Everyone deserves a place to be themselves.
A treehouse represents the deepest desires of childhood: a place where we find comfort, safety, security and freedom.
At Treehouse Trauma Centre, we help children, teens and adults overcome the hardships—trauma, abuse, anxiety or stress—that keep them from living fully. Our person-centred, humanistic approach helps adults and children break out of unhealthy relationship patterns that undermine their inner strength and equips them to move forward with security, certainty and joy
Meet our Team
Chris Rensch, MA RCC
Owner, Child and Trauma Therapist
Specializing in therapy for children of all ages and adults affected by trauma
Chris Rensch, MA, is a Registered Clinical Counsellor and the owner of Treehouse Trauma Centre. He specializes in trauma therapies, with a highly client-centred approach. He helps young children, teens and adults who’ve experienced trauma or abuse to move beyond their experience to a place of security, certainty and joy.
Chris also offers services in German
Jason Lesser, MA RCC
Child and Trauma Therapist
Specializing in therapy for youth, adults and families
Jason Lesser, MA, is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with specialized experience in concurrent concerns, including substance abuse as it intersects with trauma. He believes in the innate dignity and resilience of the human spirit and works with youth, adults and families to help them utilize their unique strengths to reclaim their lives.
Roshni Gleitman, MSW MC RCC
Online Therapist
Specializing in therapy for women and children
Roshni earned her Masters in Counselling from Trinity Western University and has been a Registered Clinical Counsellor for 17 years. She has worked with women and children who’ve experienced family violence—and with those struggling with depression, anxiety, stress, burnout and boundaries, attachment and parenting struggles, identity and self-worth, and relationship repair.
Our Interns and Young Professionals
Carli Breed, BSc MA (in progress)
Young Professional
Specializing in therapy for children and youth affected by complex trauma
Overview
Currently finishing a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology, Carli helps children navigate from middle childhood to young adulthood. The foundation of her approach is the belief that every person is uniquely created with unimaginable potential—and that when they are in good relationship (with Self, Others, the World, and Meaning), they can thrive.
Céliane Gagne, BA MA (in progress)
Young Professional
Specializing in therapy for children and youth affected by grief and trauma
Overview
Céliane recently earned her Masters in Counselling from Trinity Western University. She focuses on emotional regulation, grief, and trauma, and has worked with children, youth, and adults. She considers that each individual’s experiences – emotional and cognitive – is unique and valid, and they can thrive when authentically connected to their self, others, and the world.
Céliane also offers services in French
KATJA ROSSI, BEd BA MEd (in progress)
Intern Therapist
Specializing in therapy for children of all ages
With a focus on anxiety, emotional regulation and trauma, Katja works with kids of all ages. Using a person-centred approach, she employs empathy, compassion and relationship to guide the therapeutic process of self-discovery.
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About Chris
Chris has a lifelong passion for helping kids overcome hardship—from trauma, abuse, anxiety or even the daily stress that comes from living in unprecedented times. Taking a humanistic, person-centred approach, Chris helps children and adults become the best version of themselves. His goal is to give new hope to kids, and their parents, as he helps them on the path to healthy, full relationships.
Chris earned a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology (MACP), a BA (Hons) in Psychology with a minor in Sociology, and a Human Services Certificate from Trinity Western University. He has specialized training in two specific trauma therapies: Lifespan Integration and Observed & Experiential Integration. Driven by a desire to see healing at every stage of life, Chris helps people overcome past trauma and pain and move forward in healthy, full relationships.
Approach to Therapy
To help children and adults get unstuck and move beyond abuse or trauma, Chris takes a bottom up approach. This client-centred, attachment-informed focus is rooted in the belief that all people have the inner ability to help themselves and to create lasting change.
In adults and older children, Chris uses talk therapy. In the case of acute or intense memories or backgrounds, he offers specific trauma therapies. For young children, he uses play and art in a mostly child-led approach.
These approaches help adults and children break out of unhelpful relationship patterns that undermine their inner strength—and equip them to move forward with healthy attachments and firm relationships.
About Jason
A husband and father of two, Jason has a passion to support others in reconciling the hardships of their lived realities with their propensity toward human flourishing. This led him to earn his Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology degree from Trinity Western University in 2015.
Much of Jason’s practice is devoted to supporting adolescents, adults and families as they work to overcome the obstacles that leave them feeling stuck. His primary focus is to address mental health concerns as they coincide with substance abuse—with a focus on supporting those dealing with the burden of past trauma. Jason also supports families impacted by these and other concerns.
Approach to Therapy
In his counselling approach, Jason believes that emotions aren’t just important factors in our lives—they are key to who we are. Emotions inform our goals, needs, decision making, global sense of wellbeing, sense of ourselves, and our identity in relationships.
While he identifies most with the theory and practice of Emotionally-Focused Therapy and its emphasis on attachment and bonding, Jason integrates modalities like Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, as well as couples and family therapies to promote individuals’ and families’ holistic wellbeing.
About Roshni
Roshni believes in the inherent worth of every individual and in our innate desire to become our best selves. In 2012, she earned a Masters in Social Work degree with a focus on mental health and healthcare—while juggling the responsibilities of a busy young family.
When she’s not creating a safe space for her clients, Roshni is making Play-Doh, picking toys up off the floor for the umpteenth time, or watching Curious George with her two young sons.
Approach to Therapy
Recognizing that each person’s journey to health and wholeness is unique and wholly their own, Roshni draws from a variety of therapeutic perspectives, including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy; Narrative Therapy; Gestalt Therapy; Emotionally-Focused Therapy; the Gottman method; the Satir method; Person-centred Therapy; and Play Therapy.
About Carli
Born in Bloemfontein, South Africa and raised in Canada, Carli has a BSc in Psychology and is finishing a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology. She views every client as a unique human being with the potential to flourish. When traumatic events disrupt healthy, normative development, Carli focuses on the formation of secure attachments between children and their caregivers—leading to healing and wholeness.
In place of a cool South African accent, Carli—a mom of two—has a cool French/Pug-like dog named Roscoe.
Approach to Therapy
By establishing trust and opening dialogue, Carli invites clients to explore their personally-felt experiences. She helps children bolster their own resilience by drawing on their inner capacities to better deal with their pain. Based on her clients’ goals and treatment plans, Carli creatively draws on evidence-based interventions, such as body psychotherapies (including trauma-informed yoga), verbal/non-verbal play and art therapy.
About Celiane
Born in the Québec countryside, Céliane grew up in a busy household as the second oldest of five siblings. She believes in each person’s individuality regarding how they experience, desire, and strive for wholeness and health. She deeply values holistic wellbeing and believes that connection, authenticity, compassion, and empathy can foster healing and wholeness.
Introvert by nature, she enjoys exploring the outdoors through hiking or climbing, learning languages, making a mess in the kitchen or on a canvas, or entering fictional worlds printed in a book or projected on a screen.
Approach to Therapy
About Katja
An elementary school teacher, Katja is working toward a Master of Education in School Counselling degree at City University. She strives to create a warm, interactive environment by establishing a judgment-free space in which her clients can safely express and explore their feelings.
With 13 years’ experience in elementary education, Katja works with children from a variety of ages and backgrounds. In addition to a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of British Columbia, Katja holds a BA in Criminology with an extended minor in Psychology from Simon Fraser University. Her areas of interest include anxiety, trauma and emotional regulation.
Approach to Therapy
Katja believes that each person has the capacity and desire for personal growth and change. Using empathy, compassion and a relationship-first approach, she supports and guides clients as they embark on the therapeutic process of self-discovery.