Alexandra Zelic

Alexandra Zelic, MSW, RSW, is a Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work alum with over 15 years of experience in clinical assessment, counselling, crisis intervention, and case management across community mental health, addictions, corrections, and public safety settings. She began her career in the addictions field, working within residential and community-based treatment centres supporting individuals, youth, children, and families affected by substance use, mental health challenges, and complex psychosocial concerns. Throughout her career, she has worked with children, youth, adults, families, justice-involved individuals, and first responders facing complex mental health, trauma, substance use, and life transition concerns.

Alexandra is the founder of Baseline Therapy and Wellness, a private practice serving individuals across Ontario, with a focus on trauma, anxiety, occupational stress, addictions, and first responder wellness. She also provides consultation, training, and education on psychological health and safety, trauma-informed practice, crisis intervention, and resilience. Her practice specializes in supporting public safety personnel, including police and emergency communications staff, with expertise in crisis response, wellness programming, critical incident stress management, and operational stress injuries such as cumulative trauma, moral injury, and burnout. She previously spent seven years working within two maximum-security remand facilities, providing assessment, intervention, discharge planning, and interdisciplinary collaboration with institutional staff, probation and parole officers, and community service providers.

As an educator, Alexandra delivers training, workshops, and guest lectures for professionals, students, and multidisciplinary teams on trauma-informed practice, crisis intervention, suicide prevention, addictions, ethics, and mental health. Her teaching philosophy emphasizes inclusive, reflective learning that integrates theory, lived experience, and practice, supporting the development of critical thinking, self-awareness, competence, and ethical decision-making in social work. Drawing upon extensive front-line clinical experience across multiple sectors, she is committed to preparing future social workers to navigate the complexities of contemporary practice while remaining grounded in the profession’s values of social justice, critical reflection, and ethical practice.