Meet Our Team
Different paths. A shared purpose.
We’re a small, dedicated team committed to providing real support for real life. Each of us brings unique experience, perspective, and care to help you feel welcome, understood, and supported.
Ken Kidder
Owner & CEO
Ken founded Chris’ Place after the loss of someone close to him. That experience deepened his commitment to creating a space where people feel supported, understood, and not alone.
With a background in the trades, Ken brings a down-to-earth perspective and a strong belief in the importance of mental health for everyone. He’s a hands-on leader who cares deeply about people and community, and is dedicated to making Chris’ Place a place where real change can happen.
Aline Ourfalian
Managing Director
Aline brings over 15 years of management experience and a strong background in building teams, organizing operations, and bringing ideas to life.
At Chris’ Place, she oversees the day-to-day direction of the clinic and works closely with the team to create a welcoming, well-run environment for both clients and staff. She is focused on making sure the experience at Chris’ Place reflects the care, purpose, and values behind it.
Piroska Briggs
Client Relations
Piroska is often the first friendly voice and face people meet at Chris’ Place. She helps create a welcoming, comfortable experience for clients, answering questions, coordinating appointments, and making sure things run smoothly.
With a warm and approachable manner, Piroska is dedicated to making sure everyone feels supported from the moment they reach out.
Dr Manju Mathew
Registered Psychologist
With more than 20 years of clinical experience, Dr. Manju Mathew has spent her career helping people through some of life’s most difficult experiences. She works with adults facing trauma and PTSD, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, stress, ADHD, grief, relationship challenges, and major life transitions.
Her experience includes extensive work with military members, Veterans, first responders, healthcare professionals, and people recovering from workplace and motor vehicle injuries. This has shaped a grounded approach to therapy that recognizes there is no one-size-fits-all path forward.
Manju believes clients are the experts on their own lives. Rather than telling people what they should do, she works alongside them to understand what they’ve been through, recognize their strengths, and develop tools that make a meaningful difference in everyday life.
As a Certified EMDR Therapist, she draws from EMDR, CPT, CBT, ACT, DBT, Prolonged Exposure, mindfulness, and other evidence-based approaches, tailoring therapy to each person’s experiences, culture, values, and goals.
Her focus is simple: helping people feel heard, understand themselves more clearly, and move forward with greater confidence and resilience.
Jasmine Chadha
Canadian Certified Counsellor
Jasmine is a Canadian Certified Counsellor with a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology. She supports individuals who are ready to better understand themselves, work through challenges, and create meaningful, lasting change.
Her experience includes anxiety, trauma, relationship and attachment patterns, depression, emotional regulation, self-worth, burnout, life transitions, perinatal mental health, addictions, and the impact of childhood and intergenerational experiences.
Jasmine’s approach is warm, collaborative, and culturally responsive. Drawing from EMDR, trauma-informed therapy, attachment-focused approaches, cognitive and behavioural strategies, and acceptance-based approaches, she helps clients understand the patterns shaping their lives and find new ways to move forward.