Great-West Life Therapists in London, ON

You are feeling so overwhelmed that it's hard to remember what "good" felt like. Some days you wonder if you ever actually felt good. On top of it all, there's Covid, and all these unprecedented worries, and limitations. The minor strains you felt in your life are suddenly exploding. Perhaps you work from home as you try to balance the needs of your family, and struggle with juggling it all. Maybe you feel angry and dread an uncertain future. Many people feel hopeless, frustrated, anxious, and stressed. You are challenged to manage enormous change with little time to process it. You feel like you are at the end of your rope.

Stories have always intrigued me because they helped me to understand how other people think and see the world. My interest in stories led me to social work: as I worked in the community, I learned the power of personal narratives to limit or expand the opportunities that my clients chose to pursue. I am particularly passionate about working with people experiencing life transitions. Transition periods can come at all stages of life. They can include a new diagnosis, the loss of employment, the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, the start of a new career, recovery after illness, or a faith crisis.

March 18, 2020: Video and telephone counselling will be my current mode of therapy during this COVID-19 situation. Peace and Balance versus Anxiety and Stress. My passion is helping people empower themselves to cope better in their lives.. in relationships, in self-confidence, in spirituality. Sometimes we need to talk about very personal things with an objective, compassionate, nonjudgmental listener. I have worked for over 25 years helping people find themselves and find their 'peace of mind.'

Drawing from over 30 years working with children, adolescents and families I provide therapy focusing on mood disorders, anxiety and depression. Using CBT (cognitive Behaviour Therapy) and Mindfulness most clients feel better in a few sessions. Constant changes including Covid 19 are challenging. I can help you cope better with change and life transitions, especially when unexpected. My expertise is working with families as well as teens and young adult as well as coping with family conflict, separation and addictions.

With many years of extensive clinical training and over 30 years of experience in practice I have learned to effectively help clients feel better. People call me for help with anxiety, depression, relationship problems, life-crisis challenges and more. I work within a range of CBT and Psychoanalytically informed strategies, to gain mastery over problems that can seem unsolvable. Are you frustrated and curious about why it can be so hard to get the basic things that you want in life? Is it hard to even know what you want? Do you wonder where to start? I can help.

Anxiety? Depression? Overwhelmed? Trauma? I empower individuals & couples to overcome personal issues & stressful life events by providing hope, support & therapeutic guidance using clinically proven interventions. I'm a Psychotherapist/Registered Social Worker with 20 yrs. experience who provides mental health counselling & psychotherapy. Unhealthy relationships, poor coping skills & negative life experiences can contribute to both emotional & physical distress, hence, I offer various therapies tailored specifically to the client. Telephone, online counselling & Life Coaching is available. TMKCounselling.com

I have a passion for working alongside clients who are feeling held back by their past experiences. By specializing in trauma, I support individuals living with anxiety-related disorders, personality disorders, PTSD, complex PTSD, moral injury, and more. I draw on many therapeutic approaches as it allows me to create an individualized treatment plan to support each person on their unique journey towards healing and recovery.

Offering evidence based counselling to help manage the stresses of life. Focus is on solutions and coping strategies to manage stress and anxiety. Accepting new clients with appointments currently available. Through our work together you will learn coping skills and strategies so that you can live the life that you want and achieve the outcomes that you deserve.

Hello! I am pleased to compassionate and evidence-based care to support your counselling needs. If you are experiencing decline in your mental health and wellness, or distress and need counselling support for you or a loved one, I can help you. With my services you will receive professional and knowledgeable support of an experienced and skilled therapist. You will be able to integrate practical skills and strategies, achieve emotional balance, heal past traumas, and the confidence required to achieve and maintain your wellness. My practice is founded on an integrative and action-oriented approach focusing on healing and self-focus.

Bilingual clinical Counselor / researcher possessing in-depth knowledge of child and family dynamic. Community-based Programs evaluator for children and families, assessment tools developer, and play therapy practitioner.

I am the 2012 Neinstein award winner for my trauma recovery work. I have been educated, trained & experienced in using multiple therapeutic interventions. I work with diverse human beings with diverse mental wellness challenges. ​ I practice compassionate inquiry with an anti-oppressive edge. I am unconventional & non-traditional. I value transparency, which means I practice with honesty & sincerity & honour how you show up. I assist in eliminating your self-doubt by guiding you to an understanding of the roots of blame, shame & guilt in your familial & social conditioning & how these manifest in “dis ease” in the mind & body.

You are anxious. Stressed and overwhelmed. It would help if someone could help you navigate the changes in Society. To help you make sense of all the information and to learn to cope in a more healthy way. We can problem solve together. Together we can process what is happening for you and look at options and solutions that may work for you. I will listen carefully and offer support. We can discuss other approaches and healthy ways to address your issues. I work with individuals, couples and families. I am worldly wise and have a wealth of life experience. Together we will foster your strengths and increase your resilience.

Feeling overwhelmed, emotionally drained and not sure of what to do? You are not alone because most people experience psychological issues from time to time in life and need help in resolving these challenges. Seeking professional help is pertinent in attaining and maintaining optimal mental health. I utilize both long-term and brief interventions approach to meet clients’ unique needs. I perform comprehensive psychosocial assessments and develop individualized treatment plans tailored to clients' needs. I work from a strength based, trauma informed framework, evidence-based practices and committed to an anti-oppressive approach.

We often minimize our own experiences, needs or desires and "push through" because we think we should. These learned patterns were likely established as important coping mechanisms, but may now be leading to a diminishing quality of life and additional suffering. I support clients who have begun to feel "stuck", overwhelmed or disengaged with life to work with these response patterns with empathy and understanding to foster healing and empowerment. I will assist you in working towards healing and taking control of your life while supporting you in accessing a deeper, more satisfying connection to yourself, your world, and others.

Amelia has been a Registered Social Worker for 20 years working with individuals, couples, and families who may have experienced intergenerational trauma, mental health diagnosis such as anxiety, depression, borderline personality disorder, or relationship ruptures causing stress and conflict within their daily lives. By giving them the knowledge and skills of how to accept the things they cannot change and to change the things they can control will assist them in building a life worth living.

As a psychotherapist, with a somatic and psychodynamic orientation, I seek to support people in finding greater freedom, creativity, compassion, empowerment and aliveness in their lives. I believe the antidote to emotional struggles is finding a sense of vitality. Listening, identifying and staying with one's emotional world is the key to self awareness. As a psychotherapist my greatest task is to listen with compassion, for people to speak their deeper truths and to help them find an alternative pathways in living a life that expresses their authenticity and how to contribute with meaning in the world.

I am seasoned and passionate therapist and I believe the clients have to look for the "best fit" therapist and they will be the judge of the work I do. My approach is completely through emotional intelligence, mindfulness, with care, respect, and evidence based approach, knowing that client is not broken or need to be "fixed" yet might need someone non-judgmental with compassionate heart and mind to be fully present in their space or journey.

Dr. Hamed is accredited bilingual (English and Arabic) psycho-social therapist, registered social worker in (OCSWSSW) with various specialties that have more than twenty years of experience in the fields of: psycho-social therapy, clinical social work, psycho-social assessment, depression, PTSD, anxiety, anger management, family conflict therapy, conflict resolution, and parents counselling. Dr. Hamed Psycho-social Counselling Services (HPSC) provides you with the services in bilingual approaches to individuals, groups, families, and new generations of immigrants who are facing challenges coping with the integration process.

I offer talk, art therapy and play-based counselling and psychotherapy for children, youth and families. One of my core beliefs is that, like a compass trying to find its true north, everyone intuitively orientates towards health. I am respectful of each participant's unique journey back to health and wholeness. Most extended insurance plans provide full or partial coverage for psychotherapy services.