Hilary Masemann, MACP, B.Ed.

Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)

She/her/hers

I do individual therapy with teens and adults. I offer sessions both online and in-person.

I work with people using:

  • Narrative Therapy

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

  • Internal Family Systems (Parts Work)

  • Mindfulness

  • Art Therapy

I have a particular interest in working with young adults as they make the transition into adulthood, as well as working with people who have experienced trauma.

As a woman and a mother, I am committed to helping women develop their innate strengths. I became a therapist because I believe in the process of therapy — connecting with someone who is interested in you and your deeper experience of life can change everything. It certainly did so for me.

A former professional ceramic artist, I now facilitate an art group for marginalized adults and have experience developing programs for neurodiverse people and those with traumatic brain injuries. I believe in the therapeutic value of art-making and craft, and bring it in to sessions where needed.

When I am not working, I love spending time with my family, weight training, reading, knitting, sewing, and being outside in nature. In the summer I go on canoe trips.

My philosophy

My practice is feminist, anti-racist, trauma-informed and LGBTQ-affirming.

I believe we have to question the systems in place in our society, and examine how those systems (colonialism, racism, sexism, classism, homophobia and so on) may be contributing to the “problem” - which may show up as anxiety, depression and so on.

Too often, we blame ourselves for the ways in which we are not coping - when in fact, external factors make it extremely difficult for us to cope!

I also believe that negative experiences in childhood and onward get stored in our bodies and minds as trauma, and that we develop coping strategies to deal with those experiences that may not be helpful as we get older. Trauma is not our fault, but it is our responsibility to work through it so we can live a richer, more fulfilling life.

Our task in therapy is to untangle all these different strands and understand the essential YOU - what you want, who you are, and the life you CHOOSE.