Geriatric Therapists in Ancaster, ON
My passion is to help people regain their inner peace and happiness to live a pleasurable fulfilled life. Life is full of ups, downs and challenges that we are often not prepared for. It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but the what matters comes from how many times you get up. I believe the greatest accomplishment is who you become while picking yourself back up. Each new day gives you a fresh start to get back on track and to have the courage to rebuild yourself the way you desire. In therapy we would work collaboratively to address your needs and to determine how best to meet these needs.
My passion is to help people regain their inner peace and happiness to live a pleasurable fulfilled life. Life is full of ups, downs and challenges that we are often not prepared for. It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but the what matters comes from how many times you get up. I believe the greatest accomplishment is who you become while picking yourself back up. Each new day gives you a fresh start to get back on track and to have the courage to rebuild yourself the way you desire. In therapy we would work collaboratively to address your needs and to determine how best to meet these needs.
Hi, I’m Ellie, a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and founder of Colourful Cortex Counselling. Based in Ancaster, I support clients across the lifespan both in-person and virtually across Ontario. I aim to provide a safe, supportive space to navigate life’s challenges and foster meaningful growth. My approach is collaborative and affirming, helping clients better understand themselves and work with their brains, not against them.
Hi, I’m Ellie, a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and founder of Colourful Cortex Counselling. Based in Ancaster, I support clients across the lifespan both in-person and virtually across Ontario. I aim to provide a safe, supportive space to navigate life’s challenges and foster meaningful growth. My approach is collaborative and affirming, helping clients better understand themselves and work with their brains, not against them.
Do you struggle with anxiety, depression, anger, overspending, emotional eating? Have you experienced cancer or are you supporting a loved one who is? Do these challenges affect your relationships and self-worth? Maybe you are feeling exhausted and overwhelmed just making it through the day and trying to please everyone in your life except yourself. If this feels like you, I am here to help. In our sessions, we will work collaboratively to help you understand and untangle your thoughts, feelings and core beliefs so you can live a more joyful and peaceful life.
Do you struggle with anxiety, depression, anger, overspending, emotional eating? Have you experienced cancer or are you supporting a loved one who is? Do these challenges affect your relationships and self-worth? Maybe you are feeling exhausted and overwhelmed just making it through the day and trying to please everyone in your life except yourself. If this feels like you, I am here to help. In our sessions, we will work collaboratively to help you understand and untangle your thoughts, feelings and core beliefs so you can live a more joyful and peaceful life.
Erin Stirling - Anxiety, Burnout, Life Transitions
Registered Social Worker, RSW, MSW
Ancaster, ON L9G
I work with adults who are feeling overwhelmed or stuck and wanting to see and feel a shift in their life. If you’re balancing the demands of caregiving, parenting, work, or simply trying to keep up with the day to day pressures of life - you’re not alone. Let’s work together to enrich your mental health, build coping strategies and reclaim your wellbeing.
I work with adults who are feeling overwhelmed or stuck and wanting to see and feel a shift in their life. If you’re balancing the demands of caregiving, parenting, work, or simply trying to keep up with the day to day pressures of life - you’re not alone. Let’s work together to enrich your mental health, build coping strategies and reclaim your wellbeing.
Are you carrying something that can’t be fixed—but wondering if it could feel lighter? You might be grieving, living with chronic or terminal illness, navigating disability, or feeling lost in a major life shift. Maybe you’re wondering if anyone could truly understand. At Find Joy, we meet you in the truth of what’s hard—not to change the unchangeable, but to help you hold it with more self-compassion, and even moments of lightness. Our clients want to feel truly seen, to reconnect with what matters, and to gently, gradually, find joy.
Are you carrying something that can’t be fixed—but wondering if it could feel lighter? You might be grieving, living with chronic or terminal illness, navigating disability, or feeling lost in a major life shift. Maybe you’re wondering if anyone could truly understand. At Find Joy, we meet you in the truth of what’s hard—not to change the unchangeable, but to help you hold it with more self-compassion, and even moments of lightness. Our clients want to feel truly seen, to reconnect with what matters, and to gently, gradually, find joy.
The Centre for Psychodynamic Insights is a virtual psychotherapy clinic specializing in Psychodynamic psychotherapy. This approach focuses on revealing, understanding, and resolving underlying emotions and root causes of symptoms through evidence-based interventions and a comprehensive treatment plan. With an in-depth collaborative discussion and analysis of unconscious thoughts and emotions from childhood until the present day, we can explore how they inform us today to help relieve symptoms and develop targeted strategies to foster change.
The Centre for Psychodynamic Insights is a virtual psychotherapy clinic specializing in Psychodynamic psychotherapy. This approach focuses on revealing, understanding, and resolving underlying emotions and root causes of symptoms through evidence-based interventions and a comprehensive treatment plan. With an in-depth collaborative discussion and analysis of unconscious thoughts and emotions from childhood until the present day, we can explore how they inform us today to help relieve symptoms and develop targeted strategies to foster change.
I provide individual, couples & family therapy to children, youth & adults. Deciding to seek therapy is an important step forward & I look forward to supporting you on your journey of personal growth. Whether you desire to make strides in your emotional, personal, social, or mental health, I will facilitate positive changes to improve your quality of life. I believe that safely & openly exploring your emotions in a positive & helpful environment is crucial. We will collaboratively create treatment plans & goals together, according to your unique needs, preferences & values. I apply an intersectional lens to promote cultural safety.
I provide individual, couples & family therapy to children, youth & adults. Deciding to seek therapy is an important step forward & I look forward to supporting you on your journey of personal growth. Whether you desire to make strides in your emotional, personal, social, or mental health, I will facilitate positive changes to improve your quality of life. I believe that safely & openly exploring your emotions in a positive & helpful environment is crucial. We will collaboratively create treatment plans & goals together, according to your unique needs, preferences & values. I apply an intersectional lens to promote cultural safety.
Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of supporting a diverse range of individuals, including teens, young adults, first responders, survivors of abuse, and seniors.
I use an integrative therapeutic approach that tailors’ sessions to meet your unique and individual needs, this includes but not limited to modalities such as CBT, ACT, Somatic and SF. I offer services primarily virtually with some in person slots available in Dundas Ontario.
Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of supporting a diverse range of individuals, including teens, young adults, first responders, survivors of abuse, and seniors.
I use an integrative therapeutic approach that tailors’ sessions to meet your unique and individual needs, this includes but not limited to modalities such as CBT, ACT, Somatic and SF. I offer services primarily virtually with some in person slots available in Dundas Ontario.
I work with individuals navigating a range of life challenges, including relationship concerns, emotional distress, and complex personal experiences. Many clients come to therapy feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or seeking a deeper understanding of themselves and their patterns. My approach is collaborative and grounded in creating a safe, nonjudgmental space where clients can explore their experiences at their own pace. Through this process, I support clients in developing insight, strengthening coping strategies, and moving toward meaningful and sustainable change.
I work with individuals navigating a range of life challenges, including relationship concerns, emotional distress, and complex personal experiences. Many clients come to therapy feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or seeking a deeper understanding of themselves and their patterns. My approach is collaborative and grounded in creating a safe, nonjudgmental space where clients can explore their experiences at their own pace. Through this process, I support clients in developing insight, strengthening coping strategies, and moving toward meaningful and sustainable change.
Asking for help means refusing to give up. Do you get reactive, or shut down or numb out or overwork with life's hardships? May I help you learn to regulate strong emotions such as Anxiety, Anger, Shame, & Grief; process Traumas; cope with and make changes in stress from relationships, work, school, family; support caregivers; deal with issues around aging & health; arise from depression; and, increase self-compassion? With warmth, care, and humor, I aim to create a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship in which to help clients build their inner resources to live life with more ease, meaning, connection, & authenticity.
Asking for help means refusing to give up. Do you get reactive, or shut down or numb out or overwork with life's hardships? May I help you learn to regulate strong emotions such as Anxiety, Anger, Shame, & Grief; process Traumas; cope with and make changes in stress from relationships, work, school, family; support caregivers; deal with issues around aging & health; arise from depression; and, increase self-compassion? With warmth, care, and humor, I aim to create a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship in which to help clients build their inner resources to live life with more ease, meaning, connection, & authenticity.
I appreciate and respect the courage it takes to reach out for support. We are all uniquely impacted by stress at certain points in our lifetimes, and your decision to connect with support is a positive step in caring for yourself. With over 20 years of social work practice, I am passionate and experienced in building strong, supportive relationships with my clients as we work together to navigate a variety of life challenges. Your session will be facilitated in a welcoming and nonjudgmental space from the perspective that everyone is capable of personal growth.
I appreciate and respect the courage it takes to reach out for support. We are all uniquely impacted by stress at certain points in our lifetimes, and your decision to connect with support is a positive step in caring for yourself. With over 20 years of social work practice, I am passionate and experienced in building strong, supportive relationships with my clients as we work together to navigate a variety of life challenges. Your session will be facilitated in a welcoming and nonjudgmental space from the perspective that everyone is capable of personal growth.
You may appear capable, accomplished, and “high-functioning” to others while privately carrying chronic anxiety, self-pressure, emotional exhaustion, or a relentless inner critic. Many people become skilled at masking distress, staying productive, and prioritizing others’ needs while feeling increasingly disconnected from themselves underneath it all. I understand the exhaustion of constantly managing and compensating. My relational, psychodynamic, and trauma-informed approach focuses on exploring the deeper emotional patterns, attachment experiences, and coping strategies shaping how you relate to yourself and others.
You may appear capable, accomplished, and “high-functioning” to others while privately carrying chronic anxiety, self-pressure, emotional exhaustion, or a relentless inner critic. Many people become skilled at masking distress, staying productive, and prioritizing others’ needs while feeling increasingly disconnected from themselves underneath it all. I understand the exhaustion of constantly managing and compensating. My relational, psychodynamic, and trauma-informed approach focuses on exploring the deeper emotional patterns, attachment experiences, and coping strategies shaping how you relate to yourself and others.
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Every relationship tells a story—of longing, closeness, distance, and the courage to try again. Often, these stories become tangled, leaving us feeling stuck between others or within ourselves. At the heart of it all is a fundamental human need: to feel seen, safe, and understood. Whether you are navigating the dance of moving toward and pulling away or seeking comfort in solitude, these cycles can leave you feeling isolated. I help you untangle these patterns, honoring the deep longing for connection that drives us all. Together, we begin the journey toward genuine healing.
Every relationship tells a story—of longing, closeness, distance, and the courage to try again. Often, these stories become tangled, leaving us feeling stuck between others or within ourselves. At the heart of it all is a fundamental human need: to feel seen, safe, and understood. Whether you are navigating the dance of moving toward and pulling away or seeking comfort in solitude, these cycles can leave you feeling isolated. I help you untangle these patterns, honoring the deep longing for connection that drives us all. Together, we begin the journey toward genuine healing.
You don’t have to have everything figured out to start feeling better. As a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), I work with people who look like they’re “doing fine” on the outside—but internally feel stuck, disconnected, or quietly overwhelmed.
You don’t have to have everything figured out to start feeling better. As a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), I work with people who look like they’re “doing fine” on the outside—but internally feel stuck, disconnected, or quietly overwhelmed.
I also offer specialized treatment for perinatal and parenting anxiety, as well as geriatric mental health and aging.
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" (Shakespeare, Hamlet). As a registered Psychologist experienced in treating a variety of mental health issues, I could not agree more. My passion is in the treatment of anxiety and anxiety-related disorders, including perinatal anxiety, excessive worry, stress, difficulty coping, insomnia, low self-esteem, perfectionism, panic, OCD, and cognitive change in aging. In today's modern world, it is easy to lose ourselves to the stresses of everyday life, which is why a strong focus of my practice is on helping clients enact change to achieve greater balance in their lives.
I also offer specialized treatment for perinatal and parenting anxiety, as well as geriatric mental health and aging.
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" (Shakespeare, Hamlet). As a registered Psychologist experienced in treating a variety of mental health issues, I could not agree more. My passion is in the treatment of anxiety and anxiety-related disorders, including perinatal anxiety, excessive worry, stress, difficulty coping, insomnia, low self-esteem, perfectionism, panic, OCD, and cognitive change in aging. In today's modern world, it is easy to lose ourselves to the stresses of everyday life, which is why a strong focus of my practice is on helping clients enact change to achieve greater balance in their lives.
I also have experience working with the Indigenous population, youth and seniors.
I work from an array of modalities to help you on the way to recovery and connecting to your best life. I use EMDR and Parts Work (IFSCA trained) to build a better understanding of your internal parts, leading to improved self-awareness, emotional balance and healing from past traumas.
I also have experience working with the Indigenous population, youth and seniors.
I work from an array of modalities to help you on the way to recovery and connecting to your best life. I use EMDR and Parts Work (IFSCA trained) to build a better understanding of your internal parts, leading to improved self-awareness, emotional balance and healing from past traumas.
I work with adults of all ages, including seniors and caregivers, and I take a thoughtful, collaborative approach.
Together, we’ll explore what’s happening in your life, what you’re carrying, and what you hope will change — at a pace that feels right for you. My focus is on helping you find practical strategies, clarity, and emotional grounding, so you can feel more in control and more connected to yourself.
I work with adults of all ages, including seniors and caregivers, and I take a thoughtful, collaborative approach.
Together, we’ll explore what’s happening in your life, what you’re carrying, and what you hope will change — at a pace that feels right for you. My focus is on helping you find practical strategies, clarity, and emotional grounding, so you can feel more in control and more connected to yourself.
Whether you are struggling with the challenges of stress, anxiety, depression, substance use, domestic violence, relationship issues, caregiver burnout, or trauma, I am here to support you. Together, we will work towards understanding your unique challenges and developing practical strategies for coping and thriving. Sometimes our day to day activities may seem overwhelming but with the right support, managing and overcoming these challenges is possible. Together, we will explore the root causes of your challenges, develop coping strategies, and work towards building a foundation for lasting change.
Whether you are struggling with the challenges of stress, anxiety, depression, substance use, domestic violence, relationship issues, caregiver burnout, or trauma, I am here to support you. Together, we will work towards understanding your unique challenges and developing practical strategies for coping and thriving. Sometimes our day to day activities may seem overwhelming but with the right support, managing and overcoming these challenges is possible. Together, we will explore the root causes of your challenges, develop coping strategies, and work towards building a foundation for lasting change.
We offer support to adolescents, adults (including seniors), couples and families.
We have extensive experience dealing with various psychological concerns including anxiety, depression, anger, drug misuse, eating disorders, body dysmorphia, self-esteem, grief, infertility, difficult life transitions. Each one of us has the same empathetic approach to care. Each one of us is committed to making a positive impact as you begin this process.
We offer support to adolescents, adults (including seniors), couples and families.
We have extensive experience dealing with various psychological concerns including anxiety, depression, anger, drug misuse, eating disorders, body dysmorphia, self-esteem, grief, infertility, difficult life transitions. Each one of us has the same empathetic approach to care. Each one of us is committed to making a positive impact as you begin this process.
I work with individuals and couples who want to better understand themselves and their relationships. I bring an active, engaging style, drawing on approaches that encourage curiosity, insight, and real change. Each session is interactive and tailored to your needs, with open conversation and practical tools. I work with clients on addressing attachment injuries, unresolved trauma, internal conflict, finding internal balance, and increasing individuals' confidence in themselves. Therapy provides the time and space to evaluate how your past impacts your current experience, whether as an individual or a couple.
I work with individuals and couples who want to better understand themselves and their relationships. I bring an active, engaging style, drawing on approaches that encourage curiosity, insight, and real change. Each session is interactive and tailored to your needs, with open conversation and practical tools. I work with clients on addressing attachment injuries, unresolved trauma, internal conflict, finding internal balance, and increasing individuals' confidence in themselves. Therapy provides the time and space to evaluate how your past impacts your current experience, whether as an individual or a couple.
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FAQ - About Geriatric Therapy
What can a geriatric psychologist help with?
Geriatric therapists specialise in the cognitive and neurological challenges that often accompany aging, including dementia, memory loss, and age-related cognitive decline. They also address the psychological conditions that frequently co-occur with these issues, such as depression, anxiety, and grief. Geriatric therapists and psychologists are trained to assess cognitive functioning, identify symptoms that may warrant further evaluation, and conduct or refer for formal neurological assessment when needed. In many cases, geriatric therapists also work closely with medical doctors to manage a client's overall health, and they may support caregivers and family members navigating the demands of caring for an aging loved one.
Why might someone seek a geriatric psychologist?
Someone might seek a geriatric therapist when they or a loved one begins experiencing cognitive or neurological changes and is unsure whether those changes are a normal part of aging or something that requires clinical attention. A geriatric therapist can help connect families with appropriate next steps. They are also commonly sought following a new diagnosis, when clients and families are working to understand what that diagnosis means practically and emotionally, and what to expect as a condition progresses. When seeking a therapist, it can be helpful to consider whether a clinician with a stronger psychotherapy focus or one with more of a social work orientation, who can help connect clients with assisted living or medical resources, would be the better fit.
What type of therapy might a geriatric therapists specialise in?
Geriatric therapist often combine psychotherapy with psychoeducation, helping clients and their families understand cognitive and neurological conditions and what to expect as they progress. For clients experiencing anxiety or depression alongside cognitive decline, therapists may draw on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) or mindfulness-based approaches. For clients with dementia specifically, therapists may be trained in specialised modalities such as Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), which is designed to preserve cognitive functioning.
Can geriatric psychologists help people who suffer from dementia?
Yes, and this is a core area of geriatric psychology. Therapists specialising in dementia can work directly with clients on memory loss and cognitive functioning, while also addressing conditions that commonly co-occur, such as depression and anxiety. They can provide caregivers with objective assessments of a client's functioning and disease progression, and are typically well-versed in community resources available to dementia patients and their families.