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Therapeutic Approaches

Offering the following therapeutic methods to best support your goals for therapy:

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

    CBT is a practical, skills-based therapy that helps you understand how your thoughts, emotions and behaviours are connected. It’s highly effective for issues such as anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT gives you tools to reframe unhelpful thoughts and build healthier coping strategies.

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

    IFS views the mind as made up of different "parts" that each play a role in your thoughts and behaviours. Some parts may be protective, others reactive. IFS helps you understand and harmonize these parts, leading to greater self-awareness, emotional balance, and healing from internal conflict.

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

    EMDR is a specialized therapy proven effective in treating trauma and distressing memories. Using bilateral stimulation (like guided eye movements), EMDR helps process and release painful experiences that may be keeping you stuck. It supports emotional relief and renewed clarity.

  • Client-Centered & Solution-Focused Therapy

    These approaches center you as the expert in your own life. Therapy is collaborative, strengths-based, and focused on what’s working. We’ll identify solutions, build on your resources, and work toward realistic, meaningful change, without getting stuck in the problem.

Compassionate Support 

Anxiety

Anxiety is an inevitable part of life and there are times when it is appropriate and reasonable to be anxious. Anxiety becomes a problem when it is experienced too intensely for a situation, doesn’t go away or interferes with your life. Symptoms of anxiety can in range in severity from a sense of uneasiness to a full-blown panic attack marked by shortness of breath, heart palpitations, trembling, sweating, nausea, numbness, and fear of dying or losing control. Therapy provides an opportunity to develop cognitive, behavioural and mindfulness strategies to modify unhelpful ways of thinking and feeling, and reduce rumination and avoidance.

Depression

Depression is not caused by any one thing but is likely due to a combination of factors influencing one another. Symptoms of depression range in intensity and often include sadness, a loss of energy, a loss of interest in activities or life, changes in appetite, difficulty concentrating, self-criticism, difficulty making decisions, feelings of hopelessness, withdrawal from others, irritability, physical pains, and sometimes suicidal thoughts. Therapy helps you better understand the role of your thoughts, feelings and behaviors as well as your environment and psychology in the development of your depression. Conceptualizing your depression provides insight into how to best intervene to optimize improvements in mood and functioning.

Trauma

No one is immune from trauma. Not our friends, not our family, not ourselves. We can be traumatized from war, natural disasters, violence or betrayal in our lives. For the most part, people are resilient; however, trauma can leave traces in our minds, on our emotions and even on our biology, affecting our capacity for living. It is not uncommon for someone suffering from post-traumatic stress to be hypervigilant, detached, numb, angry, or feel like they are losing control or going crazy. With PTSD, the body continues to defend against a threat that belongs to the past, affecting the ability to function in the present. EMDR, as well as other therapeutic interventions, can help you regulate intense emotions activated by trauma and restore a sense of safety and engagement to live more fully in the present.

Grief and Loss

While grief is a normal and natural emotional response to a loss, it can be a heartbreaking and devastating experience. The range of emotions experienced is endless and may include intense sadness, anger, disbelief, shame, guilt, and fear, just to mention a few. When most people think of loss, they think of the loss of a loved one. While we can never compare grief, other common losses include divorce, retirement, loss of a pet, home, job or health. Mourning needs a voice. Moving through loss depends on emotional venting.

Life Transitions

Life changes—whether planned or unexpected—can challenge our ability to cope. Transitions such as starting a new job, ending a relationship, parenting struggles, lifestyle changes, or health concerns can leave us feeling overwhelmed or stuck. Counselling offers a supportive and non-judgmental environment to explore your thoughts and emotions. Using a collaborative, client-centered approach, we can work together to help you navigate these challenges and build the resilience needed for positive change.