Our Team

Counselling & Coaching

Hendrike Isert Bender MSW, RSW, Registered Social Worker

Hendrike is a registered Social Worker with 20+ years of therapeutic experience. She is a wife and mother of 4 children and has a passion for the complexity of life.

As a therapist she cares about the wellbeing of the whole family and therefore offers counselling and support to individuals of all ages, from children and adolescents to adults and seniors.

Hendrike has a special interest in maternal mental health and training in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. She hopes to support, guide and skillfully find the appropriate therapeutic approach to address the emotional challenges of parenthood. She is deeply aware that not every woman who wants to become a mother will do so with ease. This stage in life can hold much pain and loss. Hendrike wants to hold space for families experiencing infertility, pregnancy or infant loss.

As a client centered therapist she uses a variety of evidence based frameworks and will work with finding the best approach for each client. Hendrike offers cognitive, behavioural, spiritual and mindfulness strategies for many of the presenting concerns.

She offers individual and couples therapy as well as psycho-educational and therapeutic groups.

Hendrike has a Masters in Social Work and is a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.


Jessica Hagen, Certified Whole Life Coach

I believe that listening with presence is the greatest gift we can give someone. Throughout my life, I have been drawn to hearing people’s stories and learning through different forms of connection.  My professional journey is a story of positive personal growth, determination and resilience in the face of challenge and diversity. For over 20 years I have been building my coaching toolkit with a healthy balance of professional experience, intense personal development initiatives and humbling life events. I am a firm believer that everyone has the tools and courage to embrace their life challenges and move forward with positivity. My goal is to help you find that strength. 

Education & Experience:

Access Bars Practitioners Course - Access Consciousness 

3 day Body Process Class - Access Consciousness

Customer Care Lead - The WOMB Woodstock

Certified Life Coach - Level 1 & 2

Hoffman Quadrinity Process

Joe Dispenza – Intensive , Progressive and Advanced Workshops 

General Manager - Retirement Residence -7 years


Olivia Grigg, MSW Inter. Registered Social Worker

Olivia Grigg is a Registered Social Worker currently completing her MSW
through the University of Windsor. Olivia has 4 years of experience
providing counselling to youth and adults. As a mom of 3, Olivia
understands all the ups and downs that come with parenting and she is
passionate about supporting parents through the journey. Olivia uses
self-compassion approaches, as well as somatic and IFS informed
techniques. Her areas of focus are pregnancy and postpartum,
relationship challenges, life transitions, and coping with overwhelm.

Sessions with Olivia are low-cost as she finishes her internship here at
The WOMB.

Olivia will be at The WOMB until December 5, 2024.

Education & Experience:

Registered Social Worker - OCSWSSW

Level 1 Training in Gottman Method

Couples Therapy

Internal Family Systems Informed Practitioner

Trauma Informed Certificate for Coaches

Certified Meditation Teacher

4 Years of experience as a RSW with perinatal population

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