ABOUT US
Recovery Spa was created in 2008 by a woman named Katia Mauti who saw her beloved mother struggling with a mental health disorder all her life. Katia started to noticed that her mother never did anything to take care or pamper herself such as going to a spa and getting her feet and hands looked after. Katia then decided to take her mom to a spa and pamper her with a manicure and pedicure. This simple gesture made her mother feel good about herself for the first time in a while because she got a chance to leave the house and talk to people and make friends. Katia then decided to create a small business to help people with mental health issues get out of the house and take proper care of themselves because she saw how much it helped her mom feel good about herself. The business started in her home as a one person business. The clients became too overwhelming and Katia was getting too busy that she had to open a salon and hire more estheticians and dedicated therapists. The business sky rocketed and is becoming more and more successful. They have a great reputation and offer professional services. Our mission is to help those with mental health disorders take care of themselves in an open and safe environment. Our spa’s vision is we want to make all clients feel happy and confident after attending Recovery Spa. Our core values of our business is that we want to better the lives of others as much as possible. Recovery Spa employees are dedicated to the business and are caring, welcoming and love helping those in need.
Get to know the professional, friendly staff at Recovery Spa.
Katia Mauti
Founder and Medical Esthetician
Katia Mauti founded Recovery Spa 10 years ago and is the essence of all that the spa has to offer its clients. The spa started off by Katia working alone in a small shop in her home. When the spa started to become too busy for one esthetician, she opened up a salon and hired more estheticians and therapists. Katia founded Recovery Spa by herself over 10 years ago for her mother Wilma who was suffering with mental disabilities. Katia learned a lot from her mother’s mental health journey and wanted to put that knowledge to good use by helping others who are suffering. Katia is also a dedicated medical esthetician and studied at Georgian college for 3 years. Her contribution to the spa is that she is a talented medical esthetician and great person to talk to. Together with her team, Katia welcomes clients to relax at Recovery Spa.
Laine Fincher
Counsellor
Laine Fincher, has worked at the Recovery Spa now for 5 years now and has loved every single second of it. She is a licensed clinical psychologist, in other words a therapist. Laine did her undergraduate at Wilfrid Laurier where she studied sociology and psychology and graduated top of her class with honors in 1995. After that she decided to further her education and do another 5 years of schooling to earn her doctorate in psychology at the University Of Toronto which again she graduated with honors and at the top of her class in 2000. Here at the Recovery Spa she works her hardest to see the best outcome for all my clients, she always tries her best to accommodate and work around their schedules. We always see improvements with every client that comes to Laine, we never hear negative reviews or comments about her. Laine has been doing this for over 18 years now and has received multiple awards and achievements.
Alyssa Gandolfo
Medical Esthetician
Alyssa Gandolfo has been a medical esthetician for 5 years and loves to care for others and has worked at Recovery Spa for over 4 years. Alyssa specializes in skin care but offers other services as well such as body treatments, and manicures and pedicures. Alyssa studied aesthetics for 3 years at georgian college and has previously worked as a developmental service worker for 6 years. Alyssa previously had her own business working as a developmental service worker out of her own home for 6 years. she has continuously been working alongside other DSW to create a great environment for the individuals in need. She has been able to put both works together to help support people with mental disabilities in a new way. It is her dream to be working at the recovery spa doing what she loves for the people that need the extra assistance and care.