Hey! I’m Cait Leavitt
Registered Clinical Counsellor, Certified Mental Performance Consultant & Concussion Advocate
My work helps people recovering from concussion find their way back to themselves, through a unique blend of clinical expertise & lived experience.
I've Lived With Persistent Concussion Syndrome.
Here's What I Wish Someone Had Told Me.
Concussion recovery is one of the most isolating and misunderstood experiences a person can go through…
The mental and emotional factors of recovery are rarely part of the conversation. I know this because I lived it. In 2020 I was in a car accident that changed everything. Despite reporting anxiety, nausea, and ringing in my ears while at the hospital, my concussion went undiagnosed for a week.
I had no idea was happening in my brain and body.
What followed was years of treatment and a slow, nonlinear path toward a life I genuinely love.
This experience became the foundation of everything I do.
Here is the journey of my own concussion experience…
life before
I was doing everything “right”. I just didn't know I was running from myself.
Adventurous, driven, always moving. I had built a full, exciting life. What I didn't realize was how much of that momentum was keeping me from something deeper.
the pit
A concussion doesn't just take your capacity. It impacts your identity and robs your of the distraction you ever used to feel okay.
Symptoms are relentless but what broke me open wasn't the pain. It was being forced to face everything I had never sat still long enough to feel. Daily breaking points. my identity fracturing under the weight of it. A self I no longer recognized.
the research
The system isn't built for this. The pain is real, but the solutions don’t match.
My thesis on concussion recovery made it undeniable. Standard therapeutic approaches were missing the mark. The mental health toll of concussion was significant, consistently underestimated, and almost never addressed.
the possibilities
I'm not who I was before the concussion but I'm more myself than I’ve ever been.
Recovery wasn't a return. It was an arrival. The life I have now is more aligned, more fulfilling, and genuinely mine than anything I could have built at the pace I was moving before. That's what I know is possible for you.
Cait Leavitt has worked with the following teams & organizations
Get To Know Cait Leavitt,
Concussion Recovery & Mental Performance Services
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Skating has always felt more natural to me than walking. Hockey is home.
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I grew up in Toronto but I've been a west coast girl for ten years. Squamish is home now, and I'm grateful for that every single day.
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I jump in water. Cold, warm, ocean, lake. It doesn't matter. Nothing resets my nervous system faster or more reliably!
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Despite having "energizer bunny" as a childhood nickname, I'm actually quite introverted. I recharge alone, usually somewhere outside.
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Cows and jellyfish.
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A pilot. Though math and I have a complicated relationship, so here we are.
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Travelling. I've lived in three countries and visited 27 (and counting)!
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Border Collie, without a doubt.
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Think by Aretha Franklin. Every time.
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Although I love a good meal, cooking is not my forte
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