Karena Thomas -- our new Lifespace Coordinator!

Karena moved to Canada in June of 2008, from Sydney, Australia. Trained as an Actor and a theatre technician, she now lives in Toronto and regularly performs Long Form Improvisation with the Impatient Theatre Company. She is interested in exploring   therapeutic techniques at Lifespace, and how they may be used through the medium of theatre. Karena is excited to begin her Lifespace journey!

Barbara Forest, B.Sc., M.A, Ph.D, is the Lifespace Institute's Founder, Director, and Core Counsellor Trainer. Barbara brings to Lifespace an extensive background in education and therapeutic modalities and has worked as a counsellor and trainer in a variety of traditional and innovative settings for over 35 years. She developed the Lifespace Institute's Life-Centred Transformational Counselling (TM) and brings a holistic approach to her work by facilitating the integration of the somatic (body), mental, emotional and spiritual aspects.