Travailleuse sociale clinique, BSW, RSW
Hannah Kirk
Elle considère le deuil non pas comme quelque chose à résoudre, mais comme une expérience à vivre, à intégrer et à accueillir avec bienveillance.
Biographie
Hannah’s work has been shaped by years of supporting people and families through some of life’s heaviest and hardest moments. She has experience supporting people who are navigating grief, burnout, betrayal, impulsivity, inter-generational trauma, identity struggles, infidelity, neurodivergence, infertility, and general malaise.
Hannah is deeply skeptical of one-size-fits-all approaches to healing and support. She does not rush people toward “fixes,” timelines, or performative resilience. Instead, she offers a grounded, thoughtful space where complex emotions, contradictions, and unfinished stories are welcome. Her work centers dignity, autonomy, meaning-making, and emotional safety.
Hannah is a registered member of the Order of Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists of Quebec (OTSTCFQ) and the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Services Workers (OCSWSSW). In addition to her education and professional licensure, she has also completed advanced training in decolonized approaches to grief, trauma, addictions, and suicide through the Giwiidabindimin and Giwiidosendamin programs, and holds certificates in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Suicide Prevention, and Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. She is committed to ongoing learning that challenges dominant clinical narratives and deepens understanding, to ensure her practice is ethically grounded and responsive.
Hannah’s approach is relational, trauma-informed, and unapologetically human. She adapts her work to the person in front of her, not the other way around. Drawing from DBT-informed skills, narrative and reflective practices, somatic awareness, values-based work, and Motivational Interviewing, Hannah supports clients in reconnecting with themselves in ways that feel honest and sustainable.
She is a registered NIHB and IVAC provider.
Approche
Hannah views counseling as a collaborative process grounded in relationship and meaning-making. She draws from classic conversation-based models and includes grounding practices, attachment theory, mindfulness, psychoeducation, and practical skill-building to support emotional regulation, self-understanding, and sustainable change. Her approach prioritizes safety, respect, and integrity, supporting clients in moving through life in ways that feel authentic and aligned.
She is highly experienced in working with complex grief, including loss shaped by trauma, suicide, estrangement, caregiving, identity rupture, and systemic or colonial harm. Hannah does not shy away from the frightening or overwhelming parts of loss, and she understands how deeply it can disrupt a person’s sense of safety, meaning, and self. Hannah views grief not as something to resolve, but as something to be lived with, integrated, and witnessed with care.
Domaines de soutien
Adolescent·es (14 ans et plus), adultes, personnes aînées, couples et familles
