Danika Desforges-Bell, MSc. Ps.ed.

Mental Health Counsellor, OAMHP 4913-G
Behaviour Consultation and Intervention
Co-Clinic Director

While completing my education in Psychoéducation at the Université de Montréal, I did internships at a Community Center for adults dealing with psychiatric diagnoses (schizophrenia, mood disorders), in a hospital working with children in Child Psychiatry, and in an elementary school implementing Bullying Prevention programs.

Back in Toronto, I combined my psychoeducational and cognitive-behavioural practices to new therapeutic strategies, when working with Morneau Shepell’s EAP crisis line and single-session therapeutic support. I honed my skills by leading clients through talk-therapy, solution-focused therapy and mindfulness. During my time there, I provided short & long-term support through an online CBT-inspired platform which helped shape my therapeutic style for my ongoing work at C’est La Vie Wellness.

In more recent years, I was Clinical Manager of Behavioural and Autism Interventions with the French Catholich MonAvenir school board where I provided guidance and clinical supervision to 10 behavioural consultants (a job I held previously) and 5 autism consultants. Through these various experiences, I have developed key active listening and coaching skills as well as realistic & useful strategies/interventions with children, school staff and parents which I can now apply in my private practice at CLV.

My focus at CLV is to support children, parents and individuals by providing them with concrete tools and strategies to cope with their personal challenges. I inspired my counselling approach through regular training and profesionnal development in CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, SFT, trauma-informed, LGBTQIA+ workshops, EFT and more! Feel free to contact me directly to schedule a FREE initial phone consult or by visiting my Psychology Today profile.

Psst! Je parle français 🙂

Quick message from Danika: I am no longer accepting clients or referrals as I am scheduled for maternity leave from May 2023 to Spring 2024. Please reach out to Gwyneth, Rebecca or the CLV clinic for waitlists & referrals. Thanks for your patience & understanding!