Selma Lachemi

Selma Lachemi is a registered social worker with a Master’s in social
work from Toronto Metropolitan University.  Selma is passionate about the mental health field with a specific focus on supporting children, youth and adolescents to reach their optimal mental health well-being.  Selma has experience working in non-profit sectors as well as the school systems working with youth to increase mental
health awareness and supporting them through their difficulties such as depression,
anxiety, emotional regulation, trauma, stress management, and addictions. 

Selma firmly believes in the process of transformation especially with the right supports. She utilizes a systems approach to ensure her clients are supported on an individual, familial, and community level. Selma approaches her work from an anti-racist, anti-oppressive, and trauma-informed lens. Ensuring that her clients feels safe and validated so they can use their inner wisdom to help navigate life and create empowering narratives for themselves. 

Selma uses a combination of evidence-based interventions in her therapeutic work, including cognitive behavioural therapy,  Dialectial Behavioral Therapy (DBT), 

Selma is in good standing with the Ontario Association of Social Workers.