Our Services
We are a group of practitioners with diverse clinical experiences. Our associates practice evidence-based interventions and have experience working with complex cases in various settings (e.g., hospital, residential, school, employment, and private practice settings). Our interdisciplinary team approach allows an in-depth understanding of each individual case.
We take a holistic view by integrating research from brain-based science, personality factors, family history, and socioenvironmental contexts to understand the individual's psychological processes. Interventions we practice include:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Eye-Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Polyvagal Theory (PVT)
Our Assessment Services
Here at Peakminds we offer a variety of services that can benefit you, your patients, and your team.
Thanks to our growing, experienced team, we are able to offer next week bookings for all assessments and treatments.
Psychological Assessments For Children and Youth
Psychoeducational Assessments
A comprehensive assessment for children and adults providing insight into learning, behaviour, and mental health concerns. This process is ideal for those needing an updated assessment, accommodations for licensing or entrance examinations, or who are pursuing post-secondary education.
Gifted and IQ Assessments
Vital tools for identifying children’s exceptional cognitive abilities and potential by provide valuable insights into a child’s unique learning needs, enabling parents and educators to tailor educational programs that optimize their growth, development, and academic success.
Autism Assessments
A comprehensive evaluation process that helps identify and diagnose Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Psychological Assessments For Adults
Autism Assessments
A comprehensive evaluation process that helps identify and diagnose Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Psychoeducational Assessments
A comprehensive assessment for children and adults providing insight into learning, behaviour, and mental health concerns. This process is ideal for those needing an updated assessment, accommodations for licensing or entrance examinations, or who are pursuing post-secondary education.
Psychodiagnostic Assessments
A comprehensive assessments designed to assess various aspects of your psychological functioning, including cognitive abilities, personality traits, emotional well-being, and overall mental health.
Mental Well-Being Checks
A well-being checkup is a general assessment of your emotional and cognitive state, focusing on screening for anxiety, stress, and depression levels. It also identifies potential vulnerability factors that may contribute to more severe emotional difficulties.
Cognitive Assessments
A comprehensive evaluation that assesses an individual’s cognitive functioning, including various aspects of memory, attention, problem-solving, language skills, and executive functions.
Psychovocational Assessments
Assess an adult’s aptitudes, abilities, and skills relevant to different occupational domains. By understanding an individual’s strengths and weaknesses, these assessments can assist in identifying job roles that align with their skill set, increasing the likelihood of job satisfaction and success.
Personality Assessments
Assesses personal characteristics based on the assumption that much of the observable variability in behaviour from one person to another results from differences in the extent to which individuals possess particular underlying personal characteristics.
Our Team
Syb Pongracic - Psychologist
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- mood and anxiety disorders, insomnia, traumatic stress disorders, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), grief and bereavement, and work-life problems
- Virtual
David Grant - Psychologist
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- Specializes in anxiety, depression, personality disorders
- Virtual
Matthew Walker - Psychotherapist
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- Specializes in anxiety, depression, ADHD
- Virtual and Collingwood
Ghania Yamin - Psychotherapist
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- Specializes with issues like anger management, trauma, depression, anxiety and low self-esteem.
- Virtual and Mississauga
Tara Shute - Psychotherapist
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- Specializes with issues like trauma, anxiety, depression, and parenting.
- Collingwood
Enza Mancuso - Psychological Associate
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- Specializes in ADHD, anxiety, mood, psychosis
- Virtual
Jennifer Landry - Occupational Therapist supervised by a Psychologist
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- Specializes in insomnia, ADHD, mindfulness, anxiety, depression
- Virtual
- Jennifer is supervised by our psychologist Dr. Syb Pongracic which means that you would have access to a psychologist throughout the process and Dr. Syb would attend one of the first few sessions