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Counselling Services
Anxiety & Stress Management Counselling
We all experience anxiety or stress, and a little bit of it is okay, but when it becomes unmanageable it may be time to seek support. Our anxiety counselling services are designed to help you see stress and anxiety from a new perspective, and to take control of it. Explore your thoughts and feelings, gain insights into your behaviour, and develop strategies to alleviate anxiety.
Depression Counselling
One of the common presenting issues seen in therapy is depression, and the symptoms can be debilitating. Our experienced therapists can provide a supportive and non-judgmental environment to help give you insight into psychological flexibility, overcome feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and despair, and develop a plan to cope.
Trauma Counselling
Have you experienced an adverse life event or have emotionally significant memories? Our registered therapists use evidence-based techniques and specialized treatments using three levels of the brain and body to help you process stuck material, acknowledge how the past has impacted you, and move you forward with more adaptive strategies using both a top-down and bottom-up approaches.
Grief Counselling
Loss comes in all types of shapes and sizes and is often an unavoidable human experience. However, when the symptoms become too much and impact your quality of life, it may be time for an intervention. Our grief counselling services provide a safe environment where you can explore your feelings, gain insights into your behaviour, develop strategies to manage grief, and implement distress tolerance.
Relationship Counselling
Navigating relationships, whether interpersonal, familial, or at work, can be challenging on the best of days. Our knowledgeable therapists can help you implement communication strategies, manage conflict, set boundaries, and identify how your own personality, ways of functioning, and belief systems impact your perspectives, how others see you, and how you relate in the world.
Work & Life Transitions Wellness Counselling
Work & Life Transitions Wellness Counselling
Work & Life Transitions Wellness Counselling
Are you unsure why you feel unfulfilled and stuck? A lapse in milestone development can prevent you from obtaining certain life skills depending on when they occurred. Wellness counselling can be a way for you to reflect on areas you need support in, validate your human experience, measure your own value systems, and encourage you to find new ways of being that bring you fulfillment whether at work, or in your interpersonal life.
Children, Youth, & Family Counselling
Work & Life Transitions Wellness Counselling
Work & Life Transitions Wellness Counselling
Brains are wired for survival and connection, and each family is unique and special with many moving parts, parenting styles, and historical and cultural context. Our family therapy services can help you with understanding your family dynamics from an objective and fresh perspective, which in turn assists with navigating family relationships and/or child and youth behaviours.
Trauma Therapy Services
Neuro-Experiential Brainspotting
Developed by Dr. David Grand, this is a unique therapy that works differently than typical talk therapy or cognitive models.
When we collect experiences, some of them are more emotionally significant than others. It is then that material may become stored in the body through our nervous system, and through different layers of the brain where we store survival responses, implicit memories, and the ability for rationale or the inhibition of impulses.
Brainspotting is a way to acknowledge “stuck” material and move you to more adaptive processing that is surprisingly effective.
EMDR Therapy
EMDR Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing or EMDR, is a distinctive and specialized therapy requiring a master’s degree, specific levels of training, direct client hours, and clinical supervision through a qualified consultant to become certified.
It is well known for its successful treatment of trauma and adverse life experiences, but it can also be used for other things, events, or symptoms that are holding you back. For instance, some people have accessed EMDR to help overcome irrational fears or negative beliefs. EMDR works with your brain and body’s processing system targeting memories, emotions, negative beliefs, and body sensations.
Why experience matters in a Trauma Therapist
Choosing an experienced trauma therapist is crucial because they possess the specialized knowledge and skills to navigate the complex dynamics of trauma, creating a safe space for healing by understanding how to respond to triggers, manage intense emotions, and effectively guide individuals through the process of processing traumatic experiences without causing further harm. An experienced Trauma Therapist can tailor treatment to the specific needs of each survivor, maximizing the potential for positive outcomes.
- Understanding trauma complexities: A seasoned trauma therapist grasps the multifaceted nature of trauma, including its potential impact on various aspects of life like relationships, physical health, and cognitive function.
- Appropriate treatment modalities: Experienced therapists are well-versed in different trauma-informed therapies like EMDR, somatic experiencing, and exposure therapy, allowing them to select the most suitable approach for each individual.
- Creating a safe space: Trauma survivors often feel vulnerable, and an experienced therapist can establish a trusting environment where clients feel comfortable sharing their experiences without fear of judgment.
- Managing triggers: They are adept at identifying and managing triggers that might arise during therapy sessions, preventing re-traumatization and allowing for gradual healing.
- Addressing co-occurring issues: Trauma often co-occurs with other mental health conditions, and an experienced therapist can address these complexities effectively.
My Experience
With nearly a decade of experience in the treatment of trauma, including treatment of sexual abuse trauma in youth at a Sexual Assault Crisis agency.
I have extensive training in a diverse range of therapeutic approaches including:
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT)
- EMDR Certification
- Phase 4 - Neuroexperiential Therapy™