“I have a passion for traveling and experiencing cultures, landscapes, and the rich stories of people. I have been fortunate enough to have visited and lived in many countries offering personal growth, new experiences and insight into other cultures. I believe that all people are unique and truly a work in progress. I celebrate each unique individual and their lived experiences.
I am a mother, step-mother, grandmother, sister, daughter, wife and friend, as well as a life-long learner. It is through these roles I find my center.“
Victoria has 12+ years working with children, youth, and adults from diverse cultures, family dynamics, and personal lived experiences in the child protection sector as an in-home support worker and a child protection worker generalist. She has also successfully helped develop and lead parent training courses for parents, foster-parents, adoptive parents, and other professionals.
Victoria sits on multiple boards in her community as a director and president, advocating for individuals, community members and businesses. She understands the unique demands & stressors placed on business leaders and entrepreneurs, as for the last 9 years she has run a successful retail business managing multiple employees, developing relationships within the community and the tourists who support our local businesses. Victoria strongly believes that problem-solving, organization, creativity, dependability, empathy, commitment and service to others are crucial to success.
Victoria comes to us with a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Calgary, and is finishing a Master Degree in Counselling Psychology.
She serves populations from pre-teen to elderly and has a unique perspective in serving leaders in business communities as well as those who’ve suffered abuse or trauma.
To schedule an appointment with Nikki Venere Brenner, please contact admin at reach.out@themindpeople.ca or call 416-505-3899.
Credentials: MSc. (Master of Science Degree - Mental Health Psychology), PsyD candidate (Doctor of Psychology - Clinical Psychology), RP (Registered Psychotherapist - College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario)
Nikki is the Clinical Director & Founder of The Mind People. She works with adults 16+ who struggle with trauma(s), personality disorders, and/or eating disorders. She has extensive training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, dialectical behavioural therapy & humanistic therapy, as well as specialized training in teletherapy.
Nikki believes in taking a psychoanalytic approach to treatment as it addresses the underlying root causes which manifest as real world issues in a person’s daily life.
She is one of only a small number of clinicians in Canada that specializes in treating eating disorders with focus on a psychoanalytic treatment approach.
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