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Psychotherapy provides a transformative journey towards gaining perspective, insight, and self-awareness, equipping you with the skills and tools for comprehensive well-being—physically, mentally, and spiritually. At Atlas Therapy, our commitment extends to continually enhancing our expertise through new training and innovative approaches, ensuring optimal support for our clients on their therapeutic journeys. The scientific validation of psychotherapy attests to its efficacy in addressing diverse issues. Nevertheless, our ultimate objective at Atlas is to empower our clients to navigate life's challenges long after our time together.

Psychotherapy uses evidence-based approaches to help clients better manage daily stressors, gain perspective, and gather practical coping skills to apply in real-life. Clients are active catalysts in their healing, and together we will determine the best steps forward based on your individual needs and preferred therapy goals. Sessions offer a safe and non-judgmental online space where you can become reacquainted with the real you and take charge of your life.

My approach to Psychotherapy is dynamic in that I use a variety of integrative modalities. I believe that it is important to be able provide clients with various treatment models, as we are each client is unique. In addition, I use Mindfulness and a Sensorimotor approach throughout my psychotherapeutic services, as it is a necessary part of the healing journey.

In all of the work that I do with clients, there are some primary goals: Promote understanding and eliminate ambiguity. It is only through understanding that we can create comprehensive and meaningful change. I also focus quite heavily on exploring tools and treatment methods with my clients so that they can find their desired change. I incorporate elements of cognitive and behavioural interventions along with a myriad of psychological principles into my psychotherapeutic work.

As psychotherapists, we offer a safe, collaborative, and non-judgmental space for clients to explore their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Through various evidence-based techniques, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), we help clients gain insight into their patterns of thinking and behaviours, identify and challenge negative beliefs, and develop coping strategies to manage symptoms of anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues. Together, we will work towards achieving lasting positive change in your life and enhancing your overall well-being.

Psychotherapy is a dynamic process that provides great explanations for understanding human behavior. Personality development begins during the first years of life. Children born into warm and empathic environments are likely to grow into healthy adults. If this nurturing is absent personality disorders can develop. Psychotherapy explains some of these derailments. Without help many people continue to function in dysfunctional ways. The barriers erected to survive in the past become harmful to their present situation. Psychotherapy helps people re-gain a feeling of safety and self esteem. Through this restoration people are then able to begin enjoying more meaningful relationships.

Many people have ideas about how therapy should look or feel based on what they have seen in movies or tv, and some of those ideas can be scary or intimidating. Therapy should be a safe space where you feel comfortable sharing and exploring your thoughts, feelings, and experiences with someone who offers you empathy, authenticity, and acceptance. I believe that clients are the experts in their lives and will work collaboratively with you to explore the stories you hold about yourself and the world around you to find meaning, facilitate change, and highlight your strengths and successes. Book a free consultation to learn more about my approach and explore if we are a good fit.

Psychotherapy is commonly known as talk therapy. The main goal with psychotherapy is to help individuals with their mental health. Psychotherapists practice from a variety of evidence-based modalities. Together, we will determine your goals and decide which approach to take. Please contact me to schedule a free 15-minute consultation where we can explore your presenting concern, determine if we are a good fit for therapy and I can answer any questions that you may have.

Psychotherapy with me involves building a mutually respectful and collaborative therapeutic alliance so that we can safely and openly address and process your issues. Through this process, you can gain valuable insight and self-knowledge. I believe that change happens when you become fully self-aware of your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, and from that point on you can choose how you would like to think, feel, and behave going forward.

As a marriage and family therapist and a social worker, I have been providing psychotherapy to individuals, couples and families for over 15 years. Individual work related to loss and grief, self-esteem/confidence, anxiety/depression, addictions, intimacy challenges, sex and sexulaity, childhood and adult abuse, parenting and life tansitions makes up a significant portion of the work I do. I also provide relationship counselling for any relationship you have that is struggling - this includes couples, families, friends and business partners. Whether you are looking for yourself or for one of your relationships, therapy can assist you in reaching your individual and relational potential

As a gestalt psychotherapist, who pairs gestalt training with somatic experiencing I can help support you in healing from your trauma. No one in the Niagara Region utilizes the combination of these therapies and applies them to working with couples in crisis. I am sorry to say but popular approaches to healing trauma like CBT will provide only temporary relief at best. If you want to get to the root of your trauma and heal somatic experiencing (SE) is what you need and when supported with the power of relational gestalt therapy you will shift your shit! SE focuses on regulating your nervous system. Gestalt focuses on awareness, contact and authenticity, it will help being relational.