Meet The Team
The HTCC Team
Staff & Volunteers
Without our team of amazing staff, Horse Therapy Center of Canada could not help so many people. All of our gratitude goes to our dedicated and hard-working staff.
Jessica
Jessica, our Founder and Director, has had passions for horses and helping since she was a child. She has been blessed with the opportunity to combine both of her passions to help others discover the healing powers of the horse. With 20 years of therapy experience, she leads both our Reintegration Therapy team and our Trauma-Focused Team. Jessica is a Clinical Traumatologist, Reintegrative Therapist, and has post-graduate diplomas & certificates in many clinical subjects and modalities. Jessica has built her life around helping others heal and learn and feels blessed to be a part of each client’s journey.
Ashelle
Ashelle is HTCC’s administrator and Jessica’s right-hand woman. You will see her friendly face in the office or bustling around the farm tending to her ‘children’, as she likes to call the animals. Ashelle also runs many of our group and fun programs, and our private birthday parties. Ashelle has a special love for our little kids in the programs, she enjoys working with children diagnosed with Autism and has studied and qualified to be a Registered Behaviour Technician. Pop into the office to say ‘hi’ to Ashelle.
Aislin
Aislin is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) on our Equine Assisted Therapy team. She provides Equine Assisted Therapy to groups and private clients. Aislin has been around horses from a young age and is thrilled to combine her passion for horses with mental health work. She has clinical experience working with neurodivergent and neurotypical clients of all ages with a wide range of therapy goals. Aislin likes to take an integrative approach to therapy and often uses Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Mindfulness, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy. Aislin’s goal for all her clients is for them to feel supported, safe and respected.
Alyssia
Alyssia is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) on our Equine Assisted Therapy Team. She is a dedicated and passionate individual. She loves working in mental health and incorporating experiential approaches to therapy with horses. She provides therapy to individuals and groups utilizing diverse clinical approaches. Her favourite approaches are mindfulness, Dialectic Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance Commitment Therapy. Alyssia has a diverse clinical background in mental health and addictions with youth and adults in different treatment and clinical settings. Alyssia’s empathetic and holistic approach is warm and genuine, and she treats every client with respect.
Sherrie
Sherrie is our Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) that supervises our ABA therapy services. She has worked with the ASD population for over 12 years and loves helping the ASD population grow, learn and thrive. Sherrie helps Horse Therapy Centre of Canada in the development and analysis of individual and group programs, including private and group therapies, as well as camp programs.
Brooke
Brooke is a volunteer at HTCC. She is a 911 operator and a lover of animals. A fun fact about Brooke is that she actually has severe allergies to animals but she loves them so much that she tolerates her stuffy nose and itchy skin just to be with them. Brooke has a horse, a dog and a cat plus loves all of the animals at HTCC. That’s a lot of allergy medication!!
Contact Us
Want to know more about our Day of Purpose event for MillerKnoll?
All visits are by appointment only.
- (647) 390-5397
- office@horsetherapycanada.com
- 15443 Ninth Line Stouffville, Ontario