Find a Therapist in De Winton, Alberta.

Using a personalized approach tailored to you, I help you discover what you need to flourish. As an engaged and empathetic listener, I provide a caring, supportive space to experiment and experience changes in action, thoughts, and belief. With access to a variety of techniques from several different models for therapy (CBT, DBT, IPT, REBT, Rogerian), people seeing me have consistently experienced greater life and relationship satisfaction.

Psychotherapy allows individuals to better understand their own unique history and how that history contributes to current issues and concerns. Engaging in psychotherapy empowers individuals to gain control over distressing symptoms through increased insight into their own mental processes. Clients will better understand themselves in relation to others, and be able to live a life more congruent with their values.

The motivations for individuals seeking out psychotherapy are as varied and unique as people themselves. Some engage in psychotherapy to explore challenging experiences or situations which they’d like to talk about in a safe and confidential setting. These might include issues such as loss and grief, relationship issues, separation, or other major life transitions, or experiences from the past. Others ask for help in how to change and or deal with certain emotional or behavioral traits. Some people seek Talk Therapy to help them explore a general feelings that their lives are not quite right, or to cope with feelings of depression, while others look to Talk Therapy as part of their efforts to discover or create meaning in their lives. Individuals are often...(view profile to read more)

I have the benefit of various clinical methods that can offer a variety of methods specifically designed to best meet the needs of people who come in. I have a great deal of confidence in the inner resourcefulness of people, thus counselling focuses on fostering another's internal wisdom to support wellness. Diverse training in a number of therapy methods such as, Mindfulness-based, Acceptance & Commitment (ACT), Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR), Play, Expressive Arts, Attachment, Emotion-focused, Family Systems and Gottman therapies means there is enough versatility to ensure almost everyone can benefit from their psychotherapy experience.

Specific treatment modalities such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or Dialectical Behavioural Therapy can be effective in helping people with the symptoms of diagnosable mental health conditions such as mood disorders. Cognitive distortions often take the place of more rational thinking and once these distortions can be discovered, even the realization of the distortion can help a client learn new ways of thinking and thus feeling. Such a distortion could be something like 'all or nothing thinking'. A client may present suggesting that "things are always this way." By finding positive exceptions to this we can realize that things are never all good or all bad.

Psychotherapy is the use of psychological methods to help a person change behavior and overcome problems in a positive manner. Its aim is to help people understand the thoughts behind feeling anxious or depressed and addressing these thinking patterns. Psychotherapy will help you change behaviors and habits that are limiting you, to experiencing your fullest potential.

I believe that being a therapist involves leading people to places they may have trouble getting to on their own - such as using one's rational mind to 'figure out' problems. Some of my skills involve using mindfulness and body awareness to deepen therapy and get to the roots of my clients' struggles. I also help you understand the various parts that go into who you are, and the ways they do and don’t work for you. The ways in which we have learned to cope and manage the many stressors and situations of our lives carry our wounding as well as our resilience. As we unpack the parts and skillfully tend to them, we transform them, and open more space to live from our true and whole selves.

Psychotherapy can be effective for a wide range of concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief/loss, relationships, addictions, spirituality etc. By creating a safe place for you to explore concerns and express feelings, we will be able identify unhealthy patterns and replace these with more functional ways of being in the world. The overall aim is to increase the quality of your life and assist you in using your strengths in order to find solutions to life's difficulties. I provide a non-judgemental sounding board for you and offer suggestions in order to help you successfully navigate life's many hurdles.

Therapy using a variety of methods can help you experience relief from distressing symptoms and resolve, or learn to deal with, problems of life. In an accepting relationship I facilitate healing by listening to your unique story and by sensitively helping you work through deeply personal, and often highly uncomfortable, topics. Even though the tendency is to resist anything that is painful, when you feel what you have been trying to avoid and discover insight about what has been causing your personal and/or relationship difficulties, you are better able to make the changes you want.

Psychotherapy is a very personal experience. I work to collaboratively individualize your therapy to meet your particular needs, personal interactions, help change in ways you hope to and overcome problems in ways you desire. I strive to optimize your own personal strengths, increase self-understanding and awareness, and increase confidence to reach your goals.

When life feels like it's falling apart, we offer help in putting it back together. Come and experience wholeness in your emotions, your mind, your spirit and your relationships through both the techniques of psychology and the healing power of Christ. Life just wasn't meant to be lived in pieces and, now, there is a Christian Counselling option that gives you the tools to ensure you don't have to.

Looking for deep change? Psychotherapy is a deep dive of entering into ourselves and discovering our authentic truth. Removing old blocks, helping our relationships and changing our mindsets are part of doing this deeper work. My therapy is not about sharing some tools and telling you some books to read. It is a massive investment into challenging yourself, taking a hard look at the changes you seek and above anything else it is about moving into a future self that you feel deeply aligned with.

Do you need to talk? Sometimes getting through life's difficulties can seem daunting and talking with someone may provide a sounding board, an empathic ear, a fresh perspective and a different way of looking at things. Sometimes talking can help clear the confusion and make options more obvious. Learn to share about the things that are bothering you and weighing on you and creating stress and find ways to win at life.