Spirituality Therapists in Montréal, QC

[Currently, I prioritize couples and families, although all are encouraged to contact] As a licensed psychologist, I will be delighted to help you (individuals, couples, or families) with issues such as: anxiety, depression, stress, low self-esteem, sadness, difficulties in your couple or family relationships, hard memories or history of trauma. In particular, I have specialized training in couple and family therapy (systemic theories) with sensitivities around sex, gender, race, culture, religion, spirituality , immigration, and emotions. Sessions can be weekly or bi-weekly, depending on your needs and assessment.

I am a professional counsellor with 27 years of experience as a therapist, educator, consultant and coach. I am passionate about guiding others toward reaching their full potential and maintaining a balanced life. I use a client-centered approach, incorporating elements of several types of therapy: Cognitive-Behavioural, Somatic (body-focused) and Psychodynamic, along with other modalities, in order to create a treatment plan that addresses your particular needs, while working with you to achieve your goals and become the best version of you. My approach is guided by my heart as much as it is informed by my skills and knowledge.

As a licensed psychologist and certified Jungian psychoanalyst, I have had extensive experience with different problematics. Reasons for consulting may be various, but it always leads us to confront an unacknowledged part of ourselves, in a word, our own unconscious shadow. Please check personal web site for more details: www.jung-montreal.com

Coping with life challenges such as grief, relationship troubles, anxiety, depression, interpersonal conflict, or simply a general lack of well-being, can feel overwhelming for all of us. As a licensed Psychotherapist experienced with varied clinical and solution-focused approaches, my first priority is to provide a safe, non-judgemental space where clients can feel heard and understood. I then encourage those I work with to build on their inner strengths, explore adaptive strategies,integrate psycho spiritual resources and pursue their potential for personal growth.

If you’re looking for easy, feel-good therapy, where you talk and talk and talk and, in the end, get a few mind tricks to share with your friends (and maybe a label), Cenk is not for you. Cenk will make you work hard and challenge you to look inwards. If you follow his lead, you will find long-forgotten pieces of you, all in dire need to say their truth.

Welcome to the Creatives, the Caretakers, and the Gifted. Do you forget yourself by putting others first? Maybe you just don't feel that spark anymore and the world feels grey and flat. Maybe you feel like you're always the odd one out, or that you've never really connected with the therapy process because it felt stiff or boring. If you want to reconnect to your spark and creativity, find meaning, and feel empowered, let's connect. In our work, we will reconnect your mind, body, soul, and heart towards a whole and empowered Self. And believe it or not, this includes having fun!

There are increasing psychological problems which do not meet traditional psychiatric disorders but concern developmental 'family-of-origin' dynamics, impacting adult functioning-regarding work, intimacy and creativity. Furthermore, although external factors are often rather 'real' and painful- self justification, rationalization and avoidance/denial often defeat heartfelt goals, dreams, desires and unique potential regarding school/work, intimacy, creativity and future possibilities.

I help stressed, anxious and exhausted adults to feel more flexible, focussed, and confident to reconnect to their unique power. You might be frustrated, afraid, or shut out from the people close to you. You may feel disconnected from your body, or from activities that once brought pleasure. Creative arts therapy can help you feel more energized and calm, offering new ways to find playfulness in your day so you can boldly take on new challenges and deepen intimacy with others.

Maya Angelou once said, “there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you”. I am here to support you in expressing your untold stories. I will witness and listen to your untold stories and help you express and process them through the tools that expressive arts therapies provide, particularly art. Art therapy is a less challenging medium to explore your emotional needs. Through our art therapy sessions I will help you catch those overwhelming emotions and entangled thoughts. Together we will be able to find the best strategies for you to make the changes you need to feel better and heal.

I am a licensed psychologist (OPQ member). I offer screening & assessment (childhood-adulthood) for ADHD (following CADDRA guidelines), psycho-educational assessments (childhood-adulthood) for specific learning disorders, for ADHD, or to obtain a learning profile. Screenings or assessments can be tailored to your needs (e.g., to merely obtain social-emotional functioning). I also provide therapy for adults (18+) and children (7-14) dealing with mood disorders (e.g., depression), anxiety disorders, stress, burnout, relationship problems, low self-esteem, ADHD, and/or other types of LDs. I can offer online sessions if preferred.

I am a psychologist, member of the Ordre des Psychologues du Québec. My approach is warm, accessible, authentic, and committed to your goals. Our work will be collaborative, respect your pace, and ensure that you are given enough guidance to develop perspective and start to get unstuck. Together, we can address questions and challenges concerning your mood, anxiety, stress, self-esteem, identity, relationships, or life changes. I am comfortable in both French and English.

**I am currently on maternity leave until late summer 2022** I am a registered Psychotherapist and Social Worker in QC. I subscribe to the idea that suffering is a natural part of the human experience; we suffer and experience discomfort so we can cope and grow. It is possible however that we can exceed our threshold of suffering and our normal coping mechanisms are no longer sufficient. This is when our discomfort begins to feel like pain, anxiety, and depressive thoughts and is no longer beneficial to our growth. I like to think of my role as the collaborator and support system for times like these.

As an emotional coach, one of my major missions is to show clients, through embodied experience, how to process emotions and relate to inner experience in ways that better identify and meet their emotional needs individually and with others. The outcome of this is relief, peace, grounding, and inner trust. This is a safe space - I support LGBTQA+, ethical nonmonogamy, sex positivity, and spiritual, religious, as well as secular frameworks.

I think that we're all on a journey to self discovery and it should be a reasonable goal to accomplish during our lifetime. However, some of us have legitimate reasons to keep putting it off and some of us didn't have enough care and support to place them on the right path to it. With some help, each of us will be able to walk their own journey. I could help you understand your past and how it got you to where you are today, walk with you to the source of negative feelings and thoughts that may be affecting you, your relationships, studies or work; to help you process them.

There are points in all our lives when we need outside help. Understanding your emotions and behaviors that are informed by past experiences and negatively affect your self-esteem and relationships with others is challenging. Often we want to change but don't know how. Developing a therapeutic alliance where you feel safe expressing and exploring all the parts of yourself- the good & the bad, is a valuable gift you can give to yourself. I am honored to help clients explore the complexity of their beings, process pain, and use their struggles as opportunities for personal awakening and change.

Please note that I am holding sessions virtually to respect government restrictions and our safety. I am impressed by how well these platforms work. I am a bilingual psychologist who uses the strength- and evidence-based practices of Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and hypnotherapy to guide clients to the change they would like to make. I work with adolescents, adults and couples, using their strengths, wisdom and experiences to get unstuck, change their way of behaving or thinking and transform their lives.

While pain is part of human experience, it needs attention when it turns into suffering. Are you going through a time of transition? Feeling confused, desperate, frustrated, or humiliated? Are you having trouble with overeating, depression or anxiety? Therapy can help to transform suffering into joy and peace: physical, social, emotional, and intellectual. Art Therapy offers a safe space to slow down and tap into inner resourcefulness, as well as a creative process that can bring different views and resolutions to difficult situations.

I have been a practicing psychotherapist for 30 years, and have expertise in treating individuals experiencing a wide range of difficulties. These include relationship issues, women's issues, life transitions, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, emotional abuse, childhood trauma and grief. My approach, while primarily psychodynamic, includes cognitive strategies, mindfulness and active, creative strategies.

I believe in the human being and his or her capacity to re-build. I find that there is nothing more important than a willingness to develop compassion for oneself and one's situation. For me, the therapy is a place to reconnect with emotions, and begin a very important journey within the supportive therapeutic relationship.

Believe it or not, in the same way that you learned how to read or ride a bike, you CAN learn to navigate uncertainty and coast through the emotional ups and downs that come with the times in your life when you do not know where to go or what to do. I believe that creativity can be the sustaining and supportive fire that fuels your life. Listening, breathing, embodied learning, and making, are the four principles which have guided my practice over the last 15 years. Changing longstanding habits or patterns takes time, commitment, motivation, and consistency, many approaches are needed. Caring for yourself is fundamental to life.