Marie Hooper, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate (She/Her)

Director & Founder

Marie is a local Beaches mom to Sloane (9) and Ashton (7) and is in the final stages of her Ph.D. in Clinical Developmental Psychology program at York University. She obtained both her B.A. and M.A. at York University. Her overall approach is strengths based, evidence based, neurodiverse affirming, relational, and integrative.

Marie has extensive experience assessing and working with Autistic children, youth, and adults. She has also worked at various school boards working with children and youth experiencing learning difficulties, developmental delays, attention problems, behaviour concerns, limited motivation, challenges relating to study skills, problems at home or with peers, understanding anxiety and depression and other mental health issues.

In addition to providing comprehensive assessments for children and youth, Marie has experience providing therapy to children and youth with anxiety, depression, difficulty with emotion regulation, disordered eating, addiction, and trauma. She also has extensive experience delivering therapy in a group format. Marie has training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Play Therapy, Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT).

Marie completed her pre-doctoral residency at the YRDSB and Etobicoke Psychological Services. She also holds positions at Launch Behavioural Health, the Hospital for Sick Children, and Holland Bloorview Children’s Rehabilitation Hospital. Marie has held past positions at the various school boards. In addition, Marie sits on the Family Network Steering Committee for Children's Healthcare Canada. 

Flourish has been a long-time dream for Marie. She has wanted a paediatric hub for struggling children and youth for as long as she can remember – and now as a parent, she fully understands the need for this even more. Not only does Marie work with children and youth with disabilities – Marie is a parent to one with a particularly complex medical and cognitive profile. Her doctoral research focuses on the impact of stress in families (particularly siblings) with children with complex needs. Through this work, Marie serves to provide a sense of support and calm to her clients and their families.

While Marie is completing her final doctoral degree requirements, Marie works under the supervision of licensed clinical psychologists at Flourish.