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Our Team

Dean Lucrezi

Dean Lucrezi

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(he/him)

Chief Executive Officer

Dean Lucrezi serves as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Community Counselling London (CCL), bringing more than 30 years of senior leadership experience across the financial services, nonprofit, and entrepreneurial sectors.

Gord Alton

Gord Alton

RP, MDiv, CSE

(he/him)

Clinical Supervisor

As a Supervisor-Educator, Gord's love of teaching and supporting others is apparent as soon as you speak with him. Gord is excited to be a part of CCL and being able to pass along his knowledge and help educate the next generations of therapists.

Alida van Dijk

Alida van Dijk

PhD, RP, CSE, SEP

(she/her)

Co-founder, Clinical Supervisor

As co-founder, Alida's passion for accessible mental health and education is evident in all she does. Her drive to ensure all people feel valued and connected sets the example for CCL.

Ayse Erenay

Ayse Erenay

PhD, RP

(she/her)

Clinical Supervisor (in training)

Ayse’s passion for psychotherapy is deeply connected to her own journey of faith, immigration, and belonging. Having moved from Türkiye to Canada, she understands personally how migration can reshape one’s sense of identity, relationships, community, and home. These experiences inspire her work with individuals and couples, particularly within immigrant communities, and her commitment to creating therapeutic spaces where culture and spirituality are welcomed as meaningful parts of a person’s story.

Patricia Berendsen

Patricia Berendsen

RMFT, RP, RSW, SEP

(she/her)

Co-founder, Consultant (Volunteer)

As an Approved Supervisor with OAMFT/AAMFT, she offers clinical supervision to other practitioners and practices who wish to deepen and enrich their clinical practice and improve the quality of service and accountability to their clients. As a sister agency, CCL is one such organization to whom Patricia provides consultation and supervision on a volunteer basis.

Becky Harrison-Stride

Becky Harrison-Stride

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(she/her)

Bookkeeper & CCL Admin Team

As a lover of all things numerical and an advocate of mental health access for all, Becky came aboard to safeguard our resources and ensure that CCL's financial reporting is accurate and current.

Charitable number #70516 4283 RR0001.  

GENEROUS PROGRAM SUPPORT PROVIDED BY:
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Sifton Family Foundation
Sisters of St. Joseph

We acknowledge that the Community Counselling London is located on the traditional lands of the Anishinabe Wake and the Attiwonderonk (Neutral) peoples, on lands connected with the London Township of 1796 (Treaty 6).

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