SunLife Therapists in Smiths Falls, ON
As a former first responder, I understand how cumulative stress and trauma can shape how we think, feel, and function. My career in policing taught me the value of support and resilience, which now guide my work as a counsellor. I offer specialized support for first responders while welcoming clients from all backgrounds. My focus is on providing practical tools, psychoeducation, and a holistic approach to physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
As a former first responder, I understand how cumulative stress and trauma can shape how we think, feel, and function. My career in policing taught me the value of support and resilience, which now guide my work as a counsellor. I offer specialized support for first responders while welcoming clients from all backgrounds. My focus is on providing practical tools, psychoeducation, and a holistic approach to physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
Are you dealing with work stress, anxiety/depression, phobias, past trauma, or just feeling overwhelmed by life? Whether you're dealing with something big or small, a different, unbiased perspective can help you figure it out. I can help you to navigate through it, & get the balance back in your life. We'll work together to understand the issues & make the changes you need to make. I use a combination of talk therapy & ART to help you process your thoughts & feelings quickly & efficiently. ART is an eye movement therapy that also helps to process where your emotions are stuck in your body, & release your physical symptoms.
Are you dealing with work stress, anxiety/depression, phobias, past trauma, or just feeling overwhelmed by life? Whether you're dealing with something big or small, a different, unbiased perspective can help you figure it out. I can help you to navigate through it, & get the balance back in your life. We'll work together to understand the issues & make the changes you need to make. I use a combination of talk therapy & ART to help you process your thoughts & feelings quickly & efficiently. ART is an eye movement therapy that also helps to process where your emotions are stuck in your body, & release your physical symptoms.
I strive to create effective personalized healing options for each client and work from a foundation of inclusion, compassion and kindness. Offering a range of healing modalities including EMDR, narrative therapy, psychodrama and emotion release work. As a registered social worker/psychotherapist with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) I welcome clients with a wide variety of life experiences, trauma and personal struggles. Please note the quickest way to connect with me, and book a free 15-minute meet and greet session, is to access my website.
I strive to create effective personalized healing options for each client and work from a foundation of inclusion, compassion and kindness. Offering a range of healing modalities including EMDR, narrative therapy, psychodrama and emotion release work. As a registered social worker/psychotherapist with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) I welcome clients with a wide variety of life experiences, trauma and personal struggles. Please note the quickest way to connect with me, and book a free 15-minute meet and greet session, is to access my website.
Life can make us feel stuck, unsure of how to move forward. For overwhelmed mothers, it may feel like you've lost yourself in the demands of parenting. For teens and young adults, anxiety and self-doubt can make everyday challenges feel overwhelming. I provide a safe, supportive space to explore these struggles and develop strategies for coping. Whether you're reclaiming your identity or building confidence for the future, I’m here to help you take meaningful steps toward a life that feels more balanced and fulfilling.
Life can make us feel stuck, unsure of how to move forward. For overwhelmed mothers, it may feel like you've lost yourself in the demands of parenting. For teens and young adults, anxiety and self-doubt can make everyday challenges feel overwhelming. I provide a safe, supportive space to explore these struggles and develop strategies for coping. Whether you're reclaiming your identity or building confidence for the future, I’m here to help you take meaningful steps toward a life that feels more balanced and fulfilling.
You're feeling the distance with your partner grow, and it hurts. Arguments drag on, silence lingers, and the closeness you once shared feels out of reach. Maybe trust has been broken, or the spark just isn’t there. You both want to reconnect but don’t know how. I help couples stuck in painful cycles, healing from disconnection, rebuilding trust after infidelity, and working through conflict with care. I also support individuals facing anxiety, grief, trauma, or low self-worth, creating space to untangle what feels stuck and move toward healing and hope. Together, we can work toward creating safer emotional connection.
You're feeling the distance with your partner grow, and it hurts. Arguments drag on, silence lingers, and the closeness you once shared feels out of reach. Maybe trust has been broken, or the spark just isn’t there. You both want to reconnect but don’t know how. I help couples stuck in painful cycles, healing from disconnection, rebuilding trust after infidelity, and working through conflict with care. I also support individuals facing anxiety, grief, trauma, or low self-worth, creating space to untangle what feels stuck and move toward healing and hope. Together, we can work toward creating safer emotional connection.
Currently accepting new clients . Struggling with anxious thoughts and noticing even everyday tasks feel harder than they should? Finding it hard to navigate relationships or set boundaries? Curious about what might be possible and how to move toward it? You can expect open, supportive conversations in a space of understanding and acceptance, as we explore paths toward self-awareness, growth, and deeper connection with yourself.
Currently accepting new clients . Struggling with anxious thoughts and noticing even everyday tasks feel harder than they should? Finding it hard to navigate relationships or set boundaries? Curious about what might be possible and how to move toward it? You can expect open, supportive conversations in a space of understanding and acceptance, as we explore paths toward self-awareness, growth, and deeper connection with yourself.
Judy Hawley
Registered Social Worker, MSW, BSDS, BSW
3 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
Clinical Social Worker, Trauma Therapist, ADHD Coach & Manifestation Coach
I support individuals who are ready to step into their purpose, expand their capacity, and move forward with clarity and confidence.
Our experiences shape how safe we feel in our bodies, how we relate to others, and how we trust ourselves. With the right support, these patterns can soften, shift, and transform. I offer a safe, collaborative space where men and women reconnect with themselves, strengthen self-trust, and move toward greater alignment and resilience.
This is a time for healing, growth, and meaningful transformation. My goal is your goal.
Clinical Social Worker, Trauma Therapist, ADHD Coach & Manifestation Coach
I support individuals who are ready to step into their purpose, expand their capacity, and move forward with clarity and confidence.
Our experiences shape how safe we feel in our bodies, how we relate to others, and how we trust ourselves. With the right support, these patterns can soften, shift, and transform. I offer a safe, collaborative space where men and women reconnect with themselves, strengthen self-trust, and move toward greater alignment and resilience.
This is a time for healing, growth, and meaningful transformation. My goal is your goal.
Happily accepting new clients- Sunday availability. Do you feel on edge often?— anxious, overwhelmed, and quicker to anger than you want to be? Maybe the smallest things set you off, you’re snapping at your partner or kids, and then you’re left feeling guilty or ashamed afterward. You might lie awake replaying conversations, overthinking everything, and wondering why you can’t just feel calmer. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone — and it doesn’t mean you’re a bad partner or parent. It usually means you’re carrying too much for too long without enough support.
Happily accepting new clients- Sunday availability. Do you feel on edge often?— anxious, overwhelmed, and quicker to anger than you want to be? Maybe the smallest things set you off, you’re snapping at your partner or kids, and then you’re left feeling guilty or ashamed afterward. You might lie awake replaying conversations, overthinking everything, and wondering why you can’t just feel calmer. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone — and it doesn’t mean you’re a bad partner or parent. It usually means you’re carrying too much for too long without enough support.
Deb is the co-founder of Bend Wellness and the steady collaborator at its heart. A Registered Social Worker and Psychotherapist with well over a decade of experience, her work is grounded in trauma-informed, person-centred care. . She supports kids, young people, adults, and couples, while also mentoring the next generation of mental health providers through clinical supervision.
As a leader, she creates the same conditions for her team that she creates for clients: space to show up fully, be believed, and do meaningful work.
Deb is the co-founder of Bend Wellness and the steady collaborator at its heart. A Registered Social Worker and Psychotherapist with well over a decade of experience, her work is grounded in trauma-informed, person-centred care. . She supports kids, young people, adults, and couples, while also mentoring the next generation of mental health providers through clinical supervision.
As a leader, she creates the same conditions for her team that she creates for clients: space to show up fully, be believed, and do meaningful work.
Julie brings a gentle temperament, quick wit, & deeply caring presence to her work as a therapist. A Registered Social Worker with a master's degree in social work and 18 years of practice, she's worked with individuals and families at all stages of life. Her experience spans intimate partner violence support, youth outreach, case management, community mental health, & community development.
Julie brings a gentle temperament, quick wit, & deeply caring presence to her work as a therapist. A Registered Social Worker with a master's degree in social work and 18 years of practice, she's worked with individuals and families at all stages of life. Her experience spans intimate partner violence support, youth outreach, case management, community mental health, & community development.
I offer client-directed, professionally guided individual, parental, family counselling to facilitate the change you desire. My passion is leading people from feeling overwhelmed, anxious, depressed or stuck due to unhappy, unhealthy life experience, to feeling empowered, unstuck, positive and in charge of their lives.
I offer client-directed, professionally guided individual, parental, family counselling to facilitate the change you desire. My passion is leading people from feeling overwhelmed, anxious, depressed or stuck due to unhappy, unhealthy life experience, to feeling empowered, unstuck, positive and in charge of their lives.
I am genuinely interested and curious about the lives, perspectives, experiences and inner workings of human beings. It is a great privilege to work alongside people as they unravel old patterns, process challenging experiences and examine deeply held beliefs about themselves that may not hold true.
My early work in community development has contributed to a firm belief in supporting clients to address all areas of their lives: recognizing that the connection between mental, physical, emotional, and social helps to foster optimal wellbeing.
I am genuinely interested and curious about the lives, perspectives, experiences and inner workings of human beings. It is a great privilege to work alongside people as they unravel old patterns, process challenging experiences and examine deeply held beliefs about themselves that may not hold true.
My early work in community development has contributed to a firm belief in supporting clients to address all areas of their lives: recognizing that the connection between mental, physical, emotional, and social helps to foster optimal wellbeing.
If you are someone that is struggling with feeling "stuck" with where you are at, and unsure how to move forward, or that you are "coasting through life", I hear you and this is the space to process that feeling.
I work with clients struggling with ADHD/ BPD, Chronic Illness, Caregiving, Grief, and Loss. I work through an integrative lens and help my clients by creating an open and trusting space to share your story. If you need here and now support, explorative, or deeper work, I am here to meet you where you are at and hold that space for you.
If you are someone that is struggling with feeling "stuck" with where you are at, and unsure how to move forward, or that you are "coasting through life", I hear you and this is the space to process that feeling.
I work with clients struggling with ADHD/ BPD, Chronic Illness, Caregiving, Grief, and Loss. I work through an integrative lens and help my clients by creating an open and trusting space to share your story. If you need here and now support, explorative, or deeper work, I am here to meet you where you are at and hold that space for you.
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.
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Therapy for the resistant, the overwhelmed, and the "I’ve tried everything" crowd
What to Expect:
- No fluff—just real talk, real tools, and real change from day one
- Brief, powerful therapy (single-session, CBT, SFBT, ADHD strategies); or long term if that's what you need.
- Between-session email/text check-ins to keep momentum and accountability
- Straightforward support for anxiety, depression, ADHD, self-esteem, addictions, relationship conflict, workplace stress, and emotional regulation.
Let’s build resilience, boundaries, and tools that last. I offer free 15-minute consultations to ensure a good fit.
Therapy for the resistant, the overwhelmed, and the "I’ve tried everything" crowd
What to Expect:
- No fluff—just real talk, real tools, and real change from day one
- Brief, powerful therapy (single-session, CBT, SFBT, ADHD strategies); or long term if that's what you need.
- Between-session email/text check-ins to keep momentum and accountability
- Straightforward support for anxiety, depression, ADHD, self-esteem, addictions, relationship conflict, workplace stress, and emotional regulation.
Let’s build resilience, boundaries, and tools that last. I offer free 15-minute consultations to ensure a good fit.
Accepting new clients at clinic! Being in a culture that asks you to shrink yourself, your needs, and your beliefs can be tiresome. This may be impacting how you experience your mood, body, food, relationships or the spaces you occupy. There may be ways that you protect the more tender parts of you that get in the way of being more in line with your values, and finally having the relationship with yourself and others that you have always wanted. You might be feeling overwhelmed by changes you need to make and simply don't know where to begin. You deserve to live a rich, expansive life, and to have deep, meaningful connections.
Accepting new clients at clinic! Being in a culture that asks you to shrink yourself, your needs, and your beliefs can be tiresome. This may be impacting how you experience your mood, body, food, relationships or the spaces you occupy. There may be ways that you protect the more tender parts of you that get in the way of being more in line with your values, and finally having the relationship with yourself and others that you have always wanted. You might be feeling overwhelmed by changes you need to make and simply don't know where to begin. You deserve to live a rich, expansive life, and to have deep, meaningful connections.
Are you navigating life changes, parenting stress, or relationship struggles? I provide a safe, supportive space where you can explore your challenges, discover new perspectives, and reconnect with your strengths. With a multicultural background and lived experience of immigration, I value diversity and welcome clients from all walks of life.
Are you navigating life changes, parenting stress, or relationship struggles? I provide a safe, supportive space where you can explore your challenges, discover new perspectives, and reconnect with your strengths. With a multicultural background and lived experience of immigration, I value diversity and welcome clients from all walks of life.
I offer the first session or a 20 minute consultation free of charge, so you can get to know me and see if we would be a good fit. Please click on the link "my website" to access my virtual calendar. I so look forward to meeting you! Whatever brought you here, in this moment- hurt, grief, sadness, anxiety, or concern for a loved one - I hope I can help. I work with ages 12 to 80 with a wide range of concerns. My focus is on providing a safe, open, and accepting therapeutic space, as well as working collaboratively with individuals to find an approach that caters specifically to their needs.
I offer the first session or a 20 minute consultation free of charge, so you can get to know me and see if we would be a good fit. Please click on the link "my website" to access my virtual calendar. I so look forward to meeting you! Whatever brought you here, in this moment- hurt, grief, sadness, anxiety, or concern for a loved one - I hope I can help. I work with ages 12 to 80 with a wide range of concerns. My focus is on providing a safe, open, and accepting therapeutic space, as well as working collaboratively with individuals to find an approach that caters specifically to their needs.
My aim is to provide each and every client with the support and guidance they are looking for by creating individualized treatment plans. Life's struggles come in many shapes and sizes and focusing on areas in which we have control is a great stepping stone to formulate the life we want to be living, instead of getting stuck in the usual negative thinking that many of us get caught in from time to time.
My aim is to provide each and every client with the support and guidance they are looking for by creating individualized treatment plans. Life's struggles come in many shapes and sizes and focusing on areas in which we have control is a great stepping stone to formulate the life we want to be living, instead of getting stuck in the usual negative thinking that many of us get caught in from time to time.
I am a Registered Psychologist in Alberta, the Yukon, and Ontario (Interim Autonomous Practice). I have over 17 years of experience working in a variety of mental health and social settings, with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds. I have had the honour of working directly with Indigenous individuals, organizations, and communities. I tend to work in the areas of trauma and PTSD, intergenerational trauma and the impact of residential schools and colonization, depression, anxiety, substance abuse/addiction, family of origin issues, self-esteem, emotional regulation, and relationship concerns. I provide therapy for adults.
I am a Registered Psychologist in Alberta, the Yukon, and Ontario (Interim Autonomous Practice). I have over 17 years of experience working in a variety of mental health and social settings, with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds. I have had the honour of working directly with Indigenous individuals, organizations, and communities. I tend to work in the areas of trauma and PTSD, intergenerational trauma and the impact of residential schools and colonization, depression, anxiety, substance abuse/addiction, family of origin issues, self-esteem, emotional regulation, and relationship concerns. I provide therapy for adults.
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