Trauma-informed counselling
Specialist counselling with a trauma-informed lens at The Cottage on Dawson, or virtually across Ontario.
A team of 14 clinicians, founded by Linda Kelly, MSW, RSW.
A note from Linda
The breaking point is not the end of your story. It is a checkpoint: a signal that the life you are living no longer fits what matters to you. That is the work we do together.
Linda Kelly, MSW, RSW
Founder and psychotherapist
Read Linda's story
Who this is for
How it works
Book online through Jane or email info@kellymentalhealth.com. New clients complete a short intake.
We match you with a clinician trained in what you are working through.
Meet at our cottage office on Dawson Road or virtually from anywhere in Ontario.
Services
Four tiers of intervention guide how we work. Choose the frame that fits, then book.
Foundational maintenance
Life is going alright and most things are handled. This is the work you do with room to think: emotional literacy, communication, and decisions that match your values.
Best for: No crisis, and you want to get ahead of the next one.
Explore this pathTargeted intervention
You were doing fine, then something knocked you off course. Short, focused work to understand what is happening and come through with your values intact. Trauma-focused individual counselling for adults often sits here. EMDR when it is the right fit.
Best for: A transition, burnout, grief, anxiety, or anger that has started running the show.
Explore this pathSystem stabilization
A major incident, a loss, or a situation that changed how you see everything. The first work is stabilization: grounding, managing intense fear and anger, and getting capacity back to decide the next step.
Best for: Crisis, acute trauma, a disruption that has taken the floor out.
Explore this pathGenerational change
For the moment you realize the life you have lived up to now is not how you want to spend the rest of it. Longer work on complex trauma, inherited patterns, and what you want to build.
Best for: Chronic or systemic patterns, complex trauma, and cycle-breakers.
Explore this pathThe team
Kelly Mental Health is named for our founder, Linda Kelly. Today it is a full clinical team of 14, and we match you with the clinician trained in what you are working through.
Admin and support
Amanda DeCorte, Office Manager
Angela Pajamaki, Accounts Receivable Specialist
Delaine Trutenko, Administrator
The Cottage on Dawson
A brick cottage with a bench out front, not a clinical corridor. Free parking, space to breathe, and a place that feels private. Visit us in person or meet from home anywhere in Ontario.
What to expect on your first visit
A story from the cottage
When I bought 1226 Dawson, the first thing I wanted was to paint over the faded brick. It looked dated. Covering it felt like the clean fix.
Then I realized paint would hide the colour inside every brick forever, seal in moisture, and wear the building down from within. The beauty was already there. It needed the right conditions to show.
That is the work we do here. Not sealing over what is hard to look at, but making room for what is already true in you to come through, stronger than before.
Linda Kelly, MSW, RSW
What it is like here
Free parking at The Cottage on Dawson, away from mid-town traffic, so it feels private.
Admin staff take calls, handle payments, and help with coverage questions.
Book on Jane or complete intake online when the office is closed.
Intake matches you with a clinician trained in what you are working through.
We are not OHIP covered, but most workplace benefits, NIHB, VQRP, and other programs can help. Our admin team will help you figure out your options.
Coverage optionsYou already know something has to change. Book online or call the team at Kelly Mental Health, Thunder Bay.
Registered social workers and psychotherapists, regulated by OCSWSSW and CRPO, practising since 2016. Insurance receipts provided.
FAQ
You meet your matched clinician, share what brought you in, and leave with a clear sense of how you will work together. There is no pressure to tell everything at once.
Sessions are not OHIP covered. Most workplace benefits, NIHB, VQRP, and other programs can help. We provide insurance receipts. Ask our admin team about your plan.
New clients complete a short intake. We match you with a clinician trained in what you are working through, then you book through Jane.
Yes. Meet at The Cottage on Dawson in Thunder Bay, or virtually from anywhere in Ontario.
Yes. Tuesday to Thursday we are open until 8:00 p.m. Monday and Friday until 5:00 p.m.
Kelly Mental Health is not an emergency service. If you are in crisis, call or text 9-8-8. If you are in immediate danger, call 911.
