Online Counselling for Montréal

People-pleasers, perfectionists, worriers, and warriors ages 6 to 66: this is your call to action. You want to be more in touch with yourself but you have been held back by anxiety, trauma, and people taking advantage of you. As part of the LGBTQ2IA+ and geeky communities, you sometimes feel like you're cast aside and rarely understood. It is so tempting to give up, but you continue to persevere! You've been fighting on your own for so long that now you're ready for some more support from someone who won't ask you to educate them about being queer/the MCU/BDSM/pop culture references.

ON-LINE/Virtual Sessions. I've been a psychotherapist and Trauma Specialist for at least 30 years offering treatments such as EMDR, CBT, Talk Therapy, IFS among other approaches to healing. In my private practise, I enjoy working with clients who are open and willing to make positive changes in their lives. Whether you feel anxious, stuck, depressed or unhappy in some area of your life, my initial goal is to help you gain a feeling of safety. I encourage clients to tell me their story to help them see things from a fresh perspective, improve self-awareness and find practical solutions to life's challenges.

Do you struggle with emotional pain and grief that you would like to process through music? I work with adults experiencing grief and loss, bereavement, life transitions, emotional pain, anxiety, depression, and stress. I use music therapy to help my clients increase self-awareness, ease pain, develop self-soothing techniques, and restore well-being. We will harness your natural love of music to create personal transformation. Music Therapy is a certified profession. I completed a masters degree with a focus on music therapy for psychological health, and my approach is trauma-informed.

I work with women using Hypnotherapy, EMDR, and Regression Hypnosis (and Spiritual Counselling when requested) to overcome women's health issues such as situational anxiety or past trauma, weight loss goals, poor body image, phobias, lack of motivation, emotional eating, professional performance anxiety, and more. My approach is holistic and takes into consideration the needs of your heart and soul as well, to help clients who seek to better known themselves on a Soul level. This help can help them find clarity in their lives by discovering their soul purpose, improve their relationships, and to make peace with the past.

Are you anxious, depressed, or struggling to really feel connected to yourself? Do your emotions feel too intense? Are old patterns or past experiences holding you back or negatively influencing how you deal with situations in the present? In therapy, you can have a space to express yourself and to gain clarity on your thoughts and emotions. Together we can explore aspects of your reality that are harder to define and that go beyond what you already know and can explain about yourself. This can lead you to that exciting place where new insights and self-awareness emerge, and change can happen in your life.

Nancy has been dedicated to personal growth for herself and others for the past 25 years. As a Psychotherapist who values excellence, expertise and exceptional service, she has developed a high level of presence and skills which guide her clients to evolve beyond limiting beliefs and dysfunctional patterns. Within Canada and the US, Nancy has a proven track record of helping child, adolescent and adult clients transform issues in relationships; anxiety; depression; addictions; gambling; OCD; eating disorders; PTSD from traumatic incidents such as accidents; war; domestic violence; sexual, physical and emotional abuse.

I am queer, neurodivergent and a parent. I have 13 years of clinical experience in psychiatric, addictions, relational and childhood trauma and community work. My first language is English. I work to help people integrate their thoughts, emotions, somatic experiences and stories of empowerment so they can make sense of the world during these difficult times. I have worked with issues such as Depression, Stress Management, CPTSD, Anxiety, ADHD, Autism, Gender Dysphoria, Eating Disorders, Addictions, BPD and PTSD. I believe people are more than their diagnosis. Psychiatry must be deconstructed for us to find our true potential.

I am a Psychologist/Registered Marriage Therapist in private practice. I work with individuals and couples dealing with life's challenges, losses and inevitable transitions. I help clients get clarity of their situation, identify and modify self-defeating patterns of behaviour and begin to recognze the negative interaction cycles that keep them stuck. My goal is to build trust, emotional safety, empathy and forgiveness. For relationships too wounded to repair, I will help couples separate with dignity and respect. I use an integrative approach combining psychodynamic / EFT/family systems /CBT therapies. I offer online sessions.

As a clinical social worker with 11+ years of experience working with adolescents, adults & couples managing depression, anxiety, ADHD, trauma, self-esteem & relationship issues, I believe in empowering people through a person-centered and collaborative approach. My clinical approach combines cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) strategies and a strengths-based process to trigger goal-oriented actions. During each personalized session, I use a multitude of therapeutic models in order to serve my clients needs individually.

People seek help for specific reasons such as eating disorders, psycho-somatic conditions, obsessional behaviour, or phobic anxieties. At other times help is sought because of more general underlying feelings of depression or anxiety, difficulties in concentrating, dissatisfaction in work or inability to form satisfactory relationships. We believe in a mind-body connection so that improvements in psychological well-being translate into physical vitality. The benefits of our psychotherapy and counselling work include self-insight, inner fulfillment, raised self-esteem, a positive outlook and improved relationships.

Over the years as a helping professional I realized that people care less about clever language and elaborate techniques and more about receiving sincere love and compassion, living hope and courage, honest feedback, and new perspectives. What proved to help is having the mutual trust to explore and work on intimate, sometimes painful topics, step-by-step. Together, we invite your strengths and natural wisdom to take the steering wheel of your life, letting go of the grasp of your fears and limiting self-beliefs. Together, we also help you chose and create new habits towards a better ways of being.

As a Psychotherapist & Clinical sexologist she works with clients struggle with emotional problems, affectional dependency, jealousy, fear of intimacy and loneliness; and various problems such as anxiety, depression, self-esteem, body image. She works with couples struggle with separation, conflict, anger, jealousy, intimacy and conversation problems. Relationship begins with hope and love leads to suffering and frustration. Despite the strong urge for intimacy and closeness, couples have no choice but to leave the relationship. Gain insight into repetitive destructive patterns is the first step towards self knowing and improvement.

Relationships. Day-to-day life. Loss & grief. These can be challenging, unsettling and isolating, but they don't have to feel this way. Are you in a new or established relationship, wondering why you're not feeling happy? Perhaps it's difficult to talk with or be heard by your partner and you keep having the same disagreements over and over again. Maybe you’re feeling stress and anxiety rather than calmness, peace, security and confidence. Have you experienced a life changing loss, and find yourself grasping for air beneath the depths and unpredictability of grief and sorrow? If you recognize yourself, you are at the right place.

Are you struggling with an issue and you need some therapy to help you get back on track, I offer phone sessions in the comfort of your own home. As an arts based trauma informed empowerment therapist, I am experienced in a variety of issues: Anxiety and Depression, Agoraphobia, Addiction, feeling lost and confused, self esteem, suicidal Ideation, relationships, trauma, and PTSD, You don’t need to be diagnosed with a mental illness to get help, all you need is to want to heal. I provide a safe relationship which my clients may use for personal growth.

Please visit my website at FirstChoicePsychology.com. 25+ years of Experience in the US and Canada. My Specialities: Overcoming Adverse and Traumatic experiences, Anxiety, OCD, Depression, Problems in Living, Addictions and Sexual problems. I also focus on helping people recover from the effects of Growing up in Difficult Families as well as Bad/Toxic Relationships. I will help you to build a strong and authentic self-identity so that you can live a life of greater Meaning and Purpose. I utilize the most recent and Highly Effective Intervention Approaches. See the "Specializations" section of my website: FirstChoicePsychology.com

I am an MSW graduate registered with the professional Order of Social Workers, Family and Marriage Therapists of Quebec (OTSTCFQ). My experience varies through different clinical settings and crisis intervention.

With my more than 15 years of experience in psychotherapy, I can help you understand why you feel anxious, sad, or confused, and to make sense of your experience. I can support you discovering what is really going on with you, until the point when you feel at home and at peace with yourself, and thus be able to take control of your life and grow as a person. I am also a university professor teaching clinical psychology and a psychotherapy researcher, which allows me to combine evidence-based beneficial approaches to fit your unique situation and needs.

Reaching out for support is not always easy, I understand taking this first step can be an overwhelming and scary process. I want to provide you with a safe and supportive environment to work through life’s challenges and better understand what is standing in the way of building your best life. Together, we'll collaborate to explore your experiences, gain deeper insights, and develop practical tools and coping strategies tailored to your unique needs.

For over 2 decades I have provided evidence-based psychotherapy to adults for a wide range of challenges, including anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, grief, burn out, time management, and goal setting. Some clients need only a few sessions to achieve specific therapy goals, while others prefer to spend more time taking a more in depth look at complex issues effecting their daily lives.