see when you're in the middle of them. We'll do that collaboratively, with respect for your experiences and at a pace that feels manageable.

I work with individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and loss, relationship difficulties, life transitions, and challenges with self-esteem and identity. I also work with families who want support navigating difficult dynamics, communication, conflict, and the impact that individual experiences can have on the family as a whole.

Therapy cannot change what has already happened, but it can give you a place to understand it differently, process what you have been carrying, and decide what you want to take forward with you. You don't have to have everything figured out before you begin.

Amy Works With:

Accepting new clients.
Barrie evening | Virtual evening
Individual therapy ($175/hr), Family therapy ($215/hr)
Offers direct billing—ask for details!

Individuals & Families (ages 17+)
  • Family Therapy

  • Anxiety

  • Behavioural Issues

  • Emotional Abuse

  • Anger Management

  • Self-Harming

  • Stress & Life Transitions

  • Grief

  • Trauma & PTSD

  • Indigenous Issues

  • Relationship Issues

  • Family therapy

  • Communication

  • Boundaries

  • Suicidal Thoughts

  • Alcohol Use

  • Peer Relationships

  • Domestic Violence