If working through life's challenges is on your 2023 list, let's talk.
Welcome
Are you ready to work through life's challenges with a psychotherapist?
I'm here to listen and help.
I support individuals, couples, and groups to work through:
Addiction
Anxiety
Conflict
Depression
Divorce
Family Conflict
Grief
Life Issues
Marriage
Substance Abuse
Trauma
Free 15-minute Introductory meeting:
We can meet over the phone to determine fit. I can answer any questions you may have about psychotherapy and my style.
My services can be provided in several ways:
- Secured video: We can meet from the comfort of your home, office, or wherever you may be.
- In-person: My office is in the Waterloo Region, Ontario.
In a comfortable environment we can talk face to face. I have a friendly dog, who may participate in sessions if you wish, and free parking. - Offsite: Within reason and additional considerations I can come to you, provided you have a quiet and private place to talk.
- Onsite: My services are also available in the workplace to assist teams and/or employees needing help in their relationships.
Trauma Treatment
The brain and body have interconnected, built-in survival responses that protect us when we face threats, helplessness and/or traumatic experiences.
Generally when the threat has passed our brain/body responses shift back into normal gear. However, sometimes our brain/body gets stuck in survival response gear. Being stuck this way changes our physical brains, which also changes our thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. This is what manifests as the effects of trauma, and which alters our relationships with ourselves, others and the world.
Brains and bodies are designed to heal.
Trauma treatment supports that process, so the brain/body can shift back into normal gear.
I use Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR), primarily, as it is a unique therapy that targets difficult memories and changes the way they are held in the brain/body, such that the brain/body knows those events are over, and its safe to move forward with life.
Clinical Supervision
Registered Couple & Family Therapists are uniquely able to help people work through challenges in life's most precious relationships because we are trained see individuals and their relationship constellations simultaneously.
CACFT Approved Supervisors are experienced psychotherapists, who then take specialized training in clinical supervision of couple & family therapy. My psychotherapy practice has been wide ranging, and I bring this knowledge base to supervision and consultation.
I have trained and supervised novice counsellors, social workers, and psychotherapists in a variety treatment settings for over a decade.
Couple, family, and groups
From the moment we are born, we are shaped by our key relationships. They mold our developing brains, framing how we see ourselves, others and the world.
As an experienced couple and family therapist who is also trained in trauma treatment, I can help you understand how the past has shaped the present, helping you to resolve those hurts. And I can help you find new and more satisfying ways to be in your relationships now.
The next step is up to you.
If you are ready to talk, click on the "Appointment Booking" button and we'll get started.