My Services

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Therapy for individuals offers you a safe place to share your story and life experience, while receiving guidance to help address feelings of being stuck or dissatisfied. Therapy helps you rediscover your strengths, while cultivating a better understanding of yourself so you can lead a more fulfilling life.

Some typical concerns/issues that bring people to individual therapy:

• Stress / burnout
• Anxiety
• Health anxiety
• Chronic pain/chronic medical conditions, eg. fibromyalgia
• Depression
• Relationship difficulties
• Parenting concerns
• Alcohol or drug use
• Disordered eating
• Family of origin issues
• Career changes
• Life transitions
• Grief or loss
• Trauma

Sometimes it's our children that are struggling and who need some assistance. Because young people rely upon and are influenced by family relationships, I feel it is important to include one or both parents / guardians in the therapeutic process when possible. Some typical concerns/issues that bring teens/youth to therapy:

• Anxiety
• School difficulties, eg. problems with focus
• Bullying or being bullied
• Regulating emotions
• Attachment
• Alcohol or drug use
• Dealing with separation or divorce of parents
• Abuse (physical, emotional, sexual)
• Self harm (eg. cutting)
• Disordered eating (eg. restricting, binging)
• Grief or loss
• Coping with family changes (blended families, new family members, moving, etc.)

It has been an honour to hold space and work with other therapists and healthcare workers over the years.

The reality is that the physical and emotional demands that are placed on professionals that care for others can be enormous. COVID-19 and our underfunded healthcare system significantly increased the need for physical and mental healthcare services, often leading to professionals feeling stress and burnout. Sometimes professionals may feel stuck with their patients/clients or the work that they are doing, or they may be dealing with a challenging work environment. Therapy can help you to explore your inner world so that you can more effectively manage your outer world and the work demands.

In addition, many therapists are curious about IFS, an evidence-based psychotherapy tool that has been described as a "revolutionary treatment that could change psychotherapy forever". Personal therapy using IFS can help therapists to understand more about their system and how to enhance their safe and effective use of self in the therapy room with clients.