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Discover the Pathways to Healing and Personal Growth

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) stands as the most extensively researched evidence-based therapeutic approach. This goal-oriented therapy empowers clients to challenge their thoughts and core beliefs, which may be contributing to emotional and personal challenges. As clients’ thinking patterns evolve, so do their emotions and behaviors, fostering improved emotion regulation. CBT is a problem-focused and action-oriented form of therapy, tailored to address specific issues associated with diagnosed mental disorders.
CBT finds application in treating a wide range of mental health conditions, including anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, PTSD, alcohol and drug use problems, phobias, panic disorder, and eating disorders. By providing practical tools and strategies, CBT equips individuals with the skills needed to confront and overcome the challenges they face, facilitating lasting positive change.

Eye-Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)

Eye-Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful psychotherapy aimed at helping individuals cope with the aftermath of trauma. Following a traumatic event, people often experience a wide range of emotional responses triggered by reminders of the trauma. EMDR effectively addresses symptoms like anxiety, depression, guilt, anger, panic, chronic pain, sleep disturbances, and flashbacks, among others.
During EMDR sessions, the therapist facilitates bilateral stimulation of the brain’s left and right hemispheres. This process aids in desensitizing and alleviating the emotional distress linked to traumatic memories. As you engage in reprocessing, unhealthy and negative beliefs associated with the trauma are gradually replaced with more positive and adaptive beliefs, fostering healing and resilience.
With an extensive body of research backing its efficacy, EMDR has become the leading treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Through this therapeutic approach, you can find support in navigating the effects of trauma and moving towards a healthier and more balanced life.

The Grief Recovery Method

The emotions that accompany every loss in life are entirely natural and part of the human experience. However, not everyone has been equipped with the necessary tools and resources to navigate the healing process effectively. Through this action-based approach, you will find a safe and supportive environment to work through your loss without fear of judgment or criticism. Guided by the Grief Recovery Handbook (GRH), you will learn new skills and tools to effectively process and “complete” the pain associated with your feelings.
As a Grief Recovery Method Specialist, I am dedicated to guiding you on your journey to recovery and healing from loss. Your active participation is vital to the healing and recovery process, and I will provide you with the necessary emotional support throughout. Together, we will work towards healing and transforming grief into positive growth.

Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)

Accelerated Resolution Therapy® (ART) is a brief, structured form of psychotherapy designed to help you recover from distressing experiences, emotions, or sensations that may feel “stuck” in your mind or body. Using gentle, guided eye movements and visualization techniques, ART helps the brain reprocess troubling memories in a way that reduces emotional pain while preserving the facts of what happened. Through ART, clients are able to erase negative images associated with memories, resulting in the elimination of corresponding triggers.

During an ART session, you’ll remain fully in control as your therapist guides you through a series of eye movements—which we believe to be similar to what naturally occurs during dreaming—while you recall a difficult memory or feeling. Through this process, your brain can safely “update” the memory by removing or replacing the corresponding images so that it no longer triggers the same distress, fear, or physical tension. You don’t have to describe your trauma in detail if you prefer not to; many people appreciate this sense of privacy and control.

Most clients describe ART as calm, focused, and surprisingly efficient. Because each session follows a structured protocol, progress can often be seen within one or a few sessions rather than months of therapy. People commonly report significant improvements in symptoms of trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, and other stress- related problems, along with better sleep and a greater sense of peace.

ART is grounded in the science of how memories and emotions are stored in the brain. By helping the mind replace distressing images and sensations with new, positive ones, ART allows healing to occur quickly and safely; so you can move forward without being held back by the past.

Click here for a more detailed description of what ART is.

Click here to learn more about ART via a TED Talk by ART founder, Laney Rosenzweig.

Click here to watch a client talk about their experience with ART with their therapist.

Gottman Method Couples Therapy

Gottman Method Couples Therapy is a well-established and empirically based counseling approach designed to address gridlocked issues in relationships. The therapy begins with comprehensive assessments, informed by research-based interventions, to shape the treatment process effectively. The core objectives of this therapy are to cultivate softened start-up communication skills, foster fondness and admiration, manage conflicts constructively, create shared meaning, and strengthen trust and commitment in the relationship.
Having completed Level 1 and 2 Training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy, I integrate this evidence-based approach into my practice. It provides a solid framework for guiding couples on their journey towards healthier and more fulfilling relationships. However, it is essential to note that this method is not suitable for couples experiencing violence, as safety remains a top priority in counseling.
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Narrative Therapy

A form of therapy that differentiates between people and their problem. Through creating distance from the issues encountered, individuals are encouraged to view the issues through various lenses in order to create a narrative that accurately processes their experience. A healthy separation between an individual and their problems can help to promote positive changes that utilize their own capabilities to restructure their directions in life.  Narrative Therapy helps clients explore personal strengths and the sense of self, so that a distinctive outlook that aligns to one’s own values can be created to create momentum for action.

Person-Centered Therapy

A client-based and humanistic approach that promotes a non-judgmental space for self-exploration. We believe that people are experts of their own lives, and so we engage through unconditional positive regard. Individuals are free to express all things that make them unique so that they can accept and inspire their own changes through the therapeutic journey. Person-Centered Therapy encourages self-awareness and ownership, so that one can learn to become more confident in their decision-making process when faced with daily challenges.

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

Focusing on solutions and strengths to create meaningful change. SFT is a goal-directed and collaborative psychotherapeutic approach, empowering individuals to create and realize their unique solutions. By challenging assumptions and utilizing techniques to explore present and future issues, clients discover effective pathways towards their desired outcomes.

Existential Therapy & Logotherapy

Existential Therapy is a philosophical approach that explores the in-depth meaning of what it is to live as a human being. Logotherapy, developed by Viktor Frankl, can be considered as a sub-variation of Existential Therapy which focuses specific meaning to our individuality that enriches life overall. Through Existential Therapy, the clinician helps the client develop insight and learn to embrace life fully while overcoming the primal fears such as freedom, death, isolation, and meaninglessness. Through this process, the client learns to become resilient in the face of adversity and lead more fulfilling lifestyles of their own choosing.

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) serves as an empowering approach specially tailored to combat depression by combining mindfulness practices with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Embracing mindfulness means purposefully and nonjudgmentally being present in the moment, acknowledging things as they are (Williams, Teasdale, Segal, and Kabat-Zinn, 2007). Throughout this transformative therapy, you will learn how to reshape your thoughts, feelings, and connection with bodily sensations, equipping you to proactively prevent future depressive relapses. MBCT opens the door to emotional resilience and a renewed sense of well-being on your journey to healing.

Other Modalities

In addition to the core therapeutic approaches, we offer a diverse range of modalities designed to address specific challenges and promote positive transformation.
Craving Change Program (CBT-based): The Craving Change Program adopts a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) approach to manage problematic eating habits. By delving into the reasons behind eating behaviors and recognizing personal triggers, individuals gain greater control over their cravings and successfully modify eating patterns.
SMART Recovery: The Self Management And Recovery Training (SMART) is a science-based program tailored to support individuals dealing with drinking and substance abuse behaviors. SMART Recovery equips participants with essential tools to manage behavioral challenges and achieve successful and sustainable change.

Your Road to Healing Starts Now

Ready to create positive change in your life? Don’t hesitate to book your therapy session, where we’ll collaborate on fostering self-awareness, healing past wounds, and nurturing personal growth to achieve a life of fulfillment.

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