Location
Offers online therapy
Please note that I am following the COVID-19 recommendations. I screen all in-person and I offer online/phone sessions. Thank you
About
I believe individuals have the ability to reach their goals through a supportive, caring, collaborative, and responsive therapeutic relationship. Healthy coping and mental health are critical to overcoming life's stressors and obstacles. Working with a mental health professional can assist you to deal with these stressors and move your life forward in a healthy and positive direction. I believe in using an integrated model of therapy that is client directed and culturally appropriate. I use the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics to inform assessment and practice. I base treatment on client's neurodevelopmental functioning and response.
I am a Registered Psychologist, Certified Play Therapist, and Canadian Certified Counsellor. I offer a variety of services including therapy and assessment that can assist you to achieve your goals. I provide services to children as young as 3 years old, adolescents, adults, and families (Attachment based - Theraplay).
As a Certified Play Therapist, I believe play is a key mechanism in communication for children. Through play, children can explore and express their inner thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Play Therapy provides a forum for resolution of a number of childhood developmental disorders and mental health struggles including trauma.
Call or Email Maribela Arruda-Block for a free 15 minute consultation now - (855) 748-1944
Finances
- Session Fee: $150 per session
- Sliding Scale: Yes
Pay By:
Cash, Cheque, Mastercard, Visa
Qualifications
- Licence: Alberta / 4389
- School: University of Manitoba
- Year Graduated: 2003
Additional Credentials
- Certificate: Canadian Association for Child and Play Therapy / CPT-AB-362
- Certificate Date: 2010
- Certificate: Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association / 1510
- Certificate Date: 2009
Endorsements
"Maribela is a highly trained professional specializing in trauma in children. I have seen her excellent work firsthand with children and their families. I often recommend her for families struggling with their child's behaviour."
Location
Offers online therapy
Specialties
- Child
- Trauma and PTSD
- Testing and Evaluation
Issues
- ADHD
- Addiction
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Behavioural Issues
- Career Guidance
- Depression
- Developmental Disorders
- Divorce
- Domestic Violence
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Emotional Disturbance
- Grief
- Intellectual Disability
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Substance Use
- Transgender
Mental Health
- Mood Disorders
- Thinking Disorders
Sexuality
- Bisexual
- LGBTQ+
- Lesbian
Client Focus
Ethnicity:
Indigenous Peoples and Other Racial or Ethnic Background
I also speak:
Portuguese
Age
- Elders (65+)
- Adults
- Teen
- Preteen
- Children (6 to 10)
- Toddler
Communities
- Bisexual Allied
- Cancer
- Gay Allied
- HIV / AIDS Allied
- Lesbian Allied
- Transgender Allied
- Veterans
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- I provide online sessions through Skype/Facetime
- Integrative
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Narrative
- Play Therapy
- Psychological Testing and Evaluation
- Sandplay
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Trauma Focused
Modality
- Individuals
- Family
- Group
Last Modified: 11 Jul 2022
(855) 748-1944