Amira Noyes

MA

Amira is a PhD candidate in the School and Applied Child Psychology program at Western University. She holds a Master of Arts in School Psychology from Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax and previously worked as a school psychologist in BC. She works with children, adolescents, parents, and young adults. She supports clients experiencing a range of concerns including anxiety, low mood, emotion regulation and interpersonal difficulties, and parenting challenges. She also has experience completing psychoeducational, psychodiagnostic (including ADHD), and gifted assessments.

Amira takes a warm, collaborative, and strengths‑based approach. She values each client’s lived experience and works together with youth and their families to build skills, confidence, and resilience. She believes therapy should be active, supportive, and practical, where clients learn skills in session that can be used outside of sessions.

Her therapeutic approach is grounded in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), including third-wave approaches like Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). She integrates these approaches to meet the unique needs of individual clients.

Amira completed a CPA-accredited pre-doctoral residency at the Toronto Area Residency Consortium (TARC) in the school-clinical track. During residency, she received intensive training in DBT and provided individual therapy and group-based skills to adolescents dealing with emotion regulation difficulties, mood concerns, and self-harm. She also gained experience completing comprehensive assessments in school settings for youth with neurodevelopmental differences (e.g., ADHD), learning challenges, and intellectual disabilities.

Outside of work, Amira enjoys exploring the outdoors and staying active with her young family, baking, and travelling. She is currently preparing to register with the College of Health and Care Professionals of BC (CHCPBC), and her work is supervised by a registered psychologist at VIPS.