Joanna holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Individual and Marital/Couple Counselling. As a Canadian Certified Counsellor and a member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association, she is maintaining the Association’s standards of competent and accountable counselling practice. Joanna works with adult individuals, couples and families in a non-judgmental, compassionate and collaborative manner while meeting her clients’ specific goals and needs .

Joanna applies a wide range of therapeutic approaches; including Experiential, Emotion-Focused, Cognitive, EMDR, Object Relation and Family System’s Therapies, according to her clients’ needs and preferences . She recognizes and respects her clients’ spiritual needs and religious and cultural values. She is also qualified to include her clients’ religious beliefs into the therapy process, but she does that only upon the clients’ request .

Joanna’s private practice is supervised by the registered psychologist. Her services are covered in part by most extended insurance policies.

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT in Individual Therapy?

Joanna strongly believes that everyone has inner strength, wisdom and the ability to heal. In Individual Therapy she will facilitate the reconnection and further development of your inner strengths and help you use it in the face of current difficulties. While you will identify your needs and your own goals for the therapy, Joanna will support you and work with you on reaching those goals in a most efficient and effective way.

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT in Marital/Couple/Family Therapy?

Joanna believes that in relationship with loved ones, we usually have good intentions. Very often, however, our individual problems, difficulties with communication, or everyday business and hardships keep us apart. In Couple/Relational Therapy she will assist you in eliminating current divisions with loved ones, she will help you communicate better, and facilitate your efforts in healing relational injuries. She will guide and support you in building relationship in which both of you feel loved, cared for and safe.

Typical issues Joanna works with include:

• Anger management (individual) and conflict resolution (within the couple and family)
• Anxiety/Stress management (at work place and/or within the family)
• Blended families' issues
• Developing communication skills
• Cross-cultural tension/missunderstandings (in couple/family relations and/or in the work place)
• Desensitization and reprocessing of traumatic memories (car accidents as well as other past traumatic experiences, including childhood abuse and neglect)
• Depression/Grief/Existential issues
• Family of origin issues: attachment and boundaries, resolving “unfinished” business, etc.
• Healing emotional and attachment wounds (including those caused by infidelity) within the couple therapy
• Low self-esteem
• Premarital counselling
• Relational issues (working with clients individualy and/or within the couple therapy)
• Young adults' (individuation, differentiation from the family of origin, intergenerational relations, vocations, etc.) and young couples/ families' challenges

In addition to her professional training in psychotherapy and counselling, Joanna can refer in course of therapy to the wealth of her personal experiences. She had a successful research career in the field of biochemistry, was involved in founding high-tech start-up and has created private practice in counselling. She worked in organizations of different sizes, in various countries and cultures. Concurrently she raised her son and withstood 30 years of the marriage.

If you experience individual or relational challenges/difficulties, please, remember that confidential, considerate and caring professional assistance is readily available, only a call away.