Therapy Services

THERAPY SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS, COUPLES AND FAMILIES
What Do You Need? Let’s Create a Plan to Get You There.

When clients first come to see me, they have often been struggling for some time and are often unsure about what to do or where to turn.  They may have long standing personal or family issues that are once again resurfacing; they may be experiencing depression or anxiety symptoms for the first time, or yet again; or they may be experiencing conflict with the important people in their lives, and instead of getting better as they had hoped – it is getting worse.
 
The common experience for everyone crossing the threshold to my office and the special experience of therapy I offer, is they do not like the way they are feeling.  And that is where I can help.
 
I will be your guide: My role as a therapist is to be a collaborator, an educator, a mentor, an active listener and a guide.  I use the art and science of counselling theories to help you to determine what you need and together we create a plan to get you there.

I work with individual, couples and families and my clients are children, teens and adults.  Many of my clients have utilized my services at different times in their lives as different issues have arisen.
 
If you have experienced any of the following, you may find it helpful to attend a session with me:

INDIVIDUAL THERAPY

Face Your Fears, Feel Better About Yourself – Laugh More Often!
Individual therapy will provide you will the opportunity to enhance your quality of life as you:

• Understand more about your current life and relationships
• Explore how to deal with problems
• Connect with your feelings and deepen your sense of who you are
• Know more about your strengths and vulnerabilities
• Face your fears
• Improve your self-esteem
• Discover self-defeating patterns of thoughts and behaviours that get in your way
• Develop more effective ways of dealing with others
• Use what you learn about yourself to be more successful, happy, and balanced
• Laugh more often
  

MARITAL OR COUPLE THERAPY

Develop Good Feelings in Your Relationship
By working together, you will be guided to find better ways to develop trust, understanding and good feelings within your relationship.  With the help of marital therapy, partners can:

• Commit to improve their relationship
• Rebuild trust in a damaged relationship
• Deal with past disappointments
• Improve their communication skills
• Become more understanding and accepting of each other
• Make a smooth transition from being a couple to being parents
• Deal with money problems
• Parent more effectively
• Negotiate household responsibilities
• Build intimacy
• Improve their sexual relationship

FAMILY THERAPY

Learn to Communicate, Cope and Problem-Solve

Challenges within families can be complex and complicated as you try to balance the needs of various family members in a variety of situations:  Family therapy will help you:

• Manage child behaviour effectively
• Support children through issues of coping, adjustment or loss
• Transition through the developmental stages of your children with less conflict
• Enhance communication, problem solving and conflict resolution among family members
• Cope with separation and divorce
• Adjust to step-families, blended families, or single parenting

Fees: The fees for counselling may be covered by some Extended Health Benefits or Employee Assistance Program.  Ask your provider for details of coverage. I’m here to help you feel great about you and your life. Call 613-848-3683 today for a free telephone consultation.

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