Practical Solutions for Stepped Care Systems

AnnMarie has extensive experience implementing and applying Stepped Care 2.0® (SC2.0), including leading the application of SC2.0 for the design and delivery of Wellness Together Canada. She holds a master’s degree in clinical social work and a PhD in experimental psychology. In addition to advanced training and certifications in anxiety, trauma, and resilience, she brings over 30 years of direct clinical experience across schools, communities, hospitals, and research settings. 

Dr. Jaouich is a psychologist and strategic system change leader with over 20 years of clinical practice and system change experience, with expertise in implementing large-scale, evidence-based, innovative mental health programs at the organizational and systems level.

Dr. Jaouich leads the development and evolution of Stepped Care Solutions’ (SCS) implementation process, aligned with the SC2.0 model’s principles and implementation best practices.

Maggie is an experienced mental health systems leader with a demonstrated history of working on large-scale initiatives at the national, provincial, and regional levels. Maggie is skilled in the implementation of complex change, facilitation and training, team processes, engagement, leveraging technology for impact, and creative problem solving. She is passionate about equitable access to services, and thriving communities. 

Shauna Cronin (she/her) brings over 18 years of leadership experience in the non-profit sector, health systems transformation, and social impact. She previously served as CEO of Frayme, leading national knowledge-to-action efforts and building partnerships across the country. Her work with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and international organizations such as Movember and the Global Leadership Exchange has focused on integrated care systems, purpose-driven evidence and measurement-based care, equity-based frameworks, and large-scale collaboration. Shauna’s deep commitment to co-designing person-centred services aligns closely with SCS’s values and principles. With advanced degrees in political science, strategic communications, and international affairs—and a Master’s in Non-profit and Philanthropic Leadership currently in progress—Shauna is continuing her leadership journey to support our shared mission of wellbeing everywhere.

Alesya Courtnage is a highly accomplished Registered Psychotherapist (RP) and facilitator with expertise in Single Session Therapy (SST). Her experience includes providing bilingual SST training and Community of Practice support to over 100 regulated clinicians for the Government of New Brunswick and 200+ mental health practitioners through Stepped Care Solutions Open Enrollment. She also has extensive professional experience as a consultant and trainer for various school boards and Kinark Child and Family Services, focusing on Solution Focused Brief Therapy and SST. Her contributions to the field of SST are further evidenced by publications and presentations on SST and Solution Focused Brief Therapy.

Carly Straker was born and raised on the traditional territory of the Yellowknives Dene in Yellowknife, NWT. She is the mother of a young daughter who brings sunlight to her life, and together they live and play on Great Slave Lake and the surrounding northern landscape—Denendeh, “the land of the sacred waters.”
Carly holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work and has spent two decades working, advocating, and leading across mental wellness and substance use health in front-line, operational, and system-level roles. Her experience spans trauma, crisis and emergency response, and work with children, youth, adults, and families in both urban and rural settings across Canada. With a passion for whole health, she also coaches weightlifting and children’s sports, writes, and spends as much time as possible in nature with her daughter and loved ones.
In her current role with the Government of the NWT, Carly has led system transformation efforts, championing recovery-oriented, person- and family-centred care and guiding the implementation of the Stepped Care 2.0 model, including e-mental health initiatives, training programs, an Advisory Group of people with lived and living expertise, continuous monitoring, communications, and more.

Rebecca’s primary focus is the operationalization of the Community First vision for mental health and substance use services on Prince Edward Island (PEI). This includes the development of the new provincial Mental Health and Addictions campus as well as new infrastructure and programming to serve communities across the province. Prior to joining Health PEI, Rebecca spent 15 years with the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addictions in Ottawa, working on policy, research, and treatment system development.

Sue is an experienced CEO with a demonstrated history of working in the mental health care industry. She is skilled in social services, crisis intervention, case management, behavioural health, and medicine. Sue is also a founding member of the McMaster University Faculty of Social Sciences Community Research Platform and partner to the school’s Advanced Research for Mental Health and Society (ARMS) initiative.

Elise walks around with a soundtrack in her head and would love to start and end every meeting with a theme song. She is known for having two cute dogs, who often show up in meetings, and for her work with Foundry, where she works as a Lead for Services Implementation and Integration. Elise has a Master’s degree in social work, is a parent of two teenagers and lives on the unceded territories of the Hul’q’uminum Peoples. Elise has worked as a social worker and therapist for 20 years and has worked with Foundry for over a decade, supporting the training, implementation and sustainment of Foundry services across B.C. She has led the Foundry drop-in counselling training for the past seven years, and is always eager to share the lessons she’s learning along the way.