Therapists in K0K

I probably don't need to tell you this, but the last few years have been hard for everyone, and that doesn't begin to cover the unique struggles that each one of us faces. When we're faced with overwhelming problems like anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, and difficulty finding direction and meaning, it can feel like there's no way to manage these. Fortunately, there are many evidence based practices that can help us navigate external problems, understand our internal lives, and find direction by getting in touch with our values. When these practices work together, real healing and real change is possible.

I believe we all create narratives to explain and understand the reality we are in. Most of our narratives are unconscious and affect our judgement, behavior and actions. Are these narratives healthy, robust, creative, compassionate and loving? Some narratives we create to protect our younger selves from a perceived hostile environment may not be useful later on in life. My goal is to provide a safe listening space to help you figure out your narrative, why your story is what it is and what needs healing.

Typically I work with clients that want to improve their mental wellness and wellbeing through creativity. You and I together choose specific art activities that are clinically proven to be helpful to your specific concerns that you might enjoy and we explore what is helpful and find creative strategies to support improving your mental and physical well being. Art therapy for wellness is a creative journey between you and I, and also your own relationship with yourself to discover what may be helpful through creativity.

Are you feeling stuck or trapped? Is it hard for you to relax because you are worried and/or anxious about you and/or your child’s future? Feel like you have tried everything and often feel alone in your struggle?

Do you struggle with anger, anxiety, or low self esteem? Do you feel overwhelmed and have not been yourself lately? I acknowledge that the covid 19 pandemic has impacted everyone in their own unique way, you are not alone and change can occur. I am here offering a safe, non-judgemental, and compassionate space to discuss and explore these thoughts and feelings. I mostly use cognitive behaviour therapy to help clients explore how their current thoughts may be contributing to subsequent feelings and behaviours. I am currently working with adults.

I have a BSW, MSW and a degree in psychology with over a decade of experience in the human service field. I'm well suited to providing services to youth struggling with mental health challenges or developmental transitions. I specialize in treating children and youth within the child welfare system. I practice from a trauma informed, attachment theory perspective.

Are you struggling to find meaning and purpose in your life? Perhaps you feel overwhelmed, anxious, and unsure who to talk to. If you are curious to uncover motivations behind behaviors and bring awareness to how past life experience informs who you are today, we can explore more together in a judgment-free, non-hierarchical and empathetic environment.

You deserve to live a life that feels fulfilling, exciting, and full of connection to the things you love. If you are struggling with trauma/PTSD, anxiety, depression, postpartum/prenatal concerns, and/or addiction, I am here to help! It is important to me that all of my clients feel safe, supported, and accepted for who they are; I will make sure that you never have to doubt the validity of your goals or struggles. Healing is possible for you, and I am here to help you get there.

I help clients build practices that nurture spontaneity, creativity, wisdom, and fun. As an experienced psychotherapist, meditator and trained mindfulness coach, I work with individuals, couples and professionals invested in systematically learning and applying secular meditation techniques to a broad range of high-level goals related to performance, physical, mental, and emotional health, behaviour, relationships, psychospiritual growth, and service. Working one-on-one means we can focus on supporting the areas of your life most ready to grow. Strategies can be adapted, and various therapeutic modalities are drawn upon.

Do you want to let go of past experiences that prevent you from living in the present? Are you looking to rediscover your inner strengths and connect with a more resilient you? Maybe you are seeking a compassionate guide through some difficult life situations or a space you can release the pain you have been carrying. Whatever your reason for therapy, I am so glad you are here.

Hello! I'm Jennifer (she/her), and I aim to cultivate a space where you feel authentically seen, genuinely supported, accepted, and safe. My approach is collaborative and empowering— centring you as the expert of your unique lived experiences. I draw on various modalities, including Emotion Focussed Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy to support clients as they process their experiences, share their stories, and explore their identities, relationships, spirituality, and values.

My philosophy of care begins and ends with your needs. I want our work to be a collaborative process where you and your comfort are at the epicentre of our journey together. My approach to conversations about mental health come from a desire to restore and reclaim the idea of health to mean our own personalized desires, values and best hopes. Having these kinds of conversations might mean re-evaluating what “health” means, and identifying the ways that preconceived ideas of health have caused harm. My philosophy of care includes setting a pace that fits your needs and fostering feelings of empowerment and self-growth.

Many individuals can experience symptoms associated with painful and traumatic circumstances. Anxiety, fear, low self-esteem and hopelessness are a few emotions that can linger after post traumatic events or in life in general. I will work with you in processing these emotions and guide you through the process of grief and healing. Through counselling and treatment, I am able to help you move towards the motivation, perspective, and joy that you once had in your life, or perhaps is something you have never experienced and is something you would like to explore.

I am seeing clients in Picton and online and occasionally in Toronto. I graduated in 1996 from two schools whose training requires therapists to do their own work before treating others. The approach is a relational psychotherapy and is a very effective method brought to Toronto in the 1970's. I am pleased to offer it in PEC beginning 2021. I have been working individually with adults, children and youth for 30 years in Toronto before relocating to Picton. I help clients with communicating their feelings in difficult relationships and with understanding themselves. Along with talking, I use art to help clients express themselves.

I aim to form therapeutic relationships with individuals (12yrs +) and families, to understand their situations, and offer support to manage stressors and remove barriers. My areas of expertise are; anxiety, depression, grief, loss, anger, relational trauma, stress, burnout, and chronic pain.