Emilie Ballarino

Emilie brings ten years of hospital social work, including maternal health, to her work with new and expecting parents. She's practical and warm, and especially helpful when pregnancy or a new baby collides with everything else: work, blended families, co-parenting or separation.

How I work

I’m a great fit if you want a practical, skills-focused approach. Whether this is your first time in therapy or you’ve done some before and now want tools, I’ll help you build them.

My focus is prenatal and postpartum mental health, and alongside it blended family dynamics, co-parenting, divorce and separation. We work on communication strategies, boundaries, and coping you can actually use.

My practice is holistic and inclusive, and it starts from the strengths and capacities you already have rather than from what is missing.

I want sessions to feel warm and supportive, a place where you can be honest about what’s hard.

What the first session is like

I will ask what you want to be able to do differently, in concrete terms, and we will build from there. Expect to leave the first session with something to try rather than only something to think about.

I work most with

Reproductive and perinatal

Alongside it

How Emilie works with people

Approaches

Training and registration

• Master of Social Work, University of Toronto
• Master of Business Administration, University of Fredericton
• Honours Bachelor of Arts, Ontario Tech University
• Diversity and Inclusion Certificate, Cornell University
• Hospital practice across mental health, maternal health, paediatrics, emergency and palliative care

Memberships

• Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW)
• Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW)

Away from the work

Outside of work Emilie plays hockey, walks, travels and tries new food. Her two cats, Zola and Pickles, remind her to take breaks.

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