Kristen Alzoubi, RSW, BSW

I support women who feel overwhelmed, disconnected from themselves, or stuck in difficult relationship and family patterns. My work focuses on helping clients build clearer boundaries, trust themselves, manage emotional stress, and feel more grounded in their day-to-day lives.

I support clients with concerns including:

• Motherhood and parenting stress

• Difficult relationships

• Anxiety and depression symptoms

• Boundaries and people-pleasing

• Emotional labour and burnout

• Single motherhood

• Family conflict and dysfunctional family dynamics

• Supporting a loved one living with addiction

• Identity changes, life transitions, and self-worth

My Approach

My approach is person-centred, practical, and grounded in the realities of everyday life. Mental health is often connected to relationships, family dynamics, culture, finances, physical health, parenting, stress, and the pressure people carry without much support.

I work with women, mothers, families, and individuals who are dealing with emotional overwhelm, relationship concerns, major life changes, or the feeling that they have spent so much time caring for others that they have lost touch with themselves.

Counselling with me is collaborative. You do not need to have everything figured out before you come in. We can make space for what is happening, understand the patterns that may be affecting you, and work toward changes that feel realistic and meaningful.

My work draws on relational and attachment-based perspectives. I help clients explore patterns in relationships, family systems, emotional responses, and self-worth while also building practical skills they can use outside of sessions.

Together, we may work on:

• Understanding relationship and family patterns

• Setting and maintaining boundaries

• Managing stress, anxiety, and emotional overwhelm

• Building self-trust and confidence

• Improving communication and relationships

• Navigating motherhood, caregiving, separation, or other life changes

• Reconnecting with needs, values, and parts of yourself that may have been pushed aside

Why Choose a Social Worker for Therapy?

Many people are unfamiliar with the difference between a Registered Social Worker and other counselling professionals(such as Psychologist Psychiatrist Etc..

Social workers are uniquely trained to understand not only mental health symptoms, but also the larger systems affecting a person’s wellbeing — including family dynamics, trauma, relationships, social pressures, caregiving responsibilities, financial stress, culture, community, and access to support.

While some professionals focus primarily on diagnosis or symptom management, social workers are trained to view people within the full context of their lives. This creates a more holistic and practical approach to therapy.

Because let's be honest you can't CBT your way out of capitalism, mindfulness your way out of racism, self-care your way out of oppression and journal your way out of ableism. While these all have their purpose and are helpful it isn't only about coping but about deconstructing the systems that cause the effects we see in therapy! Or how we say in social work we see the person-within- the environment.

A Registered Social Worker may be a good fit if you are looking for someone who:

• Understands both emotional and real-life stressors

• Takes a compassionate, non-judgmental approach

• Looks at the whole person, not just symptoms

• Values collaboration and individualized care

• Understands family systems, culture, systemic barriers and relational dynamics

• Incorporates practical coping tools alongside emotional processing

• Recognizes the impact of trauma, burnout, caregiving, and life circumstances on mental health

Social work is rooted in empathy, advocacy, human connection, and meeting people where they are. Therapy is not about “fixing” you — it is about helping you feel supported, understood, empowered, and more connected to yourself and your life.

Rooted in Community

I hope to create a space where clients feel comfortable enough to be honest, vulnerable, and fully human.Our mission is to provide a safe, inclusive, and non-judgmental space grounded in social work values of acceptance, dignity, and relational care. I support individuals and families in strengthening connection—with themselves, each other, and their communities—while building emotional awareness, resilience, and a deeper sense of belonging.

• emotionally supportive women’s circles

• relational healing groups

• motherhood identity groups

• boundary workshops

• emotionally attuned parenting support

• “women who carry too much” groups

• postpartum identity support

• single mom support circles

• emotionally safe community spaces

  We seek to provide:

• emotionally attuned spaces

• relational depth

• ongoing supportive community

• affordable middle-ground support

But there’s a HUGE missing middle between:
“doing okay” and“full crisis.”

That’s where women quietly drown. And that’s exactly where we fit.

At Rooted Rowan, we nurture connection, acceptance, and support for women and families.

In counselling, clients are offered a space of acceptance and support rooted in social work values. The focus is on strengthening connection—to self, relationships, and community—while developing emotional awareness, resilience, and a deeper sense of belonging and understanding.