Support & Wellness
It takes a village, welcome to ours
It takes a village, welcome to ours
IN-HOUSE
Reproductive Counsellor
Meet Elisa Gores, MSW, RSW.rnrnElisa is a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW). She earned her Master’s in Social Work from Loyola University Chicago and is a trained advocate for survivors of sexual assault and gender-based violence. She is a member of the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW), Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society (CFAS), the International Association of Social Work with Groups (IASWG), and volunteers at Stella’s Place, a mental health centre for young adults in Toronto.rnrnAs the Reproductive Counsellor at Twig, Elisa will support and empower guests during their fertility journeys through individual, relationship, and group checkin-ins and counselling. She fosters an anti-oppressive and trauma-informed practice founded on non-judgement, creativity, and kindness. She is experienced working with members of the LGBT2SQ+ community, with non-traditional families, and has training in group work, narrative therapy, emotionally-focused therapy (EFT), and cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT). When not at Twig, Elisa works as a relationship and sex therapist in private practice.rnrnIn her free time, Elisa is a musician who learns and performs traditional world harmony singing, old-time music, and Appalachian clogging. She is a quilter, a birder, a vacuumer of dog hair, and is working on planting a pollinator-friendly garden in her yard.
OUR TRUSTED PARTNERS
Day 1 is on a mission to exploit the unspoken side of the fertility journey. From providing support and normalizing the conversations around what it’s really like to family plan in today’s society, Day 1’s network is the first of its kind.rnrnThe Day 1 podcast is a show dedicated to the unspoken side of the fertility journey. Host Emily shares her story and brings together moms, dads, parents to be, physicians, specialists and healers to help her break stigmas, normalize the conversation, bring education to the forefront and most importantly build a community so the journey doesn’t feel so lonely.
Energy Tree Studio is an integrative Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine practice founded by Registered Acupuncturist and TCMP Anne Matthews. Energy Tree provides safe and affordable fertility acupuncture for people trying to conceive.
Eva Wellness is a mental health service and a supportive community for people at any point in their fertility and parenting journey.rnEva was founded by Sarah Goodman, MSW, RSW and Mira Lax, who are passionate about maternal mental health and parental wellbeing.
Flourish is a collaborative team of Naturopathic Doctors, Nutritionists, Acupuncturists, Therapists, Pelvic Floor Physiotherapists and so much more all working together to provide the highest level of patient centred care. Designed by Dr. Aisling Lanigan, Flourish was designed with one thing in mind: to support people on their journey to pregnancy and beyond. The first step on this journey to flourish is preconception health. This means optimizing the environment for pregnancy through nutrition, lifestyle, targeted supplementation and acupuncture.
Fresh Insight is a wellness clinic with a respected reputation of providing exemplary counselling and education to every person seeking services, including individuals, couples, families and community health. On a mission is to inspire hope, catalyze change, and foster a sense of personal empowerment, Fresh Insights offers fertility support groups as well as individual, couples and family therapy.
Kinective Health & Performance is a boutique performance-care and wellness clinic located in the Forest Hill Village. Helping a diverse range of patients, the Kinective team includes Physiotherapists, Chiropractors, Registered Massage Therapists, Naturopathic Doctors and Pilates + Exercise Rehabilitation Specialists.
Live and Love Nutrition’s Founder, Teresa, is a Women’s health and Fertility Dietitian. She provides education and plans for boosting your health and nutrient profile through foods and supplements to help you align with what the research says – that dietary changes can help boost fertility outcomes. Whether it be weight loss, dietary changes and/or lifestyle modifications, Teresa is here to assess and determine the best means for improvement, as well as help you stay on track and make is as easy as possible for you and your partner to meet your goals.
Mindfulness for Fertility creates a safe, supportive, nurturing online space where you can connect and share with other people going through an experience like yours. Mindfulness for Fertility programs are online, 8-week, evidence based, experiential programs following the famous Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) curriculum.
