MAREAS TEAM
At Mareas, teamwork is at the pinnacle of our service. We carefully select team members based on their expertise, passion and commitment to children and families. Together we bring all of our personal and professional experiences to the clinical team table, to develop a holistic individual plan for each client that comes to Mareas. We believe whole heartedly that drawing from personal life experiences coupled with knowledge and expertise from a variety of sources helps the children and families we work with find success, with programs tailored for their personal needs.
"Alone we can do so little, TOGETHER we can do SO much!" ~ Helen Keller"
“Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter” -- B.Henry
Director of Clinical Services
ELISA RENDINA-ASHLEY
"Be Better, Not bitter."~ Unknown
Case Manager - Niagara Region
CARRIE PASTORELLI
“When little people are overwhelmed by big emotions, it is our job to share our calm, not join their chaos.”
~ L.R. Knost
Field Placement Supervisor
KIM CHAPMAN
“Enter into children’s play and you will find the place where their minds, hearts, and souls meet.” - Virginia Axline
RACHEL HENRY
"You can't change what's going on around you, until you start changing what's going on within you"
LUCY COLLINS
"If we share our story with someone with empathy & understanding, shame can not survive." ~Brene Brown
REBECCA FEUERSTEIN
"Be the person you needed when you were younger". -Ayesha Siddiq
Specialized Support Worker
ASHLEY PITAWANAKWAT
"All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer by the stars" ~ G. Lee
MIKE ASHLEY
"Its not our disabilities but our abilities that count" ~unknown
Specialized Support Worker
PAM FOWLER
"Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be." S. Ricotti
TERRI WINER
"Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there is so much to smile about."~ M.Monroe
Case Manager- Hamilton West
KIMBERLY MILLER
“We don’t have to do all of it alone. We were never meant to.” - Brene Brown
Support Advisor- Behaviour Specialist
ELAINE JOHNSTONE-BENNER
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new”. Socrates
AMBER ADAMS
"Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals....Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity." Brene Brown
JENNIFER BAKER
"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change"
VICTORIA NEWEL
"Success is achieved by ordinary people with extraordinary determination" ~unkown
DUSTIN GATT
“Inclusion is the philosophy that embraces the idea that everyone has something of value to contribute and that everyone has the right to belong.” – Lisa Friedman
EMALEE PATRICK
"Its not our disabilities but our abilities that count" ~unknown
Specialized Support Worker
LEAH COCHRANE
