Mental Health

Leanne Taylor

Registered Psychotherapist

I was born and raised in Thunder Bay and moved to Australia following graduation from high school and worked with a volunteer organization for 6 years where I met my husband. He followed me back to Thunder Bay (I know... why did I come back to Canada? Long story!) and we moved to Dryden in 1998 where we have raised our 3 children.

I started working at the Family Health Team 2010 as a program assistant. Most recently I have spent the last 10 years as in the Dryden Diabetes Program and for the Dryden Area Family Health Team primarily supporting the mental health programs processing and booking the mental health referrals and the CAMH tele psychiatry referrals.

I completed my diploma in Applied Psychology and Counselling in 2014 and attained the designation as a Registered Professional Counsellor though the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association in 2015. While continuing to work at the Family Health Team, I maintained a private practice in supportive counselling serving clients in North Western Ontario all while working towards my full designation as a Registered Psychotherapist in Ontario, which was attained in 2022.

I provide client centred interpersonal therapy for individuals and couples in a safe, non-judgemental space where clients can be seen and heard, and their struggles witnessed with care, compassion and empathy. I work with clients to implement strategies that work to see change in both their emotional and mental health as well as to attain a greater sense of overall wellbeing.

I have enjoyed working within the inter professional dynamic of the Dryden Area Family Health Team for the last 12 years and am thrilled to be now working in the role of a Psychotherapist.