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Welcome to Allied Therapy
Hello and welcome,
Thank you for choosing Allied Therapy. We’re honoured you’ve trusted us to be part of your journey. Whether you’re seeking support for your child, yourself, or a loved one, we know reaching out can feel like a big step. Our goal is to make the process welcoming, straightforward, and reassuring. We’re here to answer your questions and help you move forward with confidence.
Meet Our Team- Before your visit, we’d love for you to get to know us. Meet our team here.
Your First Appointment- Please arrive about 10 minutes early, or complete your intake forms online before you arrive.
What to Bring- If available, please bring any referral forms, previous assessment reports, relevant medical information, or school/daycare reports. Don’t worry if you don’t have everything, we’ll guide you through the process.
Virtual Appointments- You’ll receive a secure appointment link by email about 30 minutes before your appointment. Having trouble connecting?
What Makes Allied Therapy Different Our compassionate, experienced therapists believe great therapy is built on collaboration. We encourage questions, explain each step of the process, and work alongside you so you feel informed and supported.
ADHD Groups for Adults We offer ongoing ADHD groups focused on executive functioning, organization, emotional regulation, burnout prevention, and peer support. An initial appointment with one of our therapists is required before joining.
Need to Reach Us? If you have questions, need to reschedule, or simply aren’t sure about something, we’re always happy to help.
Phone: 902-580-1060 Email: office@alliedtherapy.ca Website: www.alliedtherapy.ca
Thank you for choosing Allied Therapy.
We look forward to meeting you and supporting you on your journey.
Abby Lowry M.A.ABA, BCBA
Abby is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) with more than 10 years of experience supporting adolescents, teenagers, and adults with a wide range of behavioural, developmental, and daily living needs. She works collaboratively with individuals and families to create practical, individualized support plans that reflect each person’s goals, strengths, and stage of development.
Abby has experience providing behaviour assessment, skill-building programs, emotional regulation support, and strategies that promote greater independence in everyday life. Her clinical approach is grounded in meeting each individual where they are, building meaningful supports that are realistic, respectful, and responsive to their unique needs.
She values creating strong therapeutic relationships and helping families feel informed and supported throughout the care process.
Outside of work, Abby enjoys hiking, reading with her two cats close by, and experimenting in the kitchen (with varying degrees of success.)
Abby is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Camryn Rafuse
Camryn is an Provisional Occupational Therapist with a Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy from Dalhousie University. She is passionate about providing compassionate, family-centered care that supports individuals in achieving their goals and participating more fully in meaningful daily activities.
Camryn values creating a welcoming and collaborative therapy environment where children, adults, and families feel heard, supported, and actively involved throughout the therapy process. Her clinical approach focuses on helping individuals build functional skills, develop greater independence, and participate more confidently in everyday routines at home, school, work, and within their communities.
She believes strong therapeutic relationships and collaborative care are essential to supporting long-term success and works closely with families to ensure therapy plans reflect each individual’s strengths, goals, and priorities.
Outside of work, Camryn enjoys travelling, trying new recipes, swimming, and spending time with family and friends.
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Emma Thomson
(She/Her/Hers)
OT Reg. (NS)
Emma is an Occupational Therapist who completed both her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy and undergraduate degree in Medical Sciences at Dalhousie University. She brings a strong foundation in health sciences and a client-centered approach to supporting individuals across the lifespan.
Emma’s practice is grounded in trauma-informed and neurodivergent-affirming care, with a focus on helping clients build the skills and supports needed to participate more fully in everyday life. She works collaboratively with individuals and families to support emotional regulation, executive functioning, sensory processing, daily living skills, and participation in meaningful routines and community activities.
She is particularly passionate about mental health awareness, supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, and promoting accessibility within both therapeutic and community environments. Emma values creating spaces where clients feel respected, understood, and supported in ways that reflect their unique identities, strengths, and goals.
Outside of work, Emma enjoys exploring new places, trying new food, creative projects, and spending time outdoors with her puppy, Leo.
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Samantha Meehan
Samantha is a Speech-Language Pathologist who is deeply passionate about supporting access to communication and feeding for individuals across the lifespan.
As an AuDHD (Autistic and ADHD) clinician, Sam brings a deeply empathetic, first-hand understanding of sensory preferences, neurodivergent language processing, and executive dysfunction into her practice, creating an inherently validating space for her clients.
Sam enjoys supporting individuals with complex communication and physical needs. She has extensive experience in Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC), ensuring every client has a voice, and provides expert care in post-stroke rehabilitation, voice disorders, swallowing difficulties (dysphagia), and progressive neurological conditions.
Whether navigating degenerative changes or recovering from an acute injury, Sam focuses on functional, life-enhancing outcomes.
In her pediatric and developmental work, Sam is a strong proponent of bilingualism and bimodalism. She is able to communicate in American Sign Language (ASL) and seamlessly integrates sign, speech, and high-tech communication systems to help clients express themselves fully in their preferred modalities.
Clients and families value Sam’s neurodiversity-affirming approach, her clinical versatility, and her dedication to breaking down barriers to connection and nourishment. She is known for creating practical, client-centered strategies that respect individual sensory profiles and lifestyle goals.
When she isn’t in the clinic, Sam can be found building intricate Lego structures or training in Muay Thai.
Sam provides comprehensive services both in-clinic and virtually.
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Lynn El Wazzi
(She/Her/Hers)
Lynn is a Speech-Language Pathologist with a Master’s degree from Saint Joseph University of Beirut. She has experience working in private clinics, schools, and early childhood settings, supporting children across a wide range of communication and developmental needs, as well as teens and adults navigating ADHD.
She is passionate about early communication development and early intervention, supporting babies, toddlers, young children, and teenagers with speech delays, autism-related communication differences, fluency challenges, literacy development, and cognitive communication skills. Lynn focuses on building strong communication foundations early and helping families feel confident supporting their child’s communication development at home and within everyday routines.
In addition to paediatric speech-language therapy, Lynn supports teens and adults with ADHD by helping build practical systems that improve organization, communication, executive functioning, and day-to-day independence. Her approach is structured, solution-focused, and designed to create strategies that work in real-life settings.
Families and clients value Lynn’s calm, thoughtful approach and her ability to break complex communication and developmental challenges into manageable, practical steps.
Lynn provides therapy in Arabic, French, and English, allowing her to support multilingual individuals and families seeking care in the language they feel most comfortable using.
Based in Halifax, Lynn offers services both in-clinic and virtually.
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Stephanie Hovey
(She/Her/Hers)
MSLP, SLP-Reg., S-LP(C)
Stephanie is a Certified Speech-Language Pathologist and the founder of Allied Therapy. She has worked extensively with complex neurodevelopmental and cognitive-communication profiles, particularly where autism, ADHD, executive functioning, and communication intersect.
She works with Autistic individuals, AAC users, and high-performing professionals, entrepreneurs, and leaders with ADHD who are seeking structured, strategic approaches to executive functioning, workplace communication, and cognitive-communication demands.
Stephanie is often consulted for cases requiring nuanced clinical judgment and coordinated care across environments. Her work focuses on improving functional communication, executive functioning skills, and sustainable systems that support real-world performance.
Her approach is direct, structured, and outcome-focused. Clients who work with Stephanie are typically seeking clarity, measurable change, and practical communication systems.
She has professional interests in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), clinical education, and service design, and mentors students and clinicians within Allied Therapy to ensure complex clients receive coordinated, evidence-informed care.
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Kristy Norton
(She/Her/Hers)
Autistic, ADHD, and AuDHD folx welcome! Whether you are considering neurodivergence, have a confirmed diagnosis, or are self-realized, there is a place for you in my office. Maybe social media reels have sparked questions, and you’re looking for a thoughtful, grounded space to talk them through.
I provide a wide range of therapies, such as: self-rediscovery after a diagnosis, coming to terms with neurodivergence later in life, ADHD executive functioning strategies, burnout recovery and return to work plans, self-compassion, support for parents of neurodivergent children, and academic strategizing for high schoolers and university students.
Medication can help with many of the challenges that come with ADHD, but it will not teach you the long-term skills to be successful. This is where I come in. I can help you stay accountable to the executive functioning strategies we develop that work better with your brain. Sessions often include practicing new skills, so you leave confident each time.
Kristy is a Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW(c) providing support to adolescents and adults aged 12 and older.
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Katie Scott
Katie is an Occupational Therapist who completed her Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy at Dalhousie University after earning her undergraduate degree from Mount Allison University. She brings a strong interest in child development, family-centered care, and the important role early childhood experiences play in lifelong health and wellbeing.
Katie is particularly interested in how early skill development, relationships, and supportive environments shape long-term physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing. She takes a family-centered approach to therapy, recognizing that children develop within the context of their relationships, routines, and the environments that support everyday growth and participation.
Her previous experience as a mental health clinician has given her a strong understanding of the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, which continues to inform her work with children and families. Her clinical approach supports emotional regulation, self-regulation development, social-emotional growth, skill building, and helping children participate more fully in meaningful daily activities.
Originally from Ottawa, Katie was drawn to the Maritimes for its strong sense of community and access to outdoor activities. Outside of work, she enjoys reading, spending time outdoors, and connecting with others through shared meals and physical activity.
Katie is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Cynthia Riley
Cynthia has dedicated her career to supporting children and families through compassionate, relationship-based therapeutic care. She values getting to know each family’s unique story and works collaboratively with caregivers to create the conditions children need for healing, connection, and emotional safety.
Cynthia is a Certified Play Therapist and Certified Play Therapist Supervisor through the Canadian Association for Play Therapy. She is also a Certified Synergetic Play Therapist through the Synergetic Play Therapy Institute, a Canadian Certified Counsellor, and a Registered Counselling Therapist regulated through the Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists.
Before becoming a therapist, Cynthia worked for 20 years as a Special Education teacher, supporting children in educational systems across California, Oregon, and British Columbia. She also holds a Special Education Specialist Credential, a Cross-cultural Language and Academic Development Certificate from the State of California, and a teaching licence in Nova Scotia.
To support the individual needs of each child, Cynthia integrates multiple counselling and relational therapy approaches into her work. Her advanced training includes Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (Level 1), Integrative Attachment Family Therapy (Levels 1 and 2), Theraplay, EMDR foundational training, EMDR Child Specialist training through the Agate Institute, and certification in AutPlay Therapy.
Her work is deeply informed by attachment science, trauma-informed practice, emotional regulation development, parent-child relationships, and helping children process difficult experiences in ways that are developmentally safe and supportive.
As both a clinician and a parent, Cynthia understands the complexity of family life and values helping caregivers feel supported throughout the therapeutic process. She is the parent of a 24-year-old son and, outside of work, enjoys travelling, exploring new places around the Halifax Regional Municipality, and practicing yoga.
Her work and the work of her associates are guided by the ethical standards established by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association Code of Ethics.
Cynthia is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Sarah MacIsaac
Sarah is a Speech-Language Pathologist who completed her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology with a specialization in Neuroscience at University of New Brunswick before earning her Master of Clinical Science in Speech-Language Pathology from Western University.
Sarah has experience working with preschool-aged children with a wide range of communication and developmental needs, including speech delays, early language development, autism-related communication differences, and fluency challenges. She has also worked closely with children accessing autism services and has experience supporting families through early intervention during some of the most important stages of communication development.
She has a strong interest in early language development and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), and is passionate about helping children access communication systems that allow them to express themselves in ways that feel functional, meaningful, and supportive of everyday life. She values working collaboratively with families to build communication skills early while creating therapy plans that align with each child’s unique strengths and goals.
Sarah’s clinical approach is grounded in evidence-based practice, combining current research, family-centered care, and thoughtful clinical decision-making to create individualized therapy plans that support meaningful progress over time. She is committed to ongoing learning and values collaboration, mentorship, and working alongside interdisciplinary teams to provide thoughtful, coordinated care.
Based in Halifax, Sarah provides speech-language therapy services to children and families both in clinic and within the community.
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Aya Elomrani
(She/Her/Hers)
Aya is a Speech-Language Pathologist with experience supporting preschool- and school-aged children across educational and clinical settings. She is passionate about helping children build the communication skills they need to participate confidently at home, at school, and within their communities.
Her clinical work includes assessing and treating speech sound disorders, language disorders, and complex communication needs through individualized and group intervention. Aya has experience completing Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) assessments, programming communication devices, and supporting children, families, and educators to successfully integrate communication systems into everyday routines.
Aya values collaborative, family-centered care and believes the best outcomes are achieved when therapists, caregivers, educators, and support teams work together toward shared goals. She enjoys coaching parents, teachers, and educational staff in practical communication strategies that can be embedded naturally throughout the day, helping children build skills across the environments that matter most.
Aya is committed to evidence-based practice and creating individualized therapy plans that support meaningful communication outcomes for every child and family.
Based in Halifax, Aya provides speech-language therapy services for children and families in the clinic, community, and through collaborative consultation with caregivers and other professionals.
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Danielle Rogers
Danielle Rogers is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) who works collaboratively with children, adolescents, adults, and families to support meaningful behavioural, developmental, and everyday life goals. Her approach is grounded in creating individualized supports that recognize each person’s strengths, experiences, and unique needs.
She uses a trauma-informed, person-centered approach to help clients build skills, develop greater independence, and work toward goals that are meaningful within their daily lives. Danielle’s clinical work includes behaviour assessment, emotional regulation support, skill development, and behaviour support planning designed around practical and sustainable outcomes.
Danielle values building trusting therapeutic relationships and creating supportive environments where clients and families feel understood, respected, and actively involved throughout the therapy process.
Outside of work, Danielle enjoys reading, spending time with her cats, and exploring cafés around the Halifax Regional Municipality in search of the perfect matcha latte.
Danielle is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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