Rhonda has a Masters Degree in Counselling and is an experienced Individual, Marriage, and Family Therapist.  She maintains a private practice in the tri-city area of Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge, Ontario. Her approach is genuine, down to earth, and practical, using techniques and interventions that are well supported by clinical research. 

As well as addressing the full range of counselling needs for individuals, couples, and families, she has two specialties. After training extensively as a Family Systems Therapist she chose to specialize in couples counselling and trauma recovery.

1)       Couples Counselling: Rhonda is passionate about helping people to understand and learn the practical skills that help their relationships to succeed.   She has had the honour of studying and receiving supervision directly under Doctors John and Julie Gottman at the Gottman Institute in Seattle Washington. With this she learned to utilize emotionally focused techniques that help couples to strengthen their friendship, become more deeply connected and intimate, navigate conflict in healthy and respectful ways, and to cope more effectively with those stresses that get in the way of their happiness.  She has extensive experience in supporting and guiding couples through affairs, co-existing problems like depression, recent and past traumatic events, blending families, and complex parenting issues.

2)       Trauma recovery: Rhonda has additional certification in EMDR, one of the leading forms of therapy for trauma recovery. It is important to know that time does not resolve the conflicts generated by trauma.  Treatment, however, does. EMDR helps people to reprocess “undigested” traumatic memories in a safe, controlled and natural way. You will find that Rhonda is a very sensitive, non-judgmental and supportive counsellor well experienced in helping people to overcome the negative effects of childhood and adult sexual, emotional, and physical abuse, traumatic death, war related experiences, affairs, accidents, natural disasters and intense grief. Rhonda is quite committed to journeying alongside her clients on their road to recovery and wholeness. Please note that EMDR is also proven to be effective with depression, anxiety and other related conditions

Rhonda is a lisenced, clinical member of the AAMFT/OAMFT.  She also remains fully licensed and registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario as well, having chosen this field as her undergraduate career, specializing in mental and public health. This puts her in a unique category of individuals qualified to address the full spectrum of mental health and social needs. Rhonda looks forward to becoming a professional member of the new Canadian School of Psychotherapy.

Rhonda‘s Kitchener office is located at 30 Duke Street West, Suite 1002 on the tenth floor of the RBC Building, Corporation Square entrance.  

For an appointment please leave a message at (519) 489-6007. 

Website:   www.gracecounsellingservices.com