Alex Laugher

Primary Areas:

• Complex mental health;
• Addictions;
• Gender identity;
• Depression;
• Anxiety.

Populations:

• Teens
• Adults

Locations:

• St. Catharines
• Online

Supervisors:

• Jeff Sica, Registered Psychotherapist
• Dr. Lesley Miller, Psychologist

Licensing Body:

• Alex’s services are provided under the license of his direct supervisor at the practice. His supervisors are registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) and the College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario.

About:

Alex Laugher is a supervised therapist and psychometrist at Brookside Therapy & Assessments, where he provides therapy and psychological testing to adults and older teens under supervision. He is trained and experienced in providing mental health support and advocacy and dialectic behaviour therapy skills training to young adults and older teens presenting with complex mental health issues, substance use, and sexual and gender identity-related stressors.

Alex is completing the final year of his Honours Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Brock University, where he has received the Dean’s Honours List Award in Years 1, 2, and 3 of his program. He plans to pursue graduate training in clinical psychology.

He has received formal training in psychotherapy and psychological and cognitive testing at Brookside Therapy & Assessments under the supervision of Dr. Lesley Miller, Clinical Psychologist & Neuropsychologist.

Research & Professional Experience

In addition to his work at Brookside, Alex volunteers as a Research Assistant in the Comparative Behavioural Neuroscience Lab at Brock University. He previously served as a Committee Member and Researcher at Community Addiction Services of Niagara (CASON), where he contributed to the Persons with Lived and Living Experience Survey.

Prior to joining Brookside, Alex worked as a Community Health Worker in Youth Outreach at Quest Community Health Centre in Niagara. In this role, he supported youth experiencing homelessness, substance use, mental health concerns, and sexual and gender identity-related stressors. Through Quest, he also supported individuals presenting to the Emergency Department at St. Catharines General Hospital and Greater Niagara General Hospital.

Alex has also worked as an Addictions Peer Support Worker with Community Addiction Services of Niagara, in partnership with McMaster Children’s Hospital, supporting youth admitted to inpatient mental health units for substance use and concurrent disorders.

Certifications & Specialized Training

• Academy of Peer Services – Effective Delivery of Peer Support in Mental Health Settings

• Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

• Master Class: Core Skills in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

• San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Online Training – Strengthen knowledge, awareness, and skills for working with and providing service to Indigenous people and communities.

• Situation Table Training (Niagara Region) – Participate in situation table meetings and implement interventions for members of the community who present with high acuity of risk.

• SMART Recovery Facilitator Training

Pronouns:

he/him