Meet Our Team

Natacha Pennycooke Clinical Director


Registered Psychotherapist (MSc., RP)

In my over 12 years of practice, I have experience working in hospitals, trauma centers, community health centers, forensic/correction services, and private practice settings. I am continuously working to decolonize my psychology education, and my work is guided from an anti-oppressive, healing focused, trauma informed, anti-Black racism lens and racial justice framework.

I most enjoy helping my clients reach a place of awareness and personal growth. I get it - because I have been there too!

My areas of therapeutic focus include helping high achieving professionals navigate the struggles of self-sabotaging behaviours, negative thoughts, limiting believes, worries, fear, feeling like an imposter, self-doubt and sadness that comes from adverse childhood experiences, dysfunctional family of origin dynamics, racial trauma and workplace oppressions that often lead to anxiety and depression. Each therapy session is specifically tailored to meet your unique needs, while working towards the achieving your healing goals.

I specialize in holding space to help you heal, thrive and live your best life.

I use a range of different therapeutic techniques including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Africentric Psychology, Narrative Therapy and emotional regulation & processing skills, and mindfulness/soulfulness skills.

I am a Registered Psychotherapist with The College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Concordia University (Montreal, Canada), where I specialized in Cultural Psychology, with a minored in Biology. I completed my Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology at The University of the West Indies – CaveHill campus (Barbados); and received my clinical training at the Department of Community Health & Psychiatry of The University Hospital of the West Indies (Kingston, Jamaica).

I look forward to helping you navigate your healing journey!