Cavan Pollard

Cavan Pollard (he/him) is a Registered Social Worker (RSW) who works with children, teens, and adults. Many of the people he sees are younger adults navigating difficult, complex family dynamics, or children and youth working through ADHD, autism, and emotions that feel hard to manage. Often they arrive feeling overwhelmed, alone in what they're carrying, or unsure how to make sense of what they're going through.

Cavan's approach is client-centred and collaborative. He starts with the problems that matter most to you, builds on your interests and strengths, and pays attention to the wider systems and circumstances that can shape a person's difficulties. His aim is a plan that genuinely fits your life, guided by a steady belief: your problems are difficult, and you are capable of working through them.

He holds a Master of Social Work from Carleton University and draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, and narrative therapy, tailoring the approach to what you need. He also brings graduate-level education in grief and an anti-oppressive lens that considers how systems and cultural norms can contribute to what someone is facing.

As a former army reservist who also comes from a first-responder family, Cavan has a personal appreciation for the culture and pressures that military and first-responder clients can carry. He offers sessions in English.