Dr. Heidi Kiefer, C. Psych. Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

A Toronto-based psychology clinic dedicated to the mental health & well-being of children, adolescents, parents & families.- Psychotherapy, assessments & consultation.- Focused on tailoring services to the individual and context with an emphasis on the therapeutic alliance, relationships, neurodevelopment and community collaboration.- Clinical supervision for doctoral-level psychology graduate students.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Diagnostic assessments querying Autism Spectrum Disorder.- Colloboration with interdisciplinary health team for assessment & facilitation of subsequent service planning.- Coordination of APPIC psychology predoctoral internship program.- Creator and co-host of the ASD Engage podcast.

- Primary client groups include children, adolescents, parents and families.- Individual child/adolescent and family therapy, dyadic parent therapy emphasizing the parent-child bond (attachment), parent counselling and consultation.- Approaches tailored to client needs and employing strategies from psychodynamic, narrative, solution-focused, mindfulness and cognitive-behavioural approaches.- Psychoeducational testing for children and youth ages 3-18, as well as diagnostic assessments for Autism Spectrum Disorders.- Parent capacity assessments for Children's Aid Society.

Toronto

- Comprehensive psychoeducational assessment and diagnosis of individual children from Senior Kindergarten through secondary school, including cognitive, academic and social-emotional measures.- Consultation with school teams, school administrators, teachers, guidance staff, School Services staff (e.g., social work, speech and language, occupational therapy) and outside agencies and professionals to help meet the needs of individual students.- Preparation of written assessment reports on students which include diagnoses, suggested teaching techniques, modifications and alternative strategies specific to the student's needs and, where applicable, to fulfil assessment reporting requirements of any ministry initiative or program.- Conduct interviews with parents to provide feedback on assessment results and recommendations, and to facilitate collaboration among home, school and other support services within and outside of the TDSB.- Short-term counselling.

Burlington, Ontario

- Child and family therapy delivering psychodynamic, narrative, cognitive-behavioural, brief and solution-focused treatment strategies.- Psychological assessment exploring children's cognitive, academic and social-emotional development.- Diagnostic consultation ascertaining Autism Spectrum Disorders; administration of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-Second Edition (ADOS-2).- Walk-In Therapy Clinic brief intervention services.- Intergenerational Trauma Treatment Program consisting of a three stage program for caregivers and children between ages 3 and 18 who have experienced trauma.- Children's anxiety treatment group.- Multidisciplinary team collaboration.- Consultation to community professionals and agencies such as schools, Ontario Early Years Centre programs and child care centres.

Toronto