Tiina Aila Eldridge

(she/her)

Education: MSW, RSW

Background: Tiina is a Registered Social Worker, and an Assaulted Women’s and Children’s Counsellor/Advocate. Her lived experience informs her practice every day. Forever ten years she has been doing community work and therapy with marginalized communities, people who have faced systemic oppression, those who have been incarcerated and their families, people who do sex work, use drugs and struggle with mental health.

Specialty: Tiina supports individuals through anxiety, depression, burn out, positive body image, substance use, trauma, grief, loss and bereavement and life transitions.

Approach: Tiina approaches her work through a strengths-based, compassion-focused, goal setting, solution focused, harm reduction, abolitionist feminist lens with the aim of supporting and empowering people on their healing journey. 

Perspective: Tiina comes from a place of non-judgment and attuned curiosity, and brings elements of mindful self-compassion and awareness to her clients. She is honoured to walk alongside people on their journey to positive change and growth, and is passionate about providing harm-reducing and trauma-informed care.

Tiina can bill directly to Greenshield Insurance.