Our Team
Dr. Lindsay Borovay
Dr. Lindsay Borovay received her Bachelor's Degree (Honours) from Queen's University and her Master's Degree and Ph.D., from McGill University. She has worked both within the hospital and school setting. Her previous work experiences at the Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) have provided extensive experience working with children, adolescents, and families dealing with various psychological and social-emotional difficulties. Dr. Borovay has also worked at the Lester B. Pearson School Board in Montreal where she provided assessment, intervention, counselling and consultation to teachers, parents, and students at both the elementary and high school levels.
Dr. Borovay has been working within the private practice setting since 2008 and enjoys working collaboratively with her clients in a supportive environment. She believes in the importance of first understanding the client’s experience to identify the underlying and unmet need, before moving toward shifting behaviour. She hopes that through developing a greater awareness of the positive impact strong relational bonds have on a child's neurological, social and emotional development, parents can shift their approach to first understanding and "sitting" with their child's emotional experience, before reacting to the observable behavior. Through skills training, the development of coping strategies, and through developing greater insight and self-awareness, her clients will experience improvement in their relationships and day-to-day functioning.
Dr. Borovay maintains memberships in national, provincial, and local psychological associations and keeps up to date on current developments in the field by regularly attending post-graduate educational workshops and lectures.
Dr. Borovay has been working within the private practice setting since 2008 and enjoys working collaboratively with her clients in a supportive environment. She believes in the importance of first understanding the client’s experience to identify the underlying and unmet need, before moving toward shifting behaviour. She hopes that through developing a greater awareness of the positive impact strong relational bonds have on a child's neurological, social and emotional development, parents can shift their approach to first understanding and "sitting" with their child's emotional experience, before reacting to the observable behavior. Through skills training, the development of coping strategies, and through developing greater insight and self-awareness, her clients will experience improvement in their relationships and day-to-day functioning.
Dr. Borovay maintains memberships in national, provincial, and local psychological associations and keeps up to date on current developments in the field by regularly attending post-graduate educational workshops and lectures.
Sharon Reichstein
Psychometrist
Sharon Reichstein is a passionate Special Education Teacher with more than 20 years of experience teaching in the classroom. Sharon earned her Bachelor of Arts from Western University. She also holds a Developmental Services Worker diploma from Algonquin College, as well as a Bachelor of Education from the University of Ottawa, with a specialty in Special Education. Most recently, Sharon earned her Psychometric Level B Assessment Designation from Yorkville University.
Sharon has worked extensively with children with learning disabilities and understands the complexities involved with having a child who struggles academically and/or socially. She believes that every student can succeed to the best of their abilities if given the proper supports. Currently, Sharon is the part time Director of Special Education at an Ottawa private school, and has experienced first-hand the positive impact that a Psychoeducational Assessment can have on a child's success at school.
Sharon joins Borovay Psychological Services as a psychometrist, working under the supervision of Dr. Lindsay Borovay. This role aligns with her belief that understanding a learner's strengths and weaknesses enables students, parents, and educators to provide and implement the best possible supports at home and in the classroom to help set them up for success. Sharon is an optimistic, caring, and compassionate teacher who advocates for the success of all students.
Sharon has worked extensively with children with learning disabilities and understands the complexities involved with having a child who struggles academically and/or socially. She believes that every student can succeed to the best of their abilities if given the proper supports. Currently, Sharon is the part time Director of Special Education at an Ottawa private school, and has experienced first-hand the positive impact that a Psychoeducational Assessment can have on a child's success at school.
Sharon joins Borovay Psychological Services as a psychometrist, working under the supervision of Dr. Lindsay Borovay. This role aligns with her belief that understanding a learner's strengths and weaknesses enables students, parents, and educators to provide and implement the best possible supports at home and in the classroom to help set them up for success. Sharon is an optimistic, caring, and compassionate teacher who advocates for the success of all students.
Sharon Aitken
Educator
Sharon has been working with children for many years. In 2007, she graduated from the University of Cantebury’s School of Teacher Education in New Zealand. Prior to this, Sharon obtained her Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) in Family and Social Relations, from the University of Guelph. She also has a background in social service work, having graduated from the SSW program at Sir Sanford Fleming College. Sharon has been tutoring students since 2008 and has taken further courses to advance her skillset in special education. She has gained a wide variety of experience working with children of different ages in a variety of settings including Montessori, public, private and homeschool environments.
Sharon enjoys working with children with a range of different learning needs including Learning Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD and an array of other exceptionalities. She works from a needs-oriented approach so that children receive individualized programming based on their own unique strengths and weaknesses. Sharon also works collaboratively with parents, teachers, and other professionals, applying recommendations from report cards, IEPs, and psycho-educational assessments. She is currently pursuing further training in Orton-Gillingham based programs, a direct and explicit language-based multisensory approach to teaching reading, writing, and spelling.
Sharon believes that regardless of what the challenges are to learning, there is a way for every child to learn and gain skills. She uses a creative, eclectic approach, regularly seeking out resources that will benefit her students, and creating learning games and activities that will target the skills that need to be developed. She works to build positive rapport with each student, believing that a positive relationship is one of the keys to successful learning.
Sharon enjoys working with children with a range of different learning needs including Learning Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD and an array of other exceptionalities. She works from a needs-oriented approach so that children receive individualized programming based on their own unique strengths and weaknesses. Sharon also works collaboratively with parents, teachers, and other professionals, applying recommendations from report cards, IEPs, and psycho-educational assessments. She is currently pursuing further training in Orton-Gillingham based programs, a direct and explicit language-based multisensory approach to teaching reading, writing, and spelling.
Sharon believes that regardless of what the challenges are to learning, there is a way for every child to learn and gain skills. She uses a creative, eclectic approach, regularly seeking out resources that will benefit her students, and creating learning games and activities that will target the skills that need to be developed. She works to build positive rapport with each student, believing that a positive relationship is one of the keys to successful learning.
Allison Goldfield
Registered Psychotherapist
Allison Goldfield completed her Bachelor of Arts with Honours in psychology at McGill University in Montreal and then went on to complete a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. Over the past twenty years, she has worked and trained in different clinical settings, including the Department of Children’s Services of Los Angeles, The Children’s Hospital in Buffalo, New York, Jewish Family Services in Ottawa, Crossroads Children’s Centre and the Kanata Resource Centre. She has been in private practice since 2005.
As a Registered Psychotherapist, Allison provides assessment and counselling services to families, children and adults. Her clinical practice encompasses a wide variety of issues including anxiety, depression, divorce issues, relationship difficulties, parenting challenges, identity and self-esteem issues, post-traumatic stress and life decisions and transitions. Allison takes an integrative approach to psychotherapy, combining elements of cognitive-behavioural, solution-focused, interpersonal, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and experiential treatment strategies. She works clients to help them learn new approaches to dealing with difficult emotions and help them to form healthy and meaningful relationships with others.
Allison is a registered member of the College of Psychotherapists and a member in good standing of the Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychometrists and Psychotherapists. As well, Allison regularly attends post-graduate educational workshops and lectures to stay informed of new developments and treatment strategies.
As a Registered Psychotherapist, Allison provides assessment and counselling services to families, children and adults. Her clinical practice encompasses a wide variety of issues including anxiety, depression, divorce issues, relationship difficulties, parenting challenges, identity and self-esteem issues, post-traumatic stress and life decisions and transitions. Allison takes an integrative approach to psychotherapy, combining elements of cognitive-behavioural, solution-focused, interpersonal, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and experiential treatment strategies. She works clients to help them learn new approaches to dealing with difficult emotions and help them to form healthy and meaningful relationships with others.
Allison is a registered member of the College of Psychotherapists and a member in good standing of the Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychometrists and Psychotherapists. As well, Allison regularly attends post-graduate educational workshops and lectures to stay informed of new developments and treatment strategies.
Dr. Malcolm Rose has closed his practice, effective July 31, 2020.