All of us at various times, in various ways, seek to re examine how we are looking at things, critique our own vantage point. We're just not always as discerning as we'd like to think. Therapy allows a safe place to boldly sift the internal attitudes, beliefs and responses which are working for us, from those which are not; and to change us for the better.

Margriet is client focused and believes building a rapport with her clients to be essential in helping them with their issues. Without trust a therapeutic relationship cannot grow. Gaining an understanding of the clients background helps identify the key issues that need to be discussed. Margriet's therapeutic technique depends on the client and the issues they come with. Everyone is a unique creation.

If you want to feel heard, understood, connected, and challenged, I am here to work with you to explore your inner and outer world. With the aim of gaining more clarity, self-compassion, and insight, I will explore with you how life events and your relationships in your family of origin have impacted your sense of self and emotional patterns. While building a trusting and caring therapeutic relationship, we will explore themes important to you, that may include self-identity, emotions, relationships, sexuality, spirituality, creativity, work, mental health, addictions, illness, life cycle transitions, body image, and more.

I have worked as a therapist for the past 25 years. From my experience I am able to offer a number of skills to manage difficult emotions - however - what I have learned to be true in this work is that - we are all experts in our own lives. We all have a bit of a hunch of what we want different in our lives - however we often do not know how to get there. What I offer in this work is a safe place to navigate and understand yourself better and understand the obstacles that keep you stuck and how to move through.

I love to go deep with clients and explore all the intricacies of what makes them who they are. We are all complex, but simple beings. I have spent years working with people to discover the roots and dynamics that contribute to why they behave, feel and think like they do. Help is more simple and close than you think. I would love the opportunity to be invited into your heart and mind, to help you become free from those things that are hindering you.

Real change is possible. Sometimes small changes are all that's required to keep life humming along. Other times, we know that things just aren't working and that's when you need someone who doesn't shy away from the deeper issues. The counsellors are Russell Counselling will stick with you through the change process, and out the other side to the new You.

Psychotherapy is a means to gain a sense of wellness by understanding the effect of past and present experiences or obstacles on your life and identifying personal strengths and resources to cope with stressors. An integrative approach is beneficial to you as it draws from a variety of techniques and theories to provide a tailored treatment plan that meets your unique needs. Using a client-centered approach also ensures that you are in the driver’s seat so that your goals are the focus of therapy.

Clients benefit from psychotherapy by identifying thoughts, emotions and/or behaviors that make them feel bad, stressed, anxious, angry, etc. In a safe, caring atmosphere, I assist clients in identifying patterns of distress, identifying an individual's personal life goals, and developing a plan to achieve the goals. The benefit is personal growth, self-awareness and greater life satisfaction.

Self-analysis is best achieved with the help of a professional who can guide the process of coming to understand the deeper meaning of human behavior and thought. Psychotherapy will take you to new levels of insight and comprehension from which you can forge meaningful changes in the way you think about your self and your circumstances, make helpful decisions and implement behaviors that will enhance your life.

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.

As an experienced individual, couple and family therapist, I provide a safe, compassionate and supportive environment for individuals seeking psychotherapy for short term or chronic difficulties. Using a variety of therapeutic modalities and mindfulness techniques I help clients gain clarity and resolve personal, work-related, and relationship issues.

I work from a person centred, family systems, & attachment base in psychotherapy. Our early childhood attachment relationships impact us throughout our lifespan. Sometimes we develop strategies to protect ourselves in childhood which can become challenging to us as we move into adulthood; my approach to psychotherapy intentionally addresses these early childhood patterns. In psychotherapy you will also experience a deeper understanding of yourself, develop new levels of functioning - including a growing capacity to self-regulate, along with a purposeful & safe therapeutic relationship.

Psychotherapy is to the mind what physiotherapy is to the body. Depression and Anxiety affect how we think, feel and act. As a trauma-informed psychotherapist, my practice treats your mind resulting in improvements in your thoughts, and your emotions and overall well being. My therapy work is collaborative, incorporating talk therapy where your troubling thoughts and feelings are examined; behavioural therapy where you may experiment with new ways of interacting with others or practice relaxation techniques; exposure therapy to gradually desensitize you to something you fear; or experiential therapies such as mindfulness, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

Trained as a marriage and family therapist, I work with individuals, couples and families to build awareness of their relationship to their environment, self and others. Understanding these relationship dynamics and internal processes is an important part of our work. I offer a person centered-approach where we will collaboratively identify and work toward goals that are meaningful to you. I bring a depth of personal and professional experience to my work and offer a non-judgmental, supportive(yet challenging) stance to help move therapy into places of growth.

As a therapist with many years of experience, I have had the privilege and opportunity to enter people’s lives in deep and powerful life-changing ways. Each person is unique so treatment is a journey taken together. Psychotherapy is not something that is done to a person. Rather, my involvement is to work alongside, to guide and direct in tandem with you. It's not about impersonal analysis or judgement but about bringing skill, sensitivity and expertise to help you discover the truth about who you are. It’s to aid you in your healing as we together uncover your deepest beliefs and purposefully move into the depths of your emotions so that you can live your life to the freest and fullest.