Therapists in N5P

We Would Be a Good Fit If: You’re seeking a relatable, genuine, and non-judgmental space for you to be you, cultivating a safe place for change and growth to occur; You’re looking to build insights into your own behaviour and experiences; understand root causes to address challenges and create new opportunities; You’ve experienced trauma or loss and would like to integrate healing by learning coping strategies, mindfulness and grounding techniques; You would like to live your best life in alignment of your personal goals and values

You don’t recognize yourself anymore, and it’s getting harder to pretend you’re ok. Stress has taken over your life. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. You had plans that haven’t worked out as easily as they seem to for everyone around you. You’re exhausted. It takes everything in you to do what used to be the most basic tasks. Every time you think you might be feeling a bit better, you seem to get knocked down again and again. You’re feeling overwhelmed as you try to process it all alone. This journey wasn’t a choice for you. I see your strength, courage and resilience to overcome life’s challenges.

I became passionate about social work after practicing family law for many years and watching the court system fail parents and children experiencing separation and divorce. I have since completed my MSW to focus on therapeutic and collaborative co-parenting work, mediation, and help individuals navigate high-conflict separation and divorce, and healthy parenting post-divorce. I also enjoy helping individuals with anxiety, perfectionism, self-esteem, academic and career issues. Moreover, I have experience in supporting parents with their children’s learning disabilities, school, and issues with peers.

Teens and young adults have so much going on and can really struggle. Even when they look good on the outside. Between school stuff, friend drama, boyfriends, girlfriends, breakups, jobs, sports, and trying to cope and manage with everything coming their way, it's no wonder they blow up, shut down, and lose it. And when parents try to help, they're "nagging" or "don't understand." Counselling can help them find their way back. I work teens to help figure things out and manage their big feelings in a healthier way, letting them feel more in control, reduce anxiety and depression, and help get them back on track.

You're feeling sad, alone, anxious, and things are harder than they need to be. You can't figure things out and things are getting worse. Maybe the coping skills you've always tried aren't working anymore. Whether the issues are related to relationships, boundaries, self-confidence, your job, or you really don't know what's making you feel this way, you know something has to change. I'm here to help you understand what's happening, explore what you really want, and work on strategies to help you manage whatever you have going. Together we can figure things out, get unstuck, and move forward in your life.

I specialize in working with adults, children, and teens who are struggling with Neurodiversity, relationship issues, anxiety, depression, stress, and school or work difficulties. I enjoy working with families, children, teens and adults, who have FASD or are on the Autism Spectrum Disorder as well as ADHD . I also work with men who have difficulty with anger that impact their work, relationships, and daily lives to help them understand what's going on and how to make changes that actually work. Life is hard enough, dealing with our personal stuff can make it harder. I'm here to listen without judgment, and help you do you.

I became a School Psychologist because I want to help students discover their strengths and to be able to help them to understand how they best learn. I want to help parents to know why their child is having difficulty and to understand what can be done to help the child.

You’re getting calls from the school about your child. If he even makes it to school. Your sweet little baby is almost unrecognizable. She hates herself, she hates you, and you’re an idiot for trying to help. He spends most of his time in his room glued to the phone or ignoring you. You can’t figure out what’s going on, you're frustrated, tired, and at a loss as a parent as to how to help. I get it. Parenting is hard sometimes. If your child or adolescent is struggling with issues around peer relationships, anxiety, depression, school, parental separation, gender identity, ADHD, and other types of neurodiversity, I can help.

As a therapist specializing in high-conflict separation, parenting coordination, mediation, co-parenting counselling, parental alienation, Family Reunification Therapy, and custody access evaluations and assessments, I've worked with hundreds of families who have struggled through the separation process to become successful co-parents. As a practice owner, we also work with children who's parents are considering or involved in the court process to give them space and a voice of their own. I also work with people who have to deal with high conflict people or relationships to develop better coping and conflict resolution skills.

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Accepting New Clients! I am a Registered Mental Health Nurse and psychotherapist offering services for adolescents and adults. Psychotherapy is used to treat symptoms of depression, anxiety, substance use disorders, trauma (PTSD), grief, major life transitions, and relationship problems. If these are some of your struggles you have done the hardest part, looking for support and trying something different. Life gets hard and we are not meant to navigate it alone. If you are here it means you are ready to learn more about yourself, what is troubling you, and new ways to deal with your challenges.

You’re getting calls from the school about your child. That’s if he even makes it to school. Your sweet little baby is almost unrecognizable. She hates herself, she hates you, and you’re an idiot for trying to help. He spends most of his time in his room glued to the phone or yelling at you. And you can’t figure out what’s going on. Or maybe you're struggling issues around parenting, post-partum issues, or your own relationships. Your anxiety is out of control, you feel hopeless, you know something has to change. Adulting is hard.

As a clinical Social Worker, I provide a safe space for individuals to open up about their challenges, utilizing a variety of therapeutic strategies and interventions to help elevate people's lives so they can have better opportunities to live an authentic and fulfilling life. My lived experiences are incorporated into my clinical work to support others in connecting “head to heart” in challenging and dismantling the many social constructs people often feel they need to uphold. As you begin to lean into the vulnerability of speaking your truth, the awakening journey begins.

Sometimes men are great at pretending everything's fine – even when life is falling apart. Trying to carry the weight of the world all by yourself is a sure path to depression, anger issues, self-medicating, lashing out, and increased stress and physical symptoms. Whether you're trying to figure out what your partner wants (what does she mean by "communicate better" anyway?), or you're needing to talk through personal, work, or family issues, I can help you get to a better place. If you're worried that you're the only one, don't. There is literally nothing you can tell me that I haven't heard or worked with before.

Having kids is amazing and wonderful. And very, very hard. No one really talks about how hard it is, which makes the rest of us feel like we're doing something wrong. The baby you walked the floor with at night is gone. You have no idea what changed and sometimes you have no idea what's going on. That sweet baby has become a sassy tween, a grunting teen, or is struggling in some way. It's affecting your relationship, your work, and (most importantly!) YOU. Your parenting style isn't working, or you're not sure you ever had one. Whether you want to work on you, your relationships, or your parenting, I would love to help.

Most of us men have been taught that we have to manage things by ourselves. To hide our feelings. Or we don't have feelings. Guess what that leads to? Anger, irritability, relationship issues, work problems, and trouble connecting with our kids, friends, and partners. Maybe drinking too much and checking out, too. Or cheating on our partner, because it's easier than trying to figure out what's going on at home. Maybe you don't even realize how bad things have gotten until your partner tells you that you "can't communicate", you're messing up, and now you have no idea what to do and you're defensive and confused.

I am a Registered Social Worker who has been providing counselling and psychotherapy services for over 10 years. I use an integrative approach to practice, using a variety of methods to fit the unique needs of each person I work with. I am trained in CBT, EMDR and Somatic Experiencing. I have experience in working with a broad spectrum of issues, with extensive experience in working with trauma, co-occurring mental health and physical health symptoms, anxiety, depression and grief. My goal is to assist people in feeling more like they want to feel so that they can live balanced and well lives.

Life is filled with many challenges. We all use coping mechanisms that appear to make sense for these challenges. Sometimes these coping mechanisms stop working or cause us other difficulties when they are used for longer periods of time. I provide a safe and comfortable environment in which we can work together to develop skills and strategies that lead to change that can be maintained over the long-term. I am trained to offer Jon Kabat-Zinn's Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and have facilitated many treatment groups using these techniques. Mindfulness groups currently on hold.