Because Mental Health Is More than the Mind
Welcome
At Mind Health Connect, we gently honor the connection between your mind and body—because both are always communicating, and both deserve care.
When your body feels out of balance—through gut concerns, food sensitivities, allergies, or low energy—it can quietly influence how you feel, think, and move through your day. It’s not just in your head. When your body is struggling, it can be harder to feel calm, clear, and grounded.
Healing begins by slowing down and listening—by softly connecting the dots.
Your biology, including your genetics, carries meaningful insight. One piece of this is the Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene, which plays a role in how your body processes nutrients, supports mood, and cares for brain health. With training and experience, including knowledge gained abroad in Australia, this understanding is gently woven into your care to help uncover what may be beneath the surface.
At Mind Health Connect, therapy and Functional Nutrition come together to support you as a whole person. Through approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Art Therapy, we create space for awareness, expression, and regulation—at a pace that feels right for you.
You don’t have to do this alone. Healing is supported, held, and strengthened in connection. When needed, we collaborate with a trusted circle of professionals—including occupational therapists, nutritionists, naturopaths, and movement specialists—to offer care that feels integrated, gentle, and aligned with you.
Begin your healing journey.
Meeting Deb Knight
As a Registered Social Worker, Functional Nutritionist, certified in Walsh Institute protocols, and holding a Master Certificate in MTHFR protocols, I specialize in integrating diverse therapeutic modalities, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Art Therapy, all grounded in a trauma-informed approach. I thoughtfully combine talk therapy, meditation, and creative art-based interventions to support regulation of the nervous system, empowering you to climb your mountain and face fears. I am also deeply committed to identifying natural, bio-individual, functional nutrition strategies tailored to each person’s unique needs. By blending psychotherapy with functional nutrition and holistic care, I support clients in resolving challenges while strengthening their capacity to grow through life’s experiences. I work with individuals of all ages, as well as families from diverse backgrounds and cultures. Alongside extensive counselling experience, I bring valuable insight from my policing career, including crisis intervention expertise. Everyone is welcome at MindHealthConnect.
Author of Whole Wisdom: Trusting the Connection Between Mind and Body. A guide to understanding the deeper connection between your thoughts, emotions, and physical well-being—offering insight, tools, and a new way forward.
Mind Health Connect is affiliated with international and local experts to help support your wellness.
Health Connect
Our biology can play a major role in our overall well-being. It cannot be ignored that there are contributing factors such as gut issues, allergies or a low overall well-being. We know that if you don’t feel well, you don’t think well.
There are genetic factors that contribute to mind body wellness. I became aware of one factor, Methylene-tetra Hydro Folate Reductase (MTHFR) gene when I was visiting Australia. I brought the information along with support to Canada to assist with the related health issues.
Affiliations with registered professionals such as occupational therapists, nutritionists, naturopaths, exercise coach and more should you require it.
Welcome to Change
You can liberate yourself from feelings that dysregulate your physical body by finding and using tools that help with connection to those feelings. Once you let go of fear, you will begin to make conscious decisions about how life can be regardless of the challenges that fate throws your way.
