Homewood Health Therapists in Halifax, NS
You do not have to be in crisis to benefit from therapy. Many of the people I work with are navigating something quieter but just as heavy: a transition they did not expect, a pattern they cannot seem to break, a version of themselves they are trying to grow into. I work with children, adolescents, and adults across all stages of life. Whether a child building confidence, a teen finding their footing socially, or an adult moving through change and uncertainty, I meet each person where they are and build from there.
You do not have to be in crisis to benefit from therapy. Many of the people I work with are navigating something quieter but just as heavy: a transition they did not expect, a pattern they cannot seem to break, a version of themselves they are trying to grow into. I work with children, adolescents, and adults across all stages of life. Whether a child building confidence, a teen finding their footing socially, or an adult moving through change and uncertainty, I meet each person where they are and build from there.
Many people have already talked their stories through. The goal here isn’t to endlessly process - it’s to heal. We go beneath coping and analysis, carefully deconstruct what’s holding you in place and rebuild from the foundation up. I am a Registered Psychotherapist (Q) supporting adults, couples, and adolescents through trauma, neurodivergence, self-esteem issues, trauma, life transitions, abuse, and attachment-based challenges. My approach is grounded in evidence-based practices. Many of my clients have experienced therapy before but are ready for a deeper layer of healing. I provide a comforting space to heal while growing.
Many people have already talked their stories through. The goal here isn’t to endlessly process - it’s to heal. We go beneath coping and analysis, carefully deconstruct what’s holding you in place and rebuild from the foundation up. I am a Registered Psychotherapist (Q) supporting adults, couples, and adolescents through trauma, neurodivergence, self-esteem issues, trauma, life transitions, abuse, and attachment-based challenges. My approach is grounded in evidence-based practices. Many of my clients have experienced therapy before but are ready for a deeper layer of healing. I provide a comforting space to heal while growing.
Healing often begins with learning to treat yourself with the same compassion you already offer everyone else. I work with adolescents and adults navigating anxiety, low self-esteem, body image concerns, perfectionism, work stress, and relationship challenges. My clients often arrive feeling disconnected from themselves, struggling to trust their own voice or feel confident in who they are. Whether you are dealing with social pressure, family dynamics, dating, or the quiet weight of self-criticism, this is a space where you can begin to reconnect with yourself.
Healing often begins with learning to treat yourself with the same compassion you already offer everyone else. I work with adolescents and adults navigating anxiety, low self-esteem, body image concerns, perfectionism, work stress, and relationship challenges. My clients often arrive feeling disconnected from themselves, struggling to trust their own voice or feel confident in who they are. Whether you are dealing with social pressure, family dynamics, dating, or the quiet weight of self-criticism, this is a space where you can begin to reconnect with yourself.
You know something needs to change, but you are not sure where to start. Maybe you are exhausted from the pressure of work, running on empty, or moving through a transition that has left you feeling unsteady. I work with adults navigating anxiety, burnout, stress, depression, and life transitions, including career changes, relationship shifts, and those stretching moments of uncertainty about what comes next. If you have spent years putting everyone else first and are ready to understand yourself better and build a life with more clarity and balance, you are in the right place.
You know something needs to change, but you are not sure where to start. Maybe you are exhausted from the pressure of work, running on empty, or moving through a transition that has left you feeling unsteady. I work with adults navigating anxiety, burnout, stress, depression, and life transitions, including career changes, relationship shifts, and those stretching moments of uncertainty about what comes next. If you have spent years putting everyone else first and are ready to understand yourself better and build a life with more clarity and balance, you are in the right place.
Hello, my name is Patricia. My practice is compassionate and client-centered, dedicated to supporting individuals through life’s challenges. Whether you are feeling anxious, overwhelmed, grieving, stuck, or simply in need of someone to talk to, I offer a supportive and welcoming space where you can explore your concerns, work through what is currently happening in your life, heal from past experiences, and develop healthier ways of coping.
Hello, my name is Patricia. My practice is compassionate and client-centered, dedicated to supporting individuals through life’s challenges. Whether you are feeling anxious, overwhelmed, grieving, stuck, or simply in need of someone to talk to, I offer a supportive and welcoming space where you can explore your concerns, work through what is currently happening in your life, heal from past experiences, and develop healthier ways of coping.
The ways we learn to cope often make perfect sense given what we have been through. Over time, those same patterns can leave us feeling stuck, disconnected, or overwhelmed. I work with individuals and couples navigating trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, attachment injuries, infidelity, and the lasting effects of sexual abuse and assault. If you are caught in patterns you cannot seem to shift, or carrying something that has never felt fully safe to explore, this is a space built for exactly that work.
The ways we learn to cope often make perfect sense given what we have been through. Over time, those same patterns can leave us feeling stuck, disconnected, or overwhelmed. I work with individuals and couples navigating trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, attachment injuries, infidelity, and the lasting effects of sexual abuse and assault. If you are caught in patterns you cannot seem to shift, or carrying something that has never felt fully safe to explore, this is a space built for exactly that work.
I believe therapy should feel like a supportive, non-judgmental space where you can show up as you are. My approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded in genuine connection. I work with addiction and Borderline Personality Disorder, as well as clients navigating anxiety, stress, self-esteem challenges, relationship difficulties, and life transitions, with a particular focus on adolescents and young adults building self-understanding. I aim to help clients feel understood while building insight, emotional regulation, and healthier coping strategies, at a pace that feels right for each person.
I believe therapy should feel like a supportive, non-judgmental space where you can show up as you are. My approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded in genuine connection. I work with addiction and Borderline Personality Disorder, as well as clients navigating anxiety, stress, self-esteem challenges, relationship difficulties, and life transitions, with a particular focus on adolescents and young adults building self-understanding. I aim to help clients feel understood while building insight, emotional regulation, and healthier coping strategies, at a pace that feels right for each person.
Starting therapy can feel like a big step, and it makes sense to feel uncertain about it. I work with adults navigating relationship challenges, anxiety, self-esteem struggles, and major life transitions, including the moments where you feel stuck and are not quite sure what comes next. My clients often arrive knowing something needs to change but unsure where to begin. That uncertainty is not a problem to fix before we start. It is exactly where we begin, together, at a pace that feels right for you.
Starting therapy can feel like a big step, and it makes sense to feel uncertain about it. I work with adults navigating relationship challenges, anxiety, self-esteem struggles, and major life transitions, including the moments where you feel stuck and are not quite sure what comes next. My clients often arrive knowing something needs to change but unsure where to begin. That uncertainty is not a problem to fix before we start. It is exactly where we begin, together, at a pace that feels right for you.
Some of us feel challenged by anxiety, depression, or anger. Some by the relationships in our lives with partners, family, or in the workplace. Parenting never fails to challenge our best intentions, or we can also find ourselves repeating behaviours and ways of thinking that no longer work for us. My clients are typically active partners in change – sometimes to change those habitual behaviours or ways of thinking, sometimes to interact more effectively, sometimes to nourish personal growth, and sometimes just to clarify and explore.
Some of us feel challenged by anxiety, depression, or anger. Some by the relationships in our lives with partners, family, or in the workplace. Parenting never fails to challenge our best intentions, or we can also find ourselves repeating behaviours and ways of thinking that no longer work for us. My clients are typically active partners in change – sometimes to change those habitual behaviours or ways of thinking, sometimes to interact more effectively, sometimes to nourish personal growth, and sometimes just to clarify and explore.
I consider myself to be an eclectic practitioner. I employ many different therapeutic approaches including: Narrative, CBT, Solution Focused, Trauma Informed therapies, Mindfulness practices, ACT and Behavioural Modification strategies. I tend to work primarily from a Narrative Therapy approach, which is an approach to counselling that seeks to be respectful and non-blaming. It centres the client as the expert in their own lives and views problems as separate from the client themselves. Narrative Therapists assume clients have many skills, competencies, beliefs, values, commitments and abilities that will assist them in reducing the influence of problems in their own lives.
I consider myself to be an eclectic practitioner. I employ many different therapeutic approaches including: Narrative, CBT, Solution Focused, Trauma Informed therapies, Mindfulness practices, ACT and Behavioural Modification strategies. I tend to work primarily from a Narrative Therapy approach, which is an approach to counselling that seeks to be respectful and non-blaming. It centres the client as the expert in their own lives and views problems as separate from the client themselves. Narrative Therapists assume clients have many skills, competencies, beliefs, values, commitments and abilities that will assist them in reducing the influence of problems in their own lives.
You might be a parent watching your child struggle at school and not knowing how to help. You might be managing your own ADHD diagnosis later in life, or trying to hold everything together while caring for your kids and your aging parents at the same time. Maybe it is anxiety, depression, or just the quiet exhaustion of feeling like too much is always on your plate. Whatever brought you here, you do not have to figure it out alone. I work with children, teens, and adults who are ready to understand themselves better and build something that actually lasts.
You might be a parent watching your child struggle at school and not knowing how to help. You might be managing your own ADHD diagnosis later in life, or trying to hold everything together while caring for your kids and your aging parents at the same time. Maybe it is anxiety, depression, or just the quiet exhaustion of feeling like too much is always on your plate. Whatever brought you here, you do not have to figure it out alone. I work with children, teens, and adults who are ready to understand themselves better and build something that actually lasts.
Feeling lost, stuck, or out of alignment in your career? These transitions often stir deeper questions of identity and purpose. I use a feminist, somatic and hands on approach. There’s no quick fix or one right path. In my career counselling, I use a transpersonal, psychospiritual approach that honours your intuition, practical life and the archetypes shaping your journey. Together, we’ll explore your inner landscape and reconnect with what feels truly aligned, so you can move forward with clarity, trust, and a deeper sense of purpose. Instead of endless talk therapy, I use a hands-on action-oriented technique called EFT tapping.
Feeling lost, stuck, or out of alignment in your career? These transitions often stir deeper questions of identity and purpose. I use a feminist, somatic and hands on approach. There’s no quick fix or one right path. In my career counselling, I use a transpersonal, psychospiritual approach that honours your intuition, practical life and the archetypes shaping your journey. Together, we’ll explore your inner landscape and reconnect with what feels truly aligned, so you can move forward with clarity, trust, and a deeper sense of purpose. Instead of endless talk therapy, I use a hands-on action-oriented technique called EFT tapping.
You might be navigating ADHD, anxiety, or depression and feeling out of step with everyone around you. You might be a parent trying to understand what your child is experiencing, or an adult facing the pressure of school, career decisions, or figuring out who you are. I work with clients of all ages, drawing on my background as both an educator and a therapist to understand not just what you are feeling, but the systems and pressures shaping it. We start with your nervous system, and build from there.
You might be navigating ADHD, anxiety, or depression and feeling out of step with everyone around you. You might be a parent trying to understand what your child is experiencing, or an adult facing the pressure of school, career decisions, or figuring out who you are. I work with clients of all ages, drawing on my background as both an educator and a therapist to understand not just what you are feeling, but the systems and pressures shaping it. We start with your nervous system, and build from there.
I work with adults navigating life transitions, including infidelity, separation or divorce, grief, identity shifts, and major relational changes. I also support clients with bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, PTSD, and complex trauma. I provide sex therapy, including support around desire, intimacy, sexual functioning, communication, and relationship dynamics. I also work with couples navigating ENM, infidelity, intimacy concerns, and relational repair.
I work with adults navigating life transitions, including infidelity, separation or divorce, grief, identity shifts, and major relational changes. I also support clients with bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, PTSD, and complex trauma. I provide sex therapy, including support around desire, intimacy, sexual functioning, communication, and relationship dynamics. I also work with couples navigating ENM, infidelity, intimacy concerns, and relational repair.
You might be navigating anxiety, OCD, depression, or a life transition that has left you feeling stuck or unsure of yourself. I work with adolescents and adults aged 13 and up on a range of concerns including relationship difficulties, self-esteem challenges, and the kind of stress that builds quietly until it becomes hard to ignore. My clients often arrive knowing something needs to change but not quite knowing where to start. That is exactly where we begin, together, at a pace that works for you.
You might be navigating anxiety, OCD, depression, or a life transition that has left you feeling stuck or unsure of yourself. I work with adolescents and adults aged 13 and up on a range of concerns including relationship difficulties, self-esteem challenges, and the kind of stress that builds quietly until it becomes hard to ignore. My clients often arrive knowing something needs to change but not quite knowing where to start. That is exactly where we begin, together, at a pace that works for you.
EMDR, Trauma, 2SLGBTQ, ADHD, Autism, Relationships
Registered Provisional Psychologist, MACP
Online Only
I offer virtual/online sessions in English for individual adults and late adolescents who would like to explore or work together on a variety of issues that include trauma of various kinds, emotional regulation, 2S.LGBTQIA+ and gender issues, neurodiversity (including ADHD and Autism Spectrum), relationships and sexual issues (including non-monogamy and kink), self-esteem and self-exploration, men's issues, and sport/performance issues, amongst others. I work best with people who are motivated to heal, grow, change, and learn, and who want to understand themselves and to be understood.
I offer virtual/online sessions in English for individual adults and late adolescents who would like to explore or work together on a variety of issues that include trauma of various kinds, emotional regulation, 2S.LGBTQIA+ and gender issues, neurodiversity (including ADHD and Autism Spectrum), relationships and sexual issues (including non-monogamy and kink), self-esteem and self-exploration, men's issues, and sport/performance issues, amongst others. I work best with people who are motivated to heal, grow, change, and learn, and who want to understand themselves and to be understood.
Elizabeth Berlasso
Counsellor, MEd, RCT, SEP, CCC
4 Endorsed
Halifax, NS B3H
Waitlist for new clients
Taking new clients for in-person appts. A 15-min. free consult by phone is available. Online appointments are available on Tuesdays and Thursday mornings. My approach to therapy is rooted in the view that people have an inherent capacity for healthiness. I will work with you to uncover that wellbeing again so that you can live the life you deserve with more vitality and authenticity whether you suffer from chronic illness, the burden of a traumatic injury or complex trauma, a diagnosis of PTSD, anxiety, depression, unprocessed grief, or the malaise that comes from being over-stressed and not coping as well as you'd like.
Taking new clients for in-person appts. A 15-min. free consult by phone is available. Online appointments are available on Tuesdays and Thursday mornings. My approach to therapy is rooted in the view that people have an inherent capacity for healthiness. I will work with you to uncover that wellbeing again so that you can live the life you deserve with more vitality and authenticity whether you suffer from chronic illness, the burden of a traumatic injury or complex trauma, a diagnosis of PTSD, anxiety, depression, unprocessed grief, or the malaise that comes from being over-stressed and not coping as well as you'd like.
Many people have already talked their stories through. The goal here isn’t to endlessly process - it’s to heal. We go beneath coping and analysis, carefully deconstruct what’s holding you in place and rebuild from the foundation up. I am a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) supporting adults, couples, and adolescents through trauma, neurodivergence, OCD, personality disorders, attachment-based challenges and more. My approach is grounded in evidence-based practices. Many of my clients have experienced therapy before but are ready for a deeper layer of healing. I provide a comforting space to heal while growing.
Many people have already talked their stories through. The goal here isn’t to endlessly process - it’s to heal. We go beneath coping and analysis, carefully deconstruct what’s holding you in place and rebuild from the foundation up. I am a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) supporting adults, couples, and adolescents through trauma, neurodivergence, OCD, personality disorders, attachment-based challenges and more. My approach is grounded in evidence-based practices. Many of my clients have experienced therapy before but are ready for a deeper layer of healing. I provide a comforting space to heal while growing.
You go to work and do things most people cannot imagine. Either way, you come home carrying more than you show.
Whether you are a paramedic, a police officer, or a professional running on empty the pattern is the same: functioning on the outside, struggling underneath.
For first responders and military members, this work is also personal. I served eight years as a US military reservist. I understand the culture you operate in and why asking for help inside that culture is its own kind of courage.
I am Iffy Nwankwo, Registered Counselling Therapist in Nova Scotia and founder of Hartwell Counselling Therapy Group (HCTG ).
You go to work and do things most people cannot imagine. Either way, you come home carrying more than you show.
Whether you are a paramedic, a police officer, or a professional running on empty the pattern is the same: functioning on the outside, struggling underneath.
For first responders and military members, this work is also personal. I served eight years as a US military reservist. I understand the culture you operate in and why asking for help inside that culture is its own kind of courage.
I am Iffy Nwankwo, Registered Counselling Therapist in Nova Scotia and founder of Hartwell Counselling Therapy Group (HCTG ).
Starting therapy can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to do it alone. As a Registered Social Worker and Registered Psychotherapist, I bring both clinical depth and a warm, down-to-earth presence. I know how hard it can be to begin. I’ll meet you where you are, and we’ll face the hard things together - at your pace, with compassion and clarity.
Starting therapy can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to do it alone. As a Registered Social Worker and Registered Psychotherapist, I bring both clinical depth and a warm, down-to-earth presence. I know how hard it can be to begin. I’ll meet you where you are, and we’ll face the hard things together - at your pace, with compassion and clarity.
