Our People

Dr. Catherine Horvath is a registered psychologist with competencies in clinical work with children, adolescents, and families, as well as forensic work with adolescents.

Dr. Horvath has experience in working with those struggling with disruptive behaviours, self-regulation, attachment, and sexual behaviour issues related to histories of adverse childhood experiences, complex developmental trauma, adoption related issues, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, and involvement with the child welfare and/or criminal justice systems.

Dr. Horvath has an especial interest in offering parenting interventions and family therapy whenever possible because parents are the most influential people in their children’s lives, and children and adolescents have a better chance of improvement if the whole family is supported.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING: Somatic Experiencing Practitioner^TM (SEP), Circle of Security (COS-P), Attachment, Regulation, Competency framework (ARC) for complex trauma, Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART), Adoption and Permanency Curriculum for Child Welfare and Mental Health Professionals (ACT certified therapist), Dialectal Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), 3-5-7 Model^TM, EMDR (Basic Training), EMDR Child and Youth Specialist (Level 1), Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT, Level 2)

Tiffany is a registered social worker with extensive experience working with diverse children, youth, and families in the child welfare, mental health, and youth criminal justice systems.

Tiffany has experience in working with children and youth who have experienced developmental trauma, adverse childhood experiences and those involved in the child welfare system. Specifically, Tiffany has competencies working in the areas of attachment, disruptive behaviors, grief and loss.

Tiffany embraces a strength-based approach that empowers children and families to work through complex issues impacting their overall mental health and well-being.

Tiffany is currently on leave.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING: Circle of Security (COS-P), Adoption and Permanency Curriculum for Child Welfare and Mental Health Professionals (ACT Certified Therapist); 3-5-7 Model^TM ; Dialectal Behavior Therapy (DBT); Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); Collaborative Problem Solving^TM (CPS, Tier II Certified), Brainspotting Therapy^TM  (Phases 1 & 2)

Dr. Rana Pishva is a registered psychologist with competencies in clinical work with children, adolescents, and adults. She completed her Master’s and Doctoral degrees at Queen’s University in Kingston, and her clinical internship in Thunder Bay. She has a particular interest in the assessment and treatment of trauma-related and attachment disorders, parent capacity assessments, and forensic risk assessments with youth.

Dr. Pishva has experience working with children and youth in child welfare, community mental health, and forensic settings. She aims to support clients to develop adaptive coping strategies, build self-efficacy and self-determination to reach their personal goals.

Dr. Pishva is committed to providing research-informed clinical services, in a collaborative and kind therapeutic environment. She offers services in French and English.

Dr. Pishva is currently on leave.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING: Circle of Security (COS-P), Dyadic Developmental Therapy (DDP-Level 1); Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; Applied Suicide Skills Intervention Training (ASIST); Stein Hauer Guildelines for Assessing Parent Capacity (APC1), Advanced Issues in High Conflict Child Custody Cases.

Mara is a registered social worker with experience working with clients from a variety of backgrounds (minority and at-risk children, youth, and families) and settings (child-welfare, residential treatment, substance abuse treatment, youth criminal justice, and international adoption).

Mara has a passion for supporting youth and families working on issues such as attachment, trans-racial adoption, identity formation, family trauma, and trauma processing.

Mara has a special interest in supporting youth involved with adoption, as well as adoptive parents pre-, inter-, and post-adoption. Mara has a demonstrated commitment to supporting adoptees as they develop their cultural identities and sense of self, process their feelings and reactions associated with trauma, and their unique adoption stories.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING: Applied Suicide Skills Intervention Training (ASIST), EMDR (Basic Training), Collaborative Problem Solving™ (CPS, Tier 1), Circle of Security (COS-P)

Dr. Jennifer Hopton is a registered psychologist with competencies in clinical work with children, adolescents, and adults.

Dr. Hopton’s clinical and research experience includes assessment and treatment of individuals across the lifespan as they struggle with the legacy of adverse childhood experiences, complex developmental trauma, dissociation, and difficulties related to adoption and involvement with the child welfare system. Dr. Hopton also has experience working with traumatic stress responses to experiences such as motor vehicle injury and operational stress.

Together, Dr. Hopton and her clients work to rewire old brain patterns in order to increase a sense of safety, reduce reactivity, increase mindful awareness, transform emotional experience, and cultivate safe, secure relationships to loved ones.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING: Circle of Security (COS-P), Attachment, Regulation, Competency framework (ARC) for complex trauma, Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART), Emotion-Focused Therapy (Levels 1 and 2), Working with the Neurobiological Legacy of Trauma (Dr. Janina Fisher), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Brainspotting Therapy^TM  (Phases 1 & 2)

Jessica’s role is to assist psychologists with their assessments and administer standardized tests to clients. She is a University of Ottawa graduate in Commerce (Marketing) that previously owned and operated her own childcare facility. This background has allowed her to attain an extensive understanding of children which she uses to provide clients with a secure, comfortable environment in which they can achieve their best results.

Dr. Robyn Masters is a psychologist registered under supervised practice with experience working with diverse families, children, and adolescents. She works alongside families who are facing ongoing challenges related to anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, disruptive behaviours, or executive functioning issues. These challenges may be complicated by attachment disorders, current or developmental trauma, adverse experiences, and/or neuroatypicality.

Through promoting value-based insights, evidence-informed practices, and opportunities for healthy connection, Dr. Masters helps clients identify maladaptive patterns and build capacity for a healthier future. She pulls on experience working in both community and school settings to inform her strengths-based, trauma-informed approach to clinical services.

Dr. Masters has a special interest in working with the important adults in children’s lives to identify and promote the unique strengths and values of each family she works alongside.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), Advanced Family Interventions in Play Therapy, Circle of Security (COS-P)

Stéphanie is an Intern in Clinical Psychology at the University of Ottawa. She works under the supervision of Dr. Rana Pishva. She provides evidence-based psychological assessment and treatment to children and adolescents in English and French. Stéphanie has received training with children and youth in hospital, school board, and community-based settings in Ottawa. Her focus at OCFR is work with children and youth who experience anxiety, mood difficulties, ADHD, disruptive behaviours, attachment difficulties, and developmental trauma or adverse experiences. She also has training in offering parenting interventions and believes in the importance of involving the whole family system to support the child.

Stéphanie’s approach to therapy represents an integration of different research-informed therapeutic approaches. Her practice is grounded in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), and the systemic framework. She is committed to adapting her approach to meet her clients’ unique needs and challenges in a kind and collaborative manner.

Additional Training: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS) Training, Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and Structural Clinical interview for DSM-5 Disorders Training.