Angela Quail (she/her)

Resgistered Social Worker

Hello! My name is Angela Quail, and I am a Registered Social Worker (RSW) with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW). I hold a Master of Social Work degree and an Honours Bachelor of Social Work, with a minor in Indigenous Studies, from Wilfrid Laurier University. I firmly believe that therapy is most meaningful when clients feel genuinely seen and empowered to lead their own healing in being the experts of their own life. Guided by humanistic values and trauma-informed care, my integrative approach builds on your existing strengths and natural resilience. Sessions offer an empathic, compassionate space to be heard without judgment, where we move at your own pace toward the changes that matter most to you.

Having completed training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), I offer this evidence-based therapy to clients seeking to heal from trauma and other distressing life experiences. EMDR engages the brain’s natural capacity to reprocess difficult memories, reducing their emotional intensity and lessening their influence on present-day thoughts, feelings, and functioning. EMDR can be especially supportive for those living with the lasting effects of trauma, anxiety, grief or painful life experiences that talk therapy alone has not fully resolved. Alongside EMDR, I am also certified in Level 1 CBT, and my work is informed by DBT, ACT, Narrative Therapy and mindfulness-based approaches. With younger clients, play-based therapeutic approaches and expressive arts modalities offer natural ways to explore and express feelings.

My individual therapy supports children, teens, adults, and families navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, life transitions, and more. Women’s wellbeing holds a special place in my work, particularly helping women and women identifying people reconnect with their inner strength, honour their own needs, and move through change with confidence. Supporting Indigenous individuals and families as they heal from intergenerational trauma is also deeply meaningful to me, and that work brings together Indigenous ways of knowing and Western therapeutic approaches with care and respect. Transpersonal counselling sits at the heart of my practice. For clients who wish to bring spirituality, faith or a search for meaning into their healing, these parts of life are always welcome in session. Every person’s beliefs, culture and identity are honoured, and all clients can expect to feel welcomed, respected and supported.

My own healing journey is a big part of why I do this work. Personal growth takes dedication and courage, which is why I continue to practise the same wellness tools I share with clients. When I’m not in session, you’ll often find me on a hiking trail, enjoying time with my beautiful daughter, or negotiating couch space with Oskar, my big, fluffy and very silly cat. Being a human and fur baby mom is one of my greatest joys in this lifetime and being in nature helps me to remember the importance of reconnecting with my inner self and trusting in that balance.

Client Populations: Teens and adults