Culturally Sensitive Therapists in Kingston, ON

Welcome! I am Alicia Sergeant, an eclectic Registered Psychotherapist (Q) with over fourteen years of experience providing individual and group counselling to trauma survivors dealing with addiction and mental health challenges. I wholeheartedly embrace a creative approach to healing and wellness in my practice. I am passionate about tapping into your unique strengths and guiding you through personalized, evidence-based interventions. Together, we will continue your journey toward healing with warmth, authenticity, and genuine intention.

We are an online counselling agency so do not provide services in person. Strength Counselling Services has licensed, experienced therapists who use evidence-based practices, prioritize client needs, and maintain ethical standards. We offer culturally sensitive, affordable services in a supportive environment. We offer a comprehensive goals assessment, regularly assess progress, and collaborate with other professionals. We provide transparency in our fees and for thirteen years now have held a positive reputation of trust, and client success. Lastly, ensuring our clients' privacy and confidentiality are of utmost importance to us.

Are you struggling with anxiety, relationship challenges, low self-esteem, past traumas, or difficulties related to ADHD? You're not alone. With years of experience as a psychotherapist, youth counselor, mental health counselor, and clinical social worker in community health, I've worked with children, youth, and adults facing these issues.My passion lies in supporting individuals navigating the unique challenges influenced by South Asian cultures. I understand the complexities of cultural expectations and how they shape our self-perception and worldview.

Are you struggling with anxiety, stress, or depression from work/life burnout, chronic illness (e.g., addiction, cancer, pain), toxic relationships or intimate partner violence, traumatic pregnancy, labour and delivery or postpartum, autism spectrum disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), identifying as two-spirited, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (2SLGBTQ+), or having symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from careers such as teaching, military, corrections, and healthcare? Is your goal to mentally heal and bring health and wellness into your life?

Are you neurodivergent, a member of the LGBTQ+ community, or a trauma survivor looking for a therapist with shared lived experience? Are you looking for support on your healing journey with trauma, abuse, chronic stress, or mental illness? Have those around you struggled to empathize or understand, often leading to feelings of self-doubt and invalidation? Are you ready for the next stage of healing? I'd like to be part of your journey.

I believe in building a warm and safe space where you can share and work toward your goals at a pace that fits for you. I am here to provide a compassionate, non-judgmental, and supportive environment. As your therapist, I will support you in questioning, growing, and challenging yourself as you heal and find meaningful change.

My passion is helping anyone struggling with addictions or substance use, and other emotional issues. Going through depression, experiencing anxiety, or dealing with loss can feel so overwhelming. Sometimes it feels like no one can help because they won't fully understand our issues. Talking to a professional can be the first step in healing.

I believe that therapy is like building a warm and safe sanctuary together. A therapeutic space is one where we can comfortably be ourselves and process our past and present lives. Drawing from my South Asian and Muslim background, I bring an integrative and culturally sensitive approach to healing, rooted in trauma-informed practices. My aim is to provide you with a safe and non-judgemental space to share your life story and work collaboratively to discover or rediscover your values and meaning in life. Picture yourself as the driver, steering your life's journey, with me as your passenger.

As an OT and psychotherapist, I work with my clients to improve their daily function and engagement in meaningful activities and life roles. I support individuals with a wide variety of mental health-related concerns such as self-esteem, depression, anxiety, psychosis, concussion, trauma, ADHD, addictions, fatigue, insomnia, work/school support and life transitions. In therapy, my clients learn to challenge unhelpful thoughts, recognize negative emotions and use healthy coping skills. They feel more fulfilled, more in control of their daily life and regain their sense of self.

Feeling disoriented, deflated and just tired can make it hard to experience joy. How can I walk alongside of you? Are you ready to regain balance? To break cyclical behaviours and thoughts? Or to grow in deeper intimacy in your relationships.

My work focuses on individual adults of all ages, along with care givers, teachers, and post secondary students experiencing anxiety, low mood, life transitions, work stresses, feeling stuck or dealing with concerns such as fatigue, burnout, and overwhelm. I provide a compassionate, non-judgmental space in which individuals can explore and identify the concerns, issues and hopes in their lives. I work from a client-centred, trauma-informed point of view and customize my approach for each individual. The approaches I use include cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), strengths focused, mindfulness and humanistic psychotherapy

Cheryl Storey, MA, RP, supports clients eighteen and up, seeking relief from anxiety, heartache, heartbreak, workplace or caregiver burnout, grief and post-trauma. Cheryl Storey On-line Counselling Services, offers a safe place for clients to connect and explore healing and personal growth, with a seasoned, compassionate, strength-based, solution focused therapist. Cheryl helps a variety of clients around the province navigate life-transitions such as divorce, grief, menopause, job loss or even a new promotion or relationship. She also works with speciality populations, including military veterans, highly sensitive adults, & ADHD.

Everyone has unique challenges and needs; however, we all share the same need to feel heard, understood and supported. Simply put, when we are authentically seen and heard, the way in which we navigate our lives and its challenges improves. It is important to me that I meet all clients with genuine empathy, honesty, and acceptance. I enjoy working from a strengths-based, positive therapeutic approach, and I believe that as the client, you are the expert of your own experience. My aim is to offer non-judgmental and open-minded insight and assistance in exploring the varying concerns you may bring to counselling.

Change can be tough and constant. Sometimes we adjust with ease but other times we find ourselves feeling stuck. Life can get in the way from where we desire to be. Fear of change can lead us into feeling guarded, hurt or even resentful. Do you feel like you are moving through the motions of life and not actually experiencing your life to the fullest? Ruminating on the “what ifs”? Disconnecting from the present waiting for the other shoe to drop? What if you tapped into the courage within you to lean into these moments? What if I told you that you deserve moments of joy; you deserve to experience the best in your life.

Resolve Counselling Services Canada offers a number of programs and services that have been developed to support adults, youth, couples and families overcome challenges that affect their emotional and social well-being. All of our counsellors believe that the individuals, couples, families, and groups who come to us for counselling are resilient and possess the inherent strengths needed to solve their unique set of challenges. Each of our clinical counsellors uses a counselling approach that is informed by current best practices.

I use a collaborative and integrated approach to therapy grounded in a psychodynamic perspective. I believe in tailoring my approach to meet your unique needs and goals. With a decade of experience working both inpatient and outpatient mental health settings, I am versed in working with clients from a diversity of backgrounds and with complex presentations.

Limited space available. Contact for a 15 min. free consultation. I provide a safe, empathetic environment for self-exploration. I work collaboratively with you, to help you gain new perspectives, increase self-understanding and develop positive coping. I can help you heal past and current wounds, gain greater self-awareness, and move forward in ways that feel right for you. I assist with anxiety, depression, trauma recovery, grief and loss, attachment and relationship challenges and difficult transitional times in life. Together we can uncover your needs, develop strengths and abilities, and use them to guide change and growth.

Accepting new clients for Video and Phone sessions. Specialized working with Men and Professionals. Are you having issues getting motivated? Are you feeling that you are making the same mistakes over and over? Do you lack the follow through to turn your thoughts into actions? I will collaborate with you to improve your self-awareness, coping skills and your follow through! My approach is non-judgmental, active and engaging! I can work with you and guide you down the path towards your best mental health!

It takes a lot of courage to decide to seek support. We start where you are and go at a pace that is comfortable for you. I work with feminist and anti-oppressive perspectives. The areas around which I have experience include depression, anxiety, compassion fatigue, trauma, relationship violence, grief, issues around being queer, questioning your sexual orientation and transitioning genders, immigrant and refugee settlement, and culture shock. With clients, I primarily employ the evidence based approaches of Internal Family Systems (IFS) parts work, Brainspotting, Attachment Theory, mindfulness, and Polyvagal Theory.