Millicent holds a Master of Social Work degree as well as a Bachelor of Psychology degree. She is also a Canadian Certified Perinatal Mental Health Therapist. 

Millicent is a wife and a mother of 3 beautiful children. Millicent enjoys spending time with her family and going on little adventures with them. has over a decade of experience working with the perinatal population. Before entering into private practice, Millicent began her career supporting families who experienced physical, sexual and emotional abuse, neglect, domestic violence, addictions and mental health challenges. 

As a dedicated social worker and mental health therapist, Millicent specializes in perinatal mental health and birth trauma, offering therapeutic support to birthing individuals and their families who are navigating the emotional and psychological challenges associated with conception, pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. She has a strong understanding of the interconnectedness between maternal mental health and child mental health.

Millicent’s approach to mental health is client-centered and solution-focused, ensuring that every individual’s voice is heard and their needs are addressed with compassion and empathy, especially during the most empowering yet most vulnerable times. She prioritizes empowerment, collaboration and holistic care while meeting clients where they are at. Furthermore, Millicent uses a strength-based approach, an Anti-Oppressive lens and cognitive behaviour therapy to support clients in their healing journey as they navigate complex trauma, systemic barriers and relational conflicts. 

Through her own experiences of reproductive trauma, Millicent was able to channel her struggles into a passion for women’s health.A strong belief in social justice and advocacy has driven Millicent. She fiercely advocates for equitable and culturally affirming resources for the BIPOC community.  Millicent believes in creating safe spaces where birthing people are seen, heard and valued. 

Millicent Asiedu is the Founder and Executive Director of Mesh of Mothers (MOM) Foundation Inc., a not-for-profit organization. Millicent started M.O.M during the height of the pandemic as she recognized the disparities experienced by black mothers in the perinatal period. Through MOM, Millicent has brought awareness to maternal/mental health. She has helped create a community of mothers, annual workshops and conferences, access to culturally affirming resources and community engagements in Alberta. She has been recognized for her passion, dedication to service and advocacy in Canada and the United States. 

“I am excited to join the RPTC because this is the type of support I needed early on in my maternal journey. My vision is aligned with RPTC as we all commit to improving mental health services for expectant and new parents, and their families while fostering resilience, ensuring that each clien’s unique needs are met and that mental health care is an integral part of perinatal care.”

Millicent holds a Master of Social Work degree as well as a Bachelor of Psychology degree. She is... Read More

Megan is a Registered Psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists. Over the past ten years, Megan has worked alongside children, adolescents, and adults who have experienced various forms of trauma, particularly sexual abuse. Although she began her career as a Child and Youth Care Worker, she was quickly inspired to return to school and complete a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology. Now working as a Psychologist, she deeply appreciates the courage and strength it takes to ask for help. She values the power of human connection as a vital foundation for healing. After becoming a mother and navigating her own challenges with postpartum anxiety and rage, Megan felt a strong calling to pursue specialized training in this area. Through both personal experiences and professional development, she discovered how many parents were struggling in silence. She understands firsthand the sting of shame that can accompany postpartum rage and the overwhelming intensity of emotions that often arise during this period. These insights have shaped her belief that society must have more open conversations about perinatal mental health and the stigma surrounding it. She advocates for providing new parents with the support they need during what is often one of the most vulnerable times in their lives. Megan recognizes the challenges and feelings of overwhelm that can occur during the transition to parenthood and believes people deserve to be met with safety, empathy, and compassion.

In her therapeutic work, Megan strives to create a space where all emotions are welcome—especially the ones that feel the heaviest. She believes that individuals should feel safe and free from judgment when discussing sensitive topics. As a Psychologist, Megan is committed to equipping her clients with tools to regulate their emotions in order to move towards healing. Her dual perspective as both a clinician and a parent fuels her passion for advocating for perinatal mental health and challenging the misconceptions that often surround it. This passion ultimately led her to join the team at RPTC, where she works alongside other dedicated service providers.

At RPTC, Megan is passionate about supporting individuals who have experienced pregnancy and infant loss, birth trauma, perinatal mental health challenges, and IUD trauma. She works with adolescents (ages 12 and up) and adults, using an integrative approach tailored to each client’s unique needs. She is trained as an EMDR therapist and incorporates techniques from Solution Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Compassion Focused Therapy in her practice. In addition to this, Megan is currently completing training through Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Trainings (CPMHT).

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Nasim is a Canadian Certified Counsellor who resides in Alberta, Canada, who works from a culture and trauma-informed perspective. She believes that clients are the experts of their lives, and she works collaboratively to find the approach that fits their values, needs, beliefs, and personalities. Nasim’s priority is first to create a safe, warm and non-judgmental environment and an understanding of what her clients are going through.

Nasim started working in the mental health field in 2016. She has helped many individuals and families navigate the impact of acute or complex trauma such as abuse and neglect. Her interest in supporting parents through the perinatal period and beyond peaked when she had her child and learned about how little support and voice parents get in our society. Nasim offers individual counselling to adults and teens (15+) in Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut. Nasim is trained in Perinatal Mental health, Compassion Focused Therapy, Gottman Couples Therapy, and attachment-based approaches. She also incorporates evidence-based practices, including Somatic Experiencing, Narrative Therapy, Family Systems, mindfulness, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Nasim also offers EMDR therapy to the clients at RPTC.

Nasim has a special interest in supporting parents and parents-to-be through challenging times in their child’s or their own lives. She also helps youth and adults with acute as well as complex trauma. Nasim believes that trauma is a subjective experience and is determined by the client’s experiences. This can include but is not exclusive to birth trauma, IUD trauma, miscarriage/early pregnancy loss, stillbirth, relationship dynamics, and dysfunctional family systems. Nasim is passionate about supporting paternal mental health and parents who are neurodivergent as well.

Nasim completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology at the University of Alberta. She then completed her master’s at the Edmonton Branch of City University of Seattle. She is a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC) and a member in good standing in the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA). Nasim’s master’s capstone research focused on cultural influences on parenting practices, namely co-sleeping.

Nasim works Thursdays during the day at this time.

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Dr. Teela Tomassetti is a Registered Provisional Psychologist through the College of Alberta Psychologists and is a Doctor of Psychology (PSYD). Her Doctoral research was a qualitative study utilizing semi-structured interviews with therapists’ experiences supporting birth trauma, the fawn trauma response and mistreatment by providers.

Teela has been a counsellor since 2005, supporting those with sexual assault, domestic violence, tragic losses and addiction concerns before becoming a registered provisional psychologist in 2021. For the last few years, Teela has specialized in birth trauma and identifies as a birth trauma survivor.

Teela works from a trauma-informed lens and believes in client-centered therapy. She walks alongside her clients, and her approach sets out to empower those she works with while providing a warm, safe, compassionate space. Teela has also acquired her Perinatal Mental Health training through Postpartum Support International. She has also sought out additional training on fertility struggles, endometriosis, PCOS, pregnancy and infant loss.

Her primary modality is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), she is also trained in Advanced EMDR, which means she can offer the Recent Events Protocol, Group EMDR and Couples EMDR. She also completed another EMDR training on Integrating Somatic Approaches in Trauma work.

However, she shares that her heart will always be with Narrative Therapy, which views “the problem is the problem, the person is not the problem.” The social justice lens that often shows up in Teela’s works is Narrative Therapy. Her other primary modality is Compassion-Focused Therapy, which she believes is central to working with trauma.

Teela is an international conference speaker and has offered workshops to providers in-person and online on incorporating trauma-informed care into their roles and systems. She is also a published author, and chapters on birth trauma from both books were released this year. You can also see her as a keynote speaker this year in Ottawa and London, Ontario!

She offers consultation to other providers and organizations on trauma-informed care, and you can book in with her for this as well as presentations and trainings.

Teela offers support to those struggling with fertility, IUD trauma, pregnancy and infant loss, paternal mental health, endometriosis, PCOS, and perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. She receives direct supervision from a primary supervisor. She offers individual therapy in person and online support for all of Alberta.

You can follow her @theteaonbirthtrauma, where she has worked hard to build a safe community for over 40, 000 birth trauma survivors.

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