For those seeking to improve their mood and self-care through combining exercise (light jogging for 30 minutes) with cognitive behavioural group therapy immediately following. Research has demonstrated increased ability to re-examine self-defeating thoughts when practiced following immediately after moderate cardio exercise (due to naturally released serotonin/dopamine neurotransmitters). Total Fee: $500 (receipt issued for extended health benefits reimbursement). Please contact me as soon as possible if you are interested since our first session starts Monday September 30th (group size limited to 5 participants) and finish Oct. 4th (breaking for Thanksgiving). Paula Quarrie MSW RSW will co-lead with me.
For those seeking to improve their mood and self-care through combining exercise (light jogging for 30 minutes) with cognitive behavioural group therapy immediately following. Research has demonstrated increased ability to re-examine self-defeating thoughts when practiced following immediately after moderate cardio exercise (due to naturally released serotonin/dopamine neurotransmitters). Total Fee: $500 (receipt issued for extended health benefits reimbursement). Please contact me as soon as possible if you are interested since our first session starts Monday September 30th (group size limited to 5 participants) and finish Oct. 4th (breaking for Thanksgiving). Paula Quarrie MSW RSW will co-lead with me.
"Building Resilience" is 8 week group that was created for people with Mild to Moderate Anxiety and Depresison and those who want to become emotionally stronger. Participants are going to learn emotion regulation tools, stress management techniques, and improve interpersonal skills. You will be more equipped to deal with upsetting events, understand and communicate your needs, and make decision based on your best interest. Group counselling is as effective as individual therapy. You will benefit from interacting with other group participants. Groups break isolation and help to normalize our situations. It is also fun to learn new skills together.
"Building Resilience" is 8 week group that was created for people with Mild to Moderate Anxiety and Depresison and those who want to become emotionally stronger. Participants are going to learn emotion regulation tools, stress management techniques, and improve interpersonal skills. You will be more equipped to deal with upsetting events, understand and communicate your needs, and make decision based on your best interest. Group counselling is as effective as individual therapy. You will benefit from interacting with other group participants. Groups break isolation and help to normalize our situations. It is also fun to learn new skills together.
Life-Line is an educational support group for people who have lived experience with suicide. The group brings together a variety of people from various occupations and backgrounds to build life-preserving and affirming bonds. The group helps participants connect with others who have a shared experience, develop tools to reduce risk and address personal trauma.
Life-Line is an educational support group for people who have lived experience with suicide. The group brings together a variety of people from various occupations and backgrounds to build life-preserving and affirming bonds. The group helps participants connect with others who have a shared experience, develop tools to reduce risk and address personal trauma.
Feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, isolated or sad about the changes in your relationship with your partner/spouse? Are roles changing and are you taking on more causing you to be resentful, tired or impatient? Attend this therapy group to learn how to respond to the pressures you face as a partner/spouse. The focus of this group is to learn to respond to your situation with understanding and kindness. Each session will provide you with tools and resources to increase your self awareness and confidence as a Care Partner.
Hosted by Colleen Martin: Stress, Anxiety, Caregiver Burnout
Registered Social Worker, BSW, MSW, RSW
Group meets in Kitchener, ON N2P
Feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, isolated or sad about the changes in your relationship with your partner/spouse? Are roles changing and are you taking on more causing you to be resentful, tired or impatient? Attend this therapy group to learn how to respond to the pressures you face as a partner/spouse. The focus of this group is to learn to respond to your situation with understanding and kindness. Each session will provide you with tools and resources to increase your self awareness and confidence as a Care Partner.
Boots on the Ground is a ten-week closed group that helps first responders and front line service providers build resilience and resistance to PTSD and other forms of trauma. Participants in this group will learn how to recognize and respond to early signs and symptoms of trauma. The program develops trauma prevention skills and offers trauma inoculation sessions designed to reduce the negative impact of memories and experiences.
Boots on the Ground is a ten-week closed group that helps first responders and front line service providers build resilience and resistance to PTSD and other forms of trauma. Participants in this group will learn how to recognize and respond to early signs and symptoms of trauma. The program develops trauma prevention skills and offers trauma inoculation sessions designed to reduce the negative impact of memories and experiences.
The 10-week closed psychoeducation group focuses on promoting healthy relationships and lifestyles for men. The group will promote the development of communication strategies, interpersonal skills, and improve emotional awareness. We will also explore issues such as maintaining intimate relationships, setting and respecting boundaries, assertiveness, addressing conflict in a healthy manner, and enhancing overall self-esteem. This group is ideal for men seeking to develop new relationships, working through challenges in their current relationship or recovering from a fractured relationship. The emphasis will be on developing real tool to build soild, healthy intimate relationships.
The 10-week closed psychoeducation group focuses on promoting healthy relationships and lifestyles for men. The group will promote the development of communication strategies, interpersonal skills, and improve emotional awareness. We will also explore issues such as maintaining intimate relationships, setting and respecting boundaries, assertiveness, addressing conflict in a healthy manner, and enhancing overall self-esteem. This group is ideal for men seeking to develop new relationships, working through challenges in their current relationship or recovering from a fractured relationship. The emphasis will be on developing real tool to build soild, healthy intimate relationships.
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This online learning group is for adults who feel caught in anxiety loops, rumination, reassurance-seeking, checking, avoidance, or compulsive patterns. Some participants identify with OCD, others simply recognize how anxiety can become rigid and exhausting. Many people join because they are tired of negotiating with their mind all day. We focus on evidence-informed skills that support responding differently to anxiety, urges, and uncertainty. The tone is practical and respectful, with attention to self-criticism and the emotional cost of constant hypervigilance. Anxiety/OCD Skills group is offered Tuesdays 6:00-7:30pm or Wednesdays 3:00-4:30pm.
This online learning group is for adults who feel caught in anxiety loops, rumination, reassurance-seeking, checking, avoidance, or compulsive patterns. Some participants identify with OCD, others simply recognize how anxiety can become rigid and exhausting. Many people join because they are tired of negotiating with their mind all day. We focus on evidence-informed skills that support responding differently to anxiety, urges, and uncertainty. The tone is practical and respectful, with attention to self-criticism and the emotional cost of constant hypervigilance. Anxiety/OCD Skills group is offered Tuesdays 6:00-7:30pm or Wednesdays 3:00-4:30pm.
This group is for moms who are having a hardtime after the birth of a baby. This group offers a safe space to foster mutual care and support which in itself increases confidence and well-being. You are not a bad parent and what you are experiencing is not your fault. Find support, and helpful strategies for better coping. Babies are allowed.
This group is for moms who are having a hardtime after the birth of a baby. This group offers a safe space to foster mutual care and support which in itself increases confidence and well-being. You are not a bad parent and what you are experiencing is not your fault. Find support, and helpful strategies for better coping. Babies are allowed.
Miss Management Studio is where leaders come when the old rules stop working. We don’t polish resumes or rehearse jargon—we equip people to navigate chaos, power, and change with integrity. Our collective blends strategy, psychology, and lived experience to prepare executives, founders, and emerging leaders for today’s realities. Through workshops and coaching, participants learn to lead without titles, harness strategic discomfort for innovation, and build resilience without hardening. Bold and unapologetic, we provoke, pressure-test, and sharpen leadership—so participants leave with clarity, conviction, and the courage to make real impact.
My eclectic, client-centered approach draws on CBT, systems, psychodynamic, solution-focused, and mindfulness methods.
Miss Management Studio is where leaders come when the old rules stop working. We don’t polish resumes or rehearse jargon—we equip people to navigate chaos, power, and change with integrity. Our collective blends strategy, psychology, and lived experience to prepare executives, founders, and emerging leaders for today’s realities. Through workshops and coaching, participants learn to lead without titles, harness strategic discomfort for innovation, and build resilience without hardening. Bold and unapologetic, we provoke, pressure-test, and sharpen leadership—so participants leave with clarity, conviction, and the courage to make real impact.
Getting the Love You Want is offered over a weekend or a 4-6 day retreat depending on location. Our website offers more details about these transformative experiences. While not traditional couples therapy or a therapy group, it is an experiential & educational opportunity to learn deeply about your relationship and transform it to one that is healthy, happy, romantic and connected. Whether you are 6 months or 50 years together, we welcome you to leanr how to create the relationship of your dreams. Our passion for travel and couples work have taken to new places to offer these amazing opportunities.
Getting the Love You Want is offered over a weekend or a 4-6 day retreat depending on location. Our website offers more details about these transformative experiences. While not traditional couples therapy or a therapy group, it is an experiential & educational opportunity to learn deeply about your relationship and transform it to one that is healthy, happy, romantic and connected. Whether you are 6 months or 50 years together, we welcome you to leanr how to create the relationship of your dreams. Our passion for travel and couples work have taken to new places to offer these amazing opportunities.
Are you supporting a parent/older adult who is facing health challenges/diagnoses that are affecting their well being? Many caregivers/partners struggle to support their person and may feel overwhelmed, frustrated, guilty and sad. This therapy group will provide you with mutual support from others, so you won't feel like you are isolated in your role. We will discuss changes in your relationship with your person, how to unhook from emotions and thoughts that take you away from the person you want to be and ways to process your loss and sadness. Contact me for a free consultation.
Hosted by Colleen Martin: Stress, Anxiety, Caregiver Burnout
Registered Social Worker, BSW, MSW, RSW
Group meets in Waterloo, ON N2L
Are you supporting a parent/older adult who is facing health challenges/diagnoses that are affecting their well being? Many caregivers/partners struggle to support their person and may feel overwhelmed, frustrated, guilty and sad. This therapy group will provide you with mutual support from others, so you won't feel like you are isolated in your role. We will discuss changes in your relationship with your person, how to unhook from emotions and thoughts that take you away from the person you want to be and ways to process your loss and sadness. Contact me for a free consultation.
The SPACE Program (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) is a theory-driven intervention for the symptoms of childhood anxiety and by the biology of mammalian parental behaviour. SPACE teaches parents to recognize their accommodating behaviours, and to implement specific plans for reducing the accommodation while maintaining an empathic and supportive attitude towards the child. The treatment also includes tools for: Increasing parents' ability to work cooperatively together; coping with responses to the reduced accommodation, including anger and distress; and for enlisting the support of family and friends in what can sometimes be a difficult process.
The SPACE Program (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) is a theory-driven intervention for the symptoms of childhood anxiety and by the biology of mammalian parental behaviour. SPACE teaches parents to recognize their accommodating behaviours, and to implement specific plans for reducing the accommodation while maintaining an empathic and supportive attitude towards the child. The treatment also includes tools for: Increasing parents' ability to work cooperatively together; coping with responses to the reduced accommodation, including anger and distress; and for enlisting the support of family and friends in what can sometimes be a difficult process.
At the Delton Glebe Counselling Centre (the Glebe) we provide affordable, high quality, and compassionate care, welcoming people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, life experiences, faith and spirituality
Hosted by Nicholas Jacob Balaisis
Registered Psychotherapist, PhD, RP
Group meets in Waterloo, ON N2L
At the Delton Glebe Counselling Centre (the Glebe) we provide affordable, high quality, and compassionate care, welcoming people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, life experiences, faith and spirituality
Our subconscious mind is a database where all of our experiences are stored and sorted to create the program that we live our lives by. There are positive programs and also some corrupt files that block healing and healthy living. Nicole will identify some universal beliefs to wellness and provide a powerful healing tool to clear limiting beliefs and strengthen preferred ones. No major disclosure of past experiences required.
Hosted by Nicole Morrison - Teens, Young Adults, & Adults
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, RSW, CH
Group meets in Guelph, ON N1E
Our subconscious mind is a database where all of our experiences are stored and sorted to create the program that we live our lives by. There are positive programs and also some corrupt files that block healing and healthy living. Nicole will identify some universal beliefs to wellness and provide a powerful healing tool to clear limiting beliefs and strengthen preferred ones. No major disclosure of past experiences required.
Welcome to Our Refugee Counselling Support Group! Are you a refugee looking for a safe and supportive community? Our free counselling support group is here to help. We offer a confidential space to share your experiences, connect with others, and access resources. Join us for Emotional support and counselling, connect with others who understand your journey, and access helpful resources and referrals.
Hosted by Iqaluk Psychotherapy and Counselling Services
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, CCPA, CYW, BSW
Group meets in Brantford, ON N3S
I use a combination of Narrative, Acceptance and Commitment, Dialectical Behavioural, CBT, and EDMR.
Welcome to Our Refugee Counselling Support Group! Are you a refugee looking for a safe and supportive community? Our free counselling support group is here to help. We offer a confidential space to share your experiences, connect with others, and access resources. Join us for Emotional support and counselling, connect with others who understand your journey, and access helpful resources and referrals.
If you've been dating to find the love of your life, but keep ending up in relationships that exhaust you, make you feel anxious or insecure, and barely meet your needs, this is for you. For 6 weeks we'll explore how to date with intention—so you can avoid getting attached to people who won't commit, won't put in the energy and effort you do, and learn to find your dream person instead.
If you've been dating to find the love of your life, but keep ending up in relationships that exhaust you, make you feel anxious or insecure, and barely meet your needs, this is for you. For 6 weeks we'll explore how to date with intention—so you can avoid getting attached to people who won't commit, won't put in the energy and effort you do, and learn to find your dream person instead.
Mental health and wellness group and individual programming is available for residents of Perimeter Institute. Please contact the clinic or Perimeter Institute People and Culture for more information.
Hosted by Midtown Counselling - Shelly Pavlic
Registered Social Worker, BASc, MSW, RSW
Group meets in Waterloo, ON N2L
I use a combination of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ( CBT), Mindfulness therapy, and trauma-informed techniques.
Mental health and wellness group and individual programming is available for residents of Perimeter Institute. Please contact the clinic or Perimeter Institute People and Culture for more information.
The goal of this group is for children to learn positive prosocial coping strategies together with peers who are having similar experiences. This is an early intervention group. It is comprised of 6 sessions with similar aged peers learning through activities about managing their worry. These strategies when practiced, can influence their ability when coping with stress and worry now and in their future. Learning strategies at a young age can increase their resilency, decrease struggles with anxiety difficulties and disorders.
The goal of this group is for children to learn positive prosocial coping strategies together with peers who are having similar experiences. This is an early intervention group. It is comprised of 6 sessions with similar aged peers learning through activities about managing their worry. These strategies when practiced, can influence their ability when coping with stress and worry now and in their future. Learning strategies at a young age can increase their resilency, decrease struggles with anxiety difficulties and disorders.
This online learning group is for adults who live with ADHD traits or ADHD-related challenges, including distractibility, procrastination, time blindness, emotional intensity, and difficulty following through. Many participants are high-capacity people who feel frustrated by how hard it is to start tasks, finish tasks, or maintain routines. We focus on practical skills that support daily functioning and self-trust. The group is a space to reduce shame, build realistic strategies, and learn from others who understand the same patterns. Themes may include: planning and follow-through, motivation and avoidance, time management, emotional regulation, communication, and compassionate self-talk.
This online learning group is for adults who live with ADHD traits or ADHD-related challenges, including distractibility, procrastination, time blindness, emotional intensity, and difficulty following through. Many participants are high-capacity people who feel frustrated by how hard it is to start tasks, finish tasks, or maintain routines. We focus on practical skills that support daily functioning and self-trust. The group is a space to reduce shame, build realistic strategies, and learn from others who understand the same patterns. Themes may include: planning and follow-through, motivation and avoidance, time management, emotional regulation, communication, and compassionate self-talk.
Join our group therapy for Black men in Brantford starting Sept 10, 2025. Safe space for support. Contact to sign up!
Hosted by Iqaluk Psychotherapy and Counselling Services
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, CCPA, CYW, BSW
Group meets in Brantford, ON N3S
I use a combination of Narrative, Acceptance and Commitment, Dialectical Behavioural, CBT, and EDMR.
Join our group therapy for Black men in Brantford starting Sept 10, 2025. Safe space for support. Contact to sign up!
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How does cognitive behavioural therapy work?
Cognitive behavioural therapy works by exploring how your thoughts affect your emotions and experiences. CBT helps you identify distortions in your thinking. For example, you may tend to jump to the worst case scenario catastrophising or think in extremes (all-or-nothing thinking). A therapist can teach you how to push back against those thoughts to ultimately change your feelings and behavior for the better. They can also provide coping skills to better deal with stressors and challenges.
When do I know to seek treatment with cognitive behavioural therapy?
It’s reasonable to consider cognitive behavioural therapy if you struggle to manage difficult emotions or behaviors to such an extent that you are not getting the most out of life on a day-to-day basis. If you want a shorter term, concrete, skills-based approach, CBT is a great option. (By contrast, other types of therapy may devote more time to exploring your past and its effects.) The decision to seek CBT also depends on the condition you’re treating; CBT is an effective treatment for anxiety, depression, trauma, and many other disorders.
How can I find a cognitive behavioural therapist for someone else?
To find a cognitive behavioural therapist for someone else, you may want to begin by discussing the person’s problem, researching cognitive behavioural therapy, and assessing whether the approach is the right fit. You could then reach out to a few cognitive behavioral therapists in this directory, explain the scenario, have a consultation with those available, and determine who could be a good match.
Why is CBT such a popular form of therapy?
CBT has become a popular form of therapy because it is effective and accessible. Robust research has demonstrated that CBT is an effective treatment for many mental health conditions. And CBT can be learned in relatively few sessions, which means that many people can engage in the process, afford it, and see results quickly. It involves learning concrete skills such as disputing unhelpful thoughts; these skills can also be taught and spread widely.