Therapists in Nova Scotia
Strength Counselling Services
Counsellor, MEd, RCC, CCC, RSW, RP
Verified Verified
Amherst, NS B4H (Online Only)
We have combined our extensive professional experience with lessons learned from our own personal healing so we are capable of recognizing the depth of pain our clients experience.
We are an online counselling agency so do not provide services in person. Strength Counselling Services has licensed, experienced therapists who use evidence-based practices, prioritize client needs, and maintain ethical standards. We offer culturally sensitive, affordable services in a supportive environment. We offer a comprehensive goals assessment, regularly assess progress, and collaborate with other professionals. We provide transparency in our fees and for thirteen years now have held a positive reputation of trust, and client success. Lastly, ensuring our clients' privacy and confidentiality are of utmost importance to us.
We have combined our extensive professional experience with lessons learned from our own personal healing so we are capable of recognizing the depth of pain our clients experience.
We are an online counselling agency so do not provide services in person. Strength Counselling Services has licensed, experienced therapists who use evidence-based practices, prioritize client needs, and maintain ethical standards. We offer culturally sensitive, affordable services in a supportive environment. We offer a comprehensive goals assessment, regularly assess progress, and collaborate with other professionals. We provide transparency in our fees and for thirteen years now have held a positive reputation of trust, and client success. Lastly, ensuring our clients' privacy and confidentiality are of utmost importance to us.
Kelly A Copeland
Counsellor, MEd, RCT, CCC, BRec, CTRS
Verified Verified
Halifax, NS B3T (Online Only)
Some of the areas I provide counselling for include grief, anxiety, depression, trauma, dementia, burnout, chronic pain, life transitions and anger management.
Without a doubt, life is full of adversity, which can bring us to a place of distress and inner turmoil. I am a Registered Counselling Therapist who has had the honour of helping many souls find a sense of calm and hope amidst the many storms of life. I have been providing counselling services since 2012 and had a previous career as a Certified Recreation Therapist. My approach is one of genuine care and encouragement. I will provide you with a safe space to process your thoughts, feelings, and concerns. As you engage in the counselling process, you will find yourself developing a new awareness and clarity.
Some of the areas I provide counselling for include grief, anxiety, depression, trauma, dementia, burnout, chronic pain, life transitions and anger management.
Without a doubt, life is full of adversity, which can bring us to a place of distress and inner turmoil. I am a Registered Counselling Therapist who has had the honour of helping many souls find a sense of calm and hope amidst the many storms of life. I have been providing counselling services since 2012 and had a previous career as a Certified Recreation Therapist. My approach is one of genuine care and encouragement. I will provide you with a safe space to process your thoughts, feelings, and concerns. As you engage in the counselling process, you will find yourself developing a new awareness and clarity.
Strength Counselling Services
Counsellor, MEd, RCC, CCC, RSW, RP
Verified Verified
Halifax, NS B3K (Online Only)
We have combined our extensive professional experience with lessons learned from our own personal healing so we are capable of recognizing the depth of pain our clients experience.
We are an online counselling agency so do not provide services in person. Strength Counselling Services has licensed, experienced therapists who use evidence-based practices, prioritize client needs, and maintain ethical standards. We offer culturally sensitive, affordable services in a supportive environment. We offer a comprehensive goals assessment, regularly assess progress, and collaborate with other professionals. We provide transparency in our fees and for thirteen years now have held a positive reputation of trust, and client success. Lastly, ensuring our clients' privacy and confidentiality are of utmost importance to us.
We have combined our extensive professional experience with lessons learned from our own personal healing so we are capable of recognizing the depth of pain our clients experience.
We are an online counselling agency so do not provide services in person. Strength Counselling Services has licensed, experienced therapists who use evidence-based practices, prioritize client needs, and maintain ethical standards. We offer culturally sensitive, affordable services in a supportive environment. We offer a comprehensive goals assessment, regularly assess progress, and collaborate with other professionals. We provide transparency in our fees and for thirteen years now have held a positive reputation of trust, and client success. Lastly, ensuring our clients' privacy and confidentiality are of utmost importance to us.
Timothy R Walker
Counsellor, PhD, CCC, NSRCT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Halifax, NS B3H
I work from the perspective that everyone has basic healthiness, a natural yearning for brilliant sanity and the wisdom of wholeness as part of their being. Conditioning and confusion can obscure these endowments but they are never absent. My job is to help draw out this wisdom for healing that is already there, by encouraging awareness. I begin with client-centered listening that honours where you are now, and the change you want. I then move into more experiential work to facilitate transformation. The contract for change and the pace of change is always in the client's hands
I work from the perspective that everyone has basic healthiness, a natural yearning for brilliant sanity and the wisdom of wholeness as part of their being. Conditioning and confusion can obscure these endowments but they are never absent. My job is to help draw out this wisdom for healing that is already there, by encouraging awareness. I begin with client-centered listening that honours where you are now, and the change you want. I then move into more experiential work to facilitate transformation. The contract for change and the pace of change is always in the client's hands
Aulakh Psychological & Counselling Services
Psychologist
Verified Verified
Halifax, NS B3K
We are a team of experienced Registered Psychologists offering compassionate, collaborative and personalized care consistent with best practices. Together we offer services to clients of various ages and developmental stages. We work with children, adolescents, young adults, adults, parents and couples. We also work closely with individuals who work in or have worked in high risk settings such as veterans, first responders and corrections officers.
We are a team of experienced Registered Psychologists offering compassionate, collaborative and personalized care consistent with best practices. Together we offer services to clients of various ages and developmental stages. We work with children, adolescents, young adults, adults, parents and couples. We also work closely with individuals who work in or have worked in high risk settings such as veterans, first responders and corrections officers.
Ayesha Adeel
Counsellor, MD, MA, RCT-C, CCC, EMDR T
Verified Verified
Dartmouth, NS B3A
I am Registered Counselling Therapist - Candidate (RCT-C) and an EMDR Trained Therapist and working in the Halifax area. I provide holistic and trauma-informed counselling to individuals and couples in private practice setting. I specialize in Trauma and PTSD; depression; anxiety; and relationship issues. I work with older adolescents, adults, and elderly. I help people who are a survivor of trauma/abuse, or as someone who struggles with anxious relationships, or in finding their identity. I am compassionate about providing you the supportive, safe and non-judgmental environment to help you in disclosing your personal challenges.
I am Registered Counselling Therapist - Candidate (RCT-C) and an EMDR Trained Therapist and working in the Halifax area. I provide holistic and trauma-informed counselling to individuals and couples in private practice setting. I specialize in Trauma and PTSD; depression; anxiety; and relationship issues. I work with older adolescents, adults, and elderly. I help people who are a survivor of trauma/abuse, or as someone who struggles with anxious relationships, or in finding their identity. I am compassionate about providing you the supportive, safe and non-judgmental environment to help you in disclosing your personal challenges.
Dr. Arvin Simon
Psychologist, PhD, RPsych
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Halifax, NS B3H
Hello and welcome to you! Please contact me if you are seeking quality individual or couples psychotherapy. Healing begins when you can explore your thoughts, feelings, and relationship patterns without shame or judgment. We'll start with detailed assessment of your history, personality, abilities, and relationships. Next we develop a treatment plan for your unique situation. If you are willing to be open-minded, courageous and committed to learning, we can make positive changes. Good therapy will likely decrease your symptoms, AND also increase your confidence and skills, bring balance to relationships, and foster self-acceptance.
Hello and welcome to you! Please contact me if you are seeking quality individual or couples psychotherapy. Healing begins when you can explore your thoughts, feelings, and relationship patterns without shame or judgment. We'll start with detailed assessment of your history, personality, abilities, and relationships. Next we develop a treatment plan for your unique situation. If you are willing to be open-minded, courageous and committed to learning, we can make positive changes. Good therapy will likely decrease your symptoms, AND also increase your confidence and skills, bring balance to relationships, and foster self-acceptance.
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Chronic Pain Counsellors
How does chronic pain therapy work?
Engaging with a psychotherapist to help treat chronic pain does not mean that one’s pain is all in their head. Therapy for chronic-pain patients has been shown to benefit both the mind and the body, targeting physical symptoms and increasing daily functioning. In other words, for many, addressing their emotional health through therapy affects their physical health. A therapist can help a client challenge unhelpful thoughts about pain and develop new ways to respond to it, such as distraction or calming breathing techniques. Studies have found that therapy can be as effective as surgery for certain cases of chronic pain and many doctors recommend trying psychotherapy in advance of considering invasive surgery.
What are the most effective treatment options for chronic pain?
Stress, anxiety, depression, catastrophising, ruminating, lack of activity, and social withdrawal all make chronic pain worse. Addressing these issues, research shows, can help people gain control over their pain symptoms. Therapeutic approaches such as cognitive behavioural therapy, biofeedback, and mindfulness-based stress reduction, along with greater pain-management education, have been found to help people reduce fear and disability.
Are there new treatments for chronic pain?
Many cases of chronic pain, particularly those involving back pain, remain medically unexplained. But there is evidence that changes in the brain or nervous system are caused by previous physical ailments such as tissue damage; in such cases, the brain may continue to send out pain signals despite the physical cause having healed. To aid patients under these circumstances, a recently developed treatment known as pain reprocessing therapy (PRT) is designed to help the brain “unlearn” this response. A PRT practitioner helps individuals to reduce the “threat value” of their ongoing pain signals until they can reappraise them as less threatening and fear-inducing. They also help an individual to develop new emotional regulation skills.
How long does therapy for chronic pain take?
There is no set timeline for recovery from chronic pain, especially as there may be a range of physical and psychological causes for any individual’s discomfort, but most patients should expect to see a therapist for a number of weeks or months, typically spanning at least 12 sessions. Studies of pain reprocessing therapy found that many individuals’ experience of pain lessened in eight sessions over four weeks.