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Rowan Aldous
Founder · Healing practitioner
A trauma-informed counselor who leads our inner-child and emotional work. Believes the slow route is usually the lasting one.
A studio built around being met as a whole person.
Hearthside started in a borrowed back room in 2016, after our founder spent years watching people fall through the gaps between a therapist, a benefits office, and a coach. We decided to be one steady place instead.
Our story
We work the way we wished someone had worked with us
We are deliberately small. That means you are not handed off, your file is not a number, and the person you call back is the person who already knows your story. We pair emotional care with the practical, paperwork side of life, because for most people those things are tangled together.
We are evidence-informed and plain-spoken. We will tell you when something is outside what we do, and point you to someone better. The trust we build is the whole job.
The team
A few hands, all the way through
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Nadia Toscano
Access & benefits lead
Spent a decade inside social services. Now she turns confusing eligibility rules into a checklist you can actually follow.
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Elias Okonkwo
Confidence & skills coach
Works with clients moving from healing toward doing, including those pursuing certified beauty and care skills.
What we hold to
Principles we will not trade away
Consent before depth
We build safety and stability first, and never push into hard memories before you are ready.
Plain language, always
If a form or a diagnosis is confusing, that is our problem to fix, not yours to decode.
One team, no handoffs
You keep the same people. Continuity is part of the care, not an extra.
Honest about limits
When you need someone else, we say so and help you get there.
Come tell us what is going on.
A first call is free and unhurried. We will listen first and figure out the rest together.