MAREAS
Comprehensive Therapeutic Services for Children & Families
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"
Click on each of our team members below to learn more!
Director of Clinical Services
ELISA RENDINA-ASHLEY
“Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter” -- B.Henry
Case Manager - Niagara Region
CARRIE PASTORELLI
"Be Better, Not bitter."~ Unknown
RACHEL HENRY
Child & Family Therapist
“Whoever wants to understand much must play much.” -G. Benn
LUCY COLLINS
Child & Family Therapist
“What you do today can improve all of your tomorrows.” -R. Marston
“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." – Albus Dumbledore
Family Outreach Specialist
“It is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring the most lasting change.” ~HM Queen Elizabeth II
Family Outreach Worker-
Certified Sleep Consultant
"Believe you can and you're halfway there" ~T Roosevelt
Family Outreach Specialist
May every sunrise bring you more hope.
May every sunset bring you more peace. ~ unknown
Family Outreach Specialist
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose".- Dr Seuss
TERRI WINER
Director of Operations
"Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be." S. Ricotti
KIM MILLER
Case Manager- Hamilton West
"Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there is so much to smile about."~ M.Monroe
Family Outreach Specialist
"Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life." - L. Brown
JENN HOUGHTON
Manager of Client Care
"The willingness to show up changes us, it makes us a little braver each time" ~ Brene Brown
AMBER ADAMS
Child & Family Therapist
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new”. Socrates
Specialized Support Worker
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn.
Art Therapist
“Art is the meeting ground of the inner and outer world.” — Elinor Ulman
SAFE Assessor-Counsellor
“We don’t have to do all of it alone. We were never meant to.” - Brene Brown
ASHLEY PITAWANAKWAT
Consultant
"Be the person you needed when you were younger". -Ayesha Siddiq
MIKE ASHLEY
Training Specialist
"All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer by the stars" ~ G. Lee
Specialized Support Worker
“The journey through life is important, but what you learn during your journey is more important.” – Debasish Mridha
Specialized Support Worker
“Creativity doesn’t wait for that perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones.” - B. Garrabrandt
Specialized Support Worker
"Heroes aren't always the ones who win. They're the ones who lose, sometimes. But they keep fighting, the keep coming back. They don't give up. That's what makes them heroes." ~ C. Clare