Therapists for Adults in Guelph, ON
I believe there is always hope for healing, for every situation and person; where there's willingness, there is a way forward. I also believe change is always possible, though it may involve small steps taken over time, gradually leading to meaningful, lasting transformation. Healthy connections are essential to healing, and I prioritize creating a safe, compassionate, and trusting therapy relationship, where you can bring all parts of yourself into the room and feel seen, heard, and accepted. My practice is grounded in a holistic understanding of well-being, recognizing that mind, body, relationships, and spirit are interconnected.
I believe there is always hope for healing, for every situation and person; where there's willingness, there is a way forward. I also believe change is always possible, though it may involve small steps taken over time, gradually leading to meaningful, lasting transformation. Healthy connections are essential to healing, and I prioritize creating a safe, compassionate, and trusting therapy relationship, where you can bring all parts of yourself into the room and feel seen, heard, and accepted. My practice is grounded in a holistic understanding of well-being, recognizing that mind, body, relationships, and spirit are interconnected.
Starting therapy can feel challenging, but it’s a courageous first step toward positive change. If you're someone seeking clarity and support in navigating life’s challenges you're in the right spot. Whether you're dealing with anxiety, depression, stress, relationship difficulties, or a sense of feeling stuck, together we can explore your current patterns build coping strategies, and set goals to achieve a greater sense of well-being and fulfillment in your life. By addressing these issues, we can cultivate resilience and create a more balanced, joyful life.
Starting therapy can feel challenging, but it’s a courageous first step toward positive change. If you're someone seeking clarity and support in navigating life’s challenges you're in the right spot. Whether you're dealing with anxiety, depression, stress, relationship difficulties, or a sense of feeling stuck, together we can explore your current patterns build coping strategies, and set goals to achieve a greater sense of well-being and fulfillment in your life. By addressing these issues, we can cultivate resilience and create a more balanced, joyful life.
With more than five years of assisting individuals with various challenges in different social work settings has given me a deeper understanding of current issues and expertise that impacts clients.I've been able to use my clinical skills to assist vulnerable individuals experiencing mental health issues with many barriers; and mental illness such as clinical depression, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, substance use, inclusive of co-morbid conditions and history of trauma,The prime focus while serving these clients are to assist them to manage their issues and stabilize their reintegration back into their normal setting.
With more than five years of assisting individuals with various challenges in different social work settings has given me a deeper understanding of current issues and expertise that impacts clients.I've been able to use my clinical skills to assist vulnerable individuals experiencing mental health issues with many barriers; and mental illness such as clinical depression, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, substance use, inclusive of co-morbid conditions and history of trauma,The prime focus while serving these clients are to assist them to manage their issues and stabilize their reintegration back into their normal setting.
Have you found yourself wanting help and support, yet others in your life think of you as the “strong” one and don't see your pain? Perhaps you work in a helping profession and don’t know where to turn for your own therapy. Anxiety, depression, or even burn out can lead to feeling lost and lonely. Maybe you have people with personality disorders in your life that make you doubt yourself or make the “easy” things very difficult. Many people are feeling disconnected from their community, themselves and the larger "something more". Creating a safe space where you can be heard and understood is the foundation of my work.
Have you found yourself wanting help and support, yet others in your life think of you as the “strong” one and don't see your pain? Perhaps you work in a helping profession and don’t know where to turn for your own therapy. Anxiety, depression, or even burn out can lead to feeling lost and lonely. Maybe you have people with personality disorders in your life that make you doubt yourself or make the “easy” things very difficult. Many people are feeling disconnected from their community, themselves and the larger "something more". Creating a safe space where you can be heard and understood is the foundation of my work.
As a late-diagnosed mum of neurodivergent children (now adults) I know what it's like navigating life in a neuro-complex home and have experienced the benefit of receiving my own support from someone else who understands.
Are you a parent feeling overwhelmed as you navigate the complexities of an Autism and/or ADHD diagnosis with your child? Do you feel alone in your journey of parenting a neurodivergent child, or as a neurodivergent parent? Many families experience the emotional highs and lows of these diagnoses often feeling isolated. Through Art Psychotherapy, I support parents and/or their children communicate and connect through a neurodiversity affirming lens informed by lived experience and education. By embracing creativity, we create a space where you and your child can thrive. Let's journey together towards understanding and acceptance.
As a late-diagnosed mum of neurodivergent children (now adults) I know what it's like navigating life in a neuro-complex home and have experienced the benefit of receiving my own support from someone else who understands.
Are you a parent feeling overwhelmed as you navigate the complexities of an Autism and/or ADHD diagnosis with your child? Do you feel alone in your journey of parenting a neurodivergent child, or as a neurodivergent parent? Many families experience the emotional highs and lows of these diagnoses often feeling isolated. Through Art Psychotherapy, I support parents and/or their children communicate and connect through a neurodiversity affirming lens informed by lived experience and education. By embracing creativity, we create a space where you and your child can thrive. Let's journey together towards understanding and acceptance.
When living with complex illness it is important to understand the dynamic relationship between physical and mental health. Counselling can support people managing a new diagnosis, navigating life transitions, or struggling in relationships. It provides time and space to prioritize personal wellbeing with compassionate guidance. I am trained in EMDR- a trauma therapy- and specialize in supporting people with anxiety, depression, trauma, eating disorders, neurodiversity, and complex health concerns. I use skills from DBT and nervous system regulation to help you cope with stress and self-advocate effectively.
When living with complex illness it is important to understand the dynamic relationship between physical and mental health. Counselling can support people managing a new diagnosis, navigating life transitions, or struggling in relationships. It provides time and space to prioritize personal wellbeing with compassionate guidance. I am trained in EMDR- a trauma therapy- and specialize in supporting people with anxiety, depression, trauma, eating disorders, neurodiversity, and complex health concerns. I use skills from DBT and nervous system regulation to help you cope with stress and self-advocate effectively.
I work with adult individuals (16 and up) and couples seeking guidance, support, and tools to help navigate life struggles with more self-awareness and agency.
My work involves "talk therapy". However, both the cognitive and the experiential are honoured, allowing for an embodied, trauma-informed, anti-oppressive exploration. The three pillars of my work are mindfulness, holistic approach, and the prioritization of relationship. Techniques and interventions that support these pillars are employed (see website).
I work with adult individuals (16 and up) and couples seeking guidance, support, and tools to help navigate life struggles with more self-awareness and agency.
My work involves "talk therapy". However, both the cognitive and the experiential are honoured, allowing for an embodied, trauma-informed, anti-oppressive exploration. The three pillars of my work are mindfulness, holistic approach, and the prioritization of relationship. Techniques and interventions that support these pillars are employed (see website).
Are you feeling stuck in repeating patterns—alone or with your partner—and ready for real change? You want to release old hurts, break the cycles that keep you stuck, and reconnect with yourself or your relationship. You’re looking for a skilled practitioner who listens deeply, challenges you when needed, and celebrates your breakthroughs. If you’re ready to take responsibility and do the work, I guide individuals and couples to experience clarity, connection, and lasting joy.
Are you feeling stuck in repeating patterns—alone or with your partner—and ready for real change? You want to release old hurts, break the cycles that keep you stuck, and reconnect with yourself or your relationship. You’re looking for a skilled practitioner who listens deeply, challenges you when needed, and celebrates your breakthroughs. If you’re ready to take responsibility and do the work, I guide individuals and couples to experience clarity, connection, and lasting joy.
I specialize in working with adult survivors of complex trauma, often stemming from childhood experiences.
It can be hard to know what's wrong when it feels like nothing has ever been right. Unfortunately, this is an all too familiar experience for survivors of complex trauma. If you grew up in a damaging environment, you had to develop ingenious ways of surviving. However, you're no longer that child and feel just surviving isn't enough, but the past won't let you move on—your suffering is not your fault. What helped you in the past may now be hindering your growth. It's time to rewrite your narrative. Join me, and together, we can make sense of the chaos. We can't undo the past's grave injustices, but we can take away their power.
I specialize in working with adult survivors of complex trauma, often stemming from childhood experiences.
It can be hard to know what's wrong when it feels like nothing has ever been right. Unfortunately, this is an all too familiar experience for survivors of complex trauma. If you grew up in a damaging environment, you had to develop ingenious ways of surviving. However, you're no longer that child and feel just surviving isn't enough, but the past won't let you move on—your suffering is not your fault. What helped you in the past may now be hindering your growth. It's time to rewrite your narrative. Join me, and together, we can make sense of the chaos. We can't undo the past's grave injustices, but we can take away their power.
Do you feel like you are living in a world that wasn't built for you? Many people I work with experiences challenges related to anxiety, depression, and autism, that get in the way of living life the way they want. We can work together to better understand you, the challenges you face, and build tools to help you work with your brain, not against it. I believe in working in collaborative relationship, to help you connect to your strengths to find healing and connection with the self. As a certified music therapist, I can also incorporate music and creativity into our therapy sessions. No prior musical experience required!
Do you feel like you are living in a world that wasn't built for you? Many people I work with experiences challenges related to anxiety, depression, and autism, that get in the way of living life the way they want. We can work together to better understand you, the challenges you face, and build tools to help you work with your brain, not against it. I believe in working in collaborative relationship, to help you connect to your strengths to find healing and connection with the self. As a certified music therapist, I can also incorporate music and creativity into our therapy sessions. No prior musical experience required!
Are you struggling to calm your mind? Do you have overwhelming feelings of sadness or hopelessness? Perhaps you are looking to understand how to navigate a mood disorder. Do you want more contentment in your life and relationships? These experiences are common for many of us, and an indicator that we need a safe and supportive space to navigate life and address our concerns. I believe that therapy works best when it feels safe, respectful, and collaborative. My approach is warm and down-to-earth, with a focus on understanding the full person and the complex emotions you may be experiencing.
Are you struggling to calm your mind? Do you have overwhelming feelings of sadness or hopelessness? Perhaps you are looking to understand how to navigate a mood disorder. Do you want more contentment in your life and relationships? These experiences are common for many of us, and an indicator that we need a safe and supportive space to navigate life and address our concerns. I believe that therapy works best when it feels safe, respectful, and collaborative. My approach is warm and down-to-earth, with a focus on understanding the full person and the complex emotions you may be experiencing.
Some of the concerns I often help clients with include: depression, anxiety, psychosis, trauma (of many kinds), self-endangerment, self-esteem, relationships, grief and loss, LGBTQ2S+, sexuality and gender identity, and more. Wherever you might be in the process of working through those issues (or others) is where we will pick up. I am passionate about providing hope and helping clients to reexamine limiting beliefs in a way that helps them achieve their goals. I work with an admin team through Spacious Mind Counselling.com to ensure a quick reply to your emails if you would like to reach out.
Some of the concerns I often help clients with include: depression, anxiety, psychosis, trauma (of many kinds), self-endangerment, self-esteem, relationships, grief and loss, LGBTQ2S+, sexuality and gender identity, and more. Wherever you might be in the process of working through those issues (or others) is where we will pick up. I am passionate about providing hope and helping clients to reexamine limiting beliefs in a way that helps them achieve their goals. I work with an admin team through Spacious Mind Counselling.com to ensure a quick reply to your emails if you would like to reach out.
Crystal Colbourn, Clinical Supervisor
Registered Psychotherapist, MPsy, BA , CDP
1 Endorsed
Online Only
As a clinical supervisor, I am fueled by a deep empathy for the challenges therapists face every day. I know firsthand the heavy weight of imposter syndrome, the demands of our own personal histories as it comes up in relation to client work, and the struggle to master complex clinical skills. Because of my own experiences with "not-so-great supervision," I am committed to providing the high-quality, formative guidance I wish I had received. My passion is to help my supervisees grow beyond feeling stuck in their cases and towards a place of confident, bold, and compassionate practice.
As a clinical supervisor, I am fueled by a deep empathy for the challenges therapists face every day. I know firsthand the heavy weight of imposter syndrome, the demands of our own personal histories as it comes up in relation to client work, and the struggle to master complex clinical skills. Because of my own experiences with "not-so-great supervision," I am committed to providing the high-quality, formative guidance I wish I had received. My passion is to help my supervisees grow beyond feeling stuck in their cases and towards a place of confident, bold, and compassionate practice.
If you're looking to identify and heal coping patterns—around relationships, boundaries, attachment, work stress, existential questions, or identity—you’re in the right place. I work from a systemic, trauma-informed, climate-aware, polyamory- and queer-friendly lens. I'm mindful of how culture and society shape our mental health, and how therapy is just one part of a broader healing process. Having walked through grief, trauma, and burnout of my own, I come with a lived understanding of some of life's hardest lessons, and I hope that whatever you come to therapy with, I can support meaningful shifts in your life.
If you're looking to identify and heal coping patterns—around relationships, boundaries, attachment, work stress, existential questions, or identity—you’re in the right place. I work from a systemic, trauma-informed, climate-aware, polyamory- and queer-friendly lens. I'm mindful of how culture and society shape our mental health, and how therapy is just one part of a broader healing process. Having walked through grief, trauma, and burnout of my own, I come with a lived understanding of some of life's hardest lessons, and I hope that whatever you come to therapy with, I can support meaningful shifts in your life.
Does this sound like you?
You have some valuable relationships, but you feel like you can’t get the deep sense of love and connection you crave. Sometimes it feels like the people you care about are constantly hurting you without realizing it. At times you feel like you can't trust anyone. Other times, you feel angry at the world or at the people you love, and especially at yourself. Sometimes even when nothing is wrong, you don’t feel okay. Maybe it’s imposter syndrome. Maybe it’s ADHD. Maybe if you can just find the right label, someone will be able to help.
Does this sound like you?
You have some valuable relationships, but you feel like you can’t get the deep sense of love and connection you crave. Sometimes it feels like the people you care about are constantly hurting you without realizing it. At times you feel like you can't trust anyone. Other times, you feel angry at the world or at the people you love, and especially at yourself. Sometimes even when nothing is wrong, you don’t feel okay. Maybe it’s imposter syndrome. Maybe it’s ADHD. Maybe if you can just find the right label, someone will be able to help.
I am a clinical psychologist in Guelph supporting WOMEN across Ontario with ANXIETY, OCD, ADHD, burnout, somatic issues and overwhelm. Many are part of the “center generation,” caring for both children and aging parents while appearing “fine” on the outside. If you’re feeling stretched thin, we’ll work to help you feel calmer, clearer, and more in control. My approach is evidence-based and considers both your internal patterns and the environments shaping your wellbeing.
I am a clinical psychologist in Guelph supporting WOMEN across Ontario with ANXIETY, OCD, ADHD, burnout, somatic issues and overwhelm. Many are part of the “center generation,” caring for both children and aging parents while appearing “fine” on the outside. If you’re feeling stretched thin, we’ll work to help you feel calmer, clearer, and more in control. My approach is evidence-based and considers both your internal patterns and the environments shaping your wellbeing.
Hello and thank you for stopping by at Trace Therapy Services’ page! My name is Laurie Trace and I am a Registered Social Worker with over 18 years experience supporting folks from a variety of different walks of life. I specialize in working with children, youth, pregnancy, diabetes and chronic health concerns. I draw on my training and experience working in hospital, a counselling agency, youth outreach, mental health services, child welfare, & the criminal justice system. I blend a variety of modalities, personalizing it to the client’s needs, capabilities and preferences. Please reach out to schedule your free consultation!
Hello and thank you for stopping by at Trace Therapy Services’ page! My name is Laurie Trace and I am a Registered Social Worker with over 18 years experience supporting folks from a variety of different walks of life. I specialize in working with children, youth, pregnancy, diabetes and chronic health concerns. I draw on my training and experience working in hospital, a counselling agency, youth outreach, mental health services, child welfare, & the criminal justice system. I blend a variety of modalities, personalizing it to the client’s needs, capabilities and preferences. Please reach out to schedule your free consultation!
I work with people who are tired of collecting intellectual insight without real change — those longing for deeper, lasting inner work rooted in depth psychology and authentic spirituality. As a long-standing Registered Psychotherapist and lifelong spiritual seeker, I guide clients through a calm, reflective process that invites slowing down and honest introspection. Together, we get to know your inner world, so you can begin to trust yourself — and even like who you are. From that place, real healing becomes possible as you learn to rely on yourself to grow and change.
I work with people who are tired of collecting intellectual insight without real change — those longing for deeper, lasting inner work rooted in depth psychology and authentic spirituality. As a long-standing Registered Psychotherapist and lifelong spiritual seeker, I guide clients through a calm, reflective process that invites slowing down and honest introspection. Together, we get to know your inner world, so you can begin to trust yourself — and even like who you are. From that place, real healing becomes possible as you learn to rely on yourself to grow and change.
I am experienced in providing individual therapy for adults.
Accepting New Clients - Sometimes the weight we carry in life can all become too much and maybe we shut down or have an outburst. In whatever way it comes out, I know that this is all part of being human. My goal is to compassionately support you in understanding the patterns that have you feeling stuck and navigate your inner world. I will walk alongside you in your search for meaningful change. If you would like to start this healing work together, then the easiest way is to book an appointment through our website.
I am experienced in providing individual therapy for adults.
Accepting New Clients - Sometimes the weight we carry in life can all become too much and maybe we shut down or have an outburst. In whatever way it comes out, I know that this is all part of being human. My goal is to compassionately support you in understanding the patterns that have you feeling stuck and navigate your inner world. I will walk alongside you in your search for meaningful change. If you would like to start this healing work together, then the easiest way is to book an appointment through our website.
I believe each person who comes in for therapy already possesses the skills and abilities required to help them through their biggest concerns; as a therapist, I see it as a privilege to work alongside you as we uncover and strengthen these skills together. I like to focus on seeing things from your perspective, and then from that place become a guide to look at and work with the parts of you that might be preventing you from reaching your goals.
I believe each person who comes in for therapy already possesses the skills and abilities required to help them through their biggest concerns; as a therapist, I see it as a privilege to work alongside you as we uncover and strengthen these skills together. I like to focus on seeing things from your perspective, and then from that place become a guide to look at and work with the parts of you that might be preventing you from reaching your goals.
