Meet the Oak & Sands Counselling Team

Valeriya Demydenko works with clients experiencing anxiety, emotional overwhelm, stress, trauma, and life transitions. She creates a supportive environment where clients feel heard, respected, and empowered to process difficult emotions at their own pace. Valeriya combines compassion with practical therapeutic tools to help clients strengthen emotional regulation, self-awareness, and confidence.

Emily MacIver is the founder and Clinical Director of Oak & Sands Counselling Services. Known for her warm, approachable presence and “coffee with a friend” energy, Emily is passionate about making therapy feel accessible, supportive, and genuinely human. She works with individuals and couples navigating anxiety, burnout, relationship challenges, trauma, life transitions, and emotional overwhelm. Emily’s approach blends evidence-based therapies with authenticity, humour, and deep compassion, helping clients feel safe enough to explore difficult emotions while building meaningful resilience and growth.

Alexandra Rogers supports clients through anxiety, stress, emotional regulation challenges, relationship concerns, and personal growth journeys. She brings a calm, compassionate presence to therapy while helping clients better understand the patterns and experiences shaping their lives. Alexandra values creating a safe, judgement-free environment where clients can explore emotions openly and develop practical coping tools that support long-term healing and confidence.

Rebecca Crawford works with individuals navigating anxiety, self-esteem concerns, emotional overwhelm, stress, and life transitions. She approaches therapy with warmth, empathy, and curiosity, helping clients feel supported while learning healthier ways to cope with difficult emotions and experiences. Rebecca focuses on creating collaborative therapeutic relationships that empower clients to move toward meaningful and sustainable change.

Ashley Keveza provides compassionate support for individuals experiencing anxiety, relationship stress, emotional dysregulation, and challenges related to self-worth or personal identity. Her approach emphasizes emotional safety, self-understanding, and practical skill-building. Ashley works collaboratively with clients to help them feel more grounded, connected, and confident in navigating everyday life.

Cassandra Teaca is passionate about helping clients better understand themselves while building healthier coping strategies and emotional resilience. She supports individuals navigating anxiety, stress, burnout, and relationship concerns through a warm, non-judgemental approach rooted in empathy and evidence-based care. Cassandra believes therapy should feel approachable, validating, and tailored to each client’s unique experiences.

Ellen Munro-Hynes supports individuals navigating anxiety, stress, emotional overwhelm, chronic pain, life

transitions, and personal growth. With more than 25 years of experience in trauma-informed rehabilitation settings, she brings a warm, compassionate, and grounded presence to her counselling practice. She takes an integrative, relationship-focused approach, drawing from evidence-based therapeutic approaches to support each client’s unique needs and goals. She believes in meeting people where they are and walking alongside them at their own pace, creating a safe and supportive space where clients can feel heard, understood, and empowered to develop greater self-awareness, resilience, and meaningful change.

Isabella Rohner-Tensee supports individuals seeking help with anxiety, emotional stress, relationship challenges, self-esteem concerns, and personal growth. She brings a compassionate, collaborative style to therapy, helping clients feel comfortable exploring difficult thoughts and emotions without judgement. Isabella’s goal is to create a safe and empowering therapeutic space where healing and meaningful change can unfold naturally.

Dan is a warm, approachable therapist who works with individuals from all walks of life who may be feeling stuck or weighed down by anxiety, stress, trauma, difficult life circumstances, or other challenges. He believes that a strong therapeutic relationship is at the heart of meaningful change and works collaboratively with clients to better understand what is getting in the way of the life they want to live.

Dan takes an empathic and individualized approach to therapy, drawing from different therapeutic modalities based on each client’s needs. His work focuses on helping clients recognize and build upon their existing strengths, develop new ways of navigating challenges, and let go of patterns that may no longer be serving them.

While therapy can involve difficult conversations and emotions, Dan believes it should also feel encouraging, freeing, and safe. He strives to create a genuine, non-judgmental space where clients can feel understood, supported, and empowered to move toward meaningful change.

Registered Psychotherapist

Isabella Rohner-Tensee

Isabella Rohner-Tensee supports individuals seeking help with anxiety, emotional stress, relationship challenges, self-esteem concerns, and personal growth. She brings a compassionate, collaborative style to therapy, helping clients feel comfortable exploring difficult thoughts and emotions without judgement. Isabella’s goal is to create a safe and empowering therapeutic space where healing and meaningful change can unfold naturally.