Dr. Rebecca Carriere is a Psychiatrist with 10 years of clinical experience. She has worked as the Ambulatory Mental Health Division Head at Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga. She is an Assistant Professor with the University of Toronto and has been the Postgraduate Site Education Director for Psychiatry at Trillium. She completed her medical degree at McMaster University and her Psychiatry Residency through the University of Toronto. In addition to her work at Toronto Ketamine Clinic, she works at Trillium’s Insight Health Solutions WSIB First Responders Mental Health Program.

Dr. Yuliya Knyahnytska, MD, PhD is a Medical Head of Interventional Psychiatry at the Providence Care Hospital, Kingston (ON), Collaborator Scientist (CAMH, Toronto), and affiliated as a faculty member with the Department of Psychiatry at Queen’s University. Dr. Knyahnytska has over 15 years of experience working with patients with complex and hard-to-treat mental illnesses via direct clinical care and clinical research. She is a recipient of multiple awards, grants, and scholarships.

Dr. Kyle Waldman is a board-certified Anesthesiologist who completed his medical training and residency at the University of Toronto.  In addition to his medical training, he holds a Master’s in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

His clinical areas of interest include regional anesthesia and the use of multimodal analgesia to prevent persistent and chronic postoperative surgical pain.  He has extensive experience in providing and designing state-of-the-art regional anesthesia programs and techniques to ensure optimal patient comfort.

Dr. Waldman also teaches anesthesiology residents from Queen’s University and the University of Toronto, where he holds the title of Assistant Professor and Lecturer, respectively.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (FRCS), a Fellow of the International College of Surgeons (FICS) and a Diplomate of the American Board of Urology (DABU).

Dr. Barkin also has a Masters in Health Care Management and is one of a few Certified Canadian Physician Executives, which recognizes physician leadership and excellence. He is a founding partner and Medical Director at Toronto-based Can-Am HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) prostate-cancer treatment clinic.

Dr. Barkin has been involved in clinical research for more than 25 years and has been the principal investigator in over 250 Canadian and international clinical drug trials. He served on numerous medical advisory boards and has been published extensively in medical journals.

Naomi Levine has been practicing as a Toronto-based social worker for over 15 years. She uses the safety of the therapeutic relationship to explore inner conflicts and unhelpful patterns that keep one stuck in distressing cycles of deregulated mood, behavior, and relationships. She is trained in trauma-informed approaches, including EMDR. Naomi has practiced in a variety of not-for-profit clinics and in private practice. She also supervises graduate students completing their clinical internships and has been an intersession lecturer at MacMaster University, teaching undergraduate students CBT and mindfulness. Naomi completed her MSW at the University of Toronto in 2008.

As a Registered Psychotherapist, I help clients build a deeper awareness of their mind-body connection; this helps them develop greater self-regulation, a healthier sense of self and more satisfying interpersonal relationships.

My experiences with depression, addiction, recovery, meditation, blended family-life, and psychotherapy have helped me to appreciate the role a safe therapeutic environment plays in helping people effectively encounter the emotions and long-standing narratives that are holding them back from their desired life.

While I help clients connect with their present-moment experience, my approach is very much trauma-informed and psychodynamic. I seek to provide you with the room you need to explore how your past may be impacting, or even overwhelming your present.

Joshua Dvorkin has a Master of Psychology and is a Registered Psychotherapist under supervised practice. Joshua has certifications in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and is currently becoming a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP 1 & 2). He is also trained in other therapies. Joshua is currently a member of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario, the Canadian Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapists, the Canadian Counselors and Psychotherapists Association, the Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals, the Health Claims for Auto Insurance, and the Financial Services Regulatory Commission of Ontario. Joshua is familiar with treating many types of disorders including trauma, anxiety related disorders, depressive disorders, stress related disorders, and more clinical types of disorders such as bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, psychosis, and others. Joshua also helps those going through difficult life transitions such as LGBTQ2+, grief, couples therapy, and divorce. What makes Joshua different is his survival of the trauma of a near death experience and the depression and anxiety related to it. Joshua not only has the education but also the personal lived experience to help get you to the place where you want to be.

Davies has, over the past 20 years, experienced the despair of treatment-resistant depression. It wasn’t until he was introduced to IV Ketamine infusions in the U.S. that he experienced both immediate relief and a resurgence of a range of emotions that were otherwise unavailable. Having gone through a myriad of partially- to completely-ineffective treatments, he can personally testify to the effectiveness of ketamine infusions. Justin’s passion and commitment is to bring this life-saving treatment to Canadians who currently are suffering from major mood disorders and chronic mental-health conditions to provide a new range of opportunities to this population that is often plagued with hopelessness.