Fernande Ayoub

Fernande Ayoub

Fernande Ayoub holds a Master Degree in Clinical and Humanistic Psychology and has counselling experience with children, adolescents, adults, and diverse populations. Her professional background includes preventive therapy for high-risk children and teens, individual and group therapy, family and court-system collaboration, clinical evaluation, treatment planning, and supervision of staff supporting children and adolescents who have experienced trauma.

Her training and practice include clinical and humanistic psychology, diagnostic evaluation, psychodiagnostic testing, play therapy, drawing therapy, trauma therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT), and infant mental health approaches. She has experience supporting people affected by abuse, neglect, traumatic experiences, substance use, anger, depression, low self-esteem, attachment concerns, and social or personality-related challenges.

Fernande has provided direct casework services to individuals, families, and groups using psychological assessments, diagnosis, and a range of therapeutic models. She has supervised clinicians as a trauma specialist, conducted workshops for parents and foster parents, delivered anger and stress management seminars, and facilitated behavioural modification workshops for clients and the community.

She has also worked as a contractual therapist in the foster-care system and with the courts as an expert witness in abuse cases. She has collaborated with social workers, foster-care workers, and psychiatrists to support diagnosis and treatment planning. As a Crisis Prevention Intervention instructor, she has trained more than 125 staff in verbal de-escalation, rapport building, trauma-informed care, and crisis-response techniques focused on care, welfare, safety, and security.

Fernande speaks English, French, Arabic, and some Spanish. She is currently working toward a doctoral degree in Psychology.