Yzobela Hyett

Yzobela Hyett is a Perinatal Mental Health Certified Registered Psychotherapist, and an EMDR-Certified therapist and Consultant-in-Training under the mentorship of Dr. Mara Tesler Stein. She works from a collaborative, trauma-aware stance, with her practice focusing on reproductive and perinatal mental health. Yzobela supports individuals with the sometimes overwhelming transition to parenthood, the mood and anxiety disorders that can accompany pregnancy and the postpartum period, birth trauma, fertility challenges, and pregnancy and infant loss. Throughout this work, her priority is to create a collaborative, compassionate, and non-judgmental space for clients to explore their experience. Yzobela completed her Master of Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Toronto/OISE, and is a member in good standing of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). She has almost two decades of experience working in reproductive mental health, facilitating support groups for new parents and counseling women in the areas of maternal health, sexual assault, and, in her prior role as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, breast- and chestfeeding support. Yzobela has completed a certification in perinatal mental health through Postpartum Support International, along with specialized training in EMDR trauma therapy, IFS and ego state work, psychodynamic psychotherapy, ACT, I-CBT and ERP for OCD, perinatal grief and loss, and birth and breastfeeding trauma.