Location
Toronto, ON M6R
Offers online therapy
I have immediate openings for tele-therapy (video or phone sessions) and would be honoured to support you during this time of uncertainty.
About
If you are looking for a therapist who is warm, open-minded and engaging you’ve come to the right place. With clarity and compassion, I will support you to set and reach goals, break habitual patterns and find better ways of coping with the pain and stress of life. Most humans experience emotional suffering and have unwelcome thoughts. We get stuck in the past, worry about the future and have relationship challenges. We doubt ourselves and engage in painful self-criticism. When it's safely possible, I will return to in person practice in the Parkdale Highpark neighbourhood.
I work with clients on a variety of issues big and small. Some have struggled for years with symptoms of depression, anxiety and low-self esteem while others have experienced a recent change or event. I draw from the science and theories of Mindfulness, Compassion-Focused Psychotherapy (ACT, DBT, CFT), and Emotion Focused/Sensorimotor Therapy.
My training and experience qualify me to practise psychotherapy, but who I am as a human, my life experience, and my ability to connect with people is what enables me to build successful therapeutic relationships with clients. To be sure we're a good fit, I offer a free phone consultation.
Email Allison McColl Brooks for a free 15 minute consultation now
Finances
- Session Fee: $120 per session
- Sliding Scale: Yes
Pay By:
ACH Bank transfer, Cash, Cheque, Mastercard, Visa
Any extended health benefit plan that covers Psychotherapy will cover our sessions.
Email me or call with questions.
Qualifications
- Years in Practice: 5 Years
- Licence: Ontario / 008569
- School: Yorkville University
- Year Graduated: 2019
Additional Credentials
- Degree: George Brown College / Diploma in Social Service Work
- Year graduated: 2015
- Degree: University of Guelph / BA, Philosophy
- Year graduated: 2000
Endorsements
"Allison is warm, attuned and highly effective as a therapist and I would recommend her to anyone looking for a new therapist!"
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP
Registered Psychotherapist, MEd, RP
Location
Toronto, ON M6R
Offers online therapy
Specialties
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Coping Skills
Issues
- ADHD
- Alcohol Use
- Eating Disorders
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Parenting
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Stress
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women's Issues
Sexuality
- Bisexual
- LGBTQ+
- Lesbian
Client Focus
Faith:
Other Spiritual or Religious Affiliations
Age
- Adults
Communities
- Bisexual Allied
- Body Positivity
- Gay Allied
- Lesbian Allied
- Non-Binary Allied
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Queer Allied
- Racial Justice Allied
- Sex Worker Allied
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Transgender Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Attachment-based
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Emotionally Focused
- Family Systems
- Feminist
- Humanistic
- Integrative
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Interpersonal
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Multicultural
- Narrative
- Person-Centered
- Positive Psychology
- Relational
- Sensorimotor
- Somatic
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Modality
- Individuals
Last Modified: 30 Nov 2022