Find a Therapist in Oakville, Ontario.

I am committed to you as a precious and unique individual in need of care. I will help you transform the negative emotions that prevent you from living your life to the full. I use an approach called Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) which focuses on healing past hurts and accessing your inner strengths and resources. During a session we don't just talk about your problems but I help you EXPERIENCE something better! I receive so much joy as a therapist when my clients achieve break throughs and are able to enjoy living again! You don't need to let your past define your future!

My psychotherapy / counselling style is intended to help you better respond to your current life situation and challenges by assisting you as you explore your own thoughts, feelings and behaviours with regards to those issues and challenges. It is also intended to help you develop skills you can use in the future when you run into new difficulties.

Many clients struggle with problematic behaviours, relationships or issues, some based in early childhood experiences. Psychotherapy involves building a relationship with my clients, creating a dialogue, helping them develop or grow their self-reflective capacity, increase their self-understanding and improve their own emotional regulation and decision making process...as awareness grows clients begin to have choice about their behaviour and situations and can begin to make much desired changes.

Psychotherapy is a precious space between therapist and client. It is a moment of self-exploration and self-discovery with the gentle guidance and direction of a psychotherapist who has your well-being at heart. I strongly believe in the art of psychotherapy and have personally seen results in hundreds of clients. I can help you achieve your goals in a proactive, warm and productive manner. If you are ready to start to explore and make positive changes in your life, I can help get you there.

Many people feel nervous about going to a psychotherapist. Not knowing what to expect or worrying you'll be told what to do by some know-it-all therapist is enough to keep many people from even making the first phone call. My approach puts you in charge of our sessions. With concrete goals in mind, I ask for specific feedback from you about how you think our sessions are going and the improvements you're seeing, to guide where we go next. We're partners in our work. Whether you want to make changes in a particular aspect of your life or just get more out of life in general, we'll plot a course to get you there, then make it happen together.

I provide psychotherapy for a number of clinical problems, including but not limited to: depression, anxiety, relationship problems, grief/loss, anger and stress management, chronic pain and trauma. I use evidence based techniques, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) to help clients meet their goals in a timely manner.

I am very pleased to say that I am a registered psychotherapist with the College of Psychotherapists of Ontario in good standings since May 2016. I have gone through vigorous education and preparation to obtain my designation with CRPO. I believe that having this designation helps clients to make the best decision in regard to their choice of the therapist needed.

I am a Registered Psychotherapist. I work primarily with individuals and couples. For individuals, psychotherapy can take many forms from many schools. I've found what works best is holistic solution focused empathetic counselling, integrating Mindfulness Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (MCBT) with client focused goals and action plans. Our primary relationships with our 'father/mother' and family of origin can influence us positively or negatively. Psychotherapy can help identify the person growth areas for more effective functioning.

Talk therapy can be helpful, but sometimes isn't enough. Awareness, growth, healing and empowerment can happen on many levels: emotionally, physically, psychologically, energetically, spiritually and relationally. The Refuge's approach is holistic and integrative, a combination of mind-body, somatic, mindfulness, emotion-focused, solution-focused, cognitive-behavioural, expressive arts, and nature-based traditions, etc. Our team of psychotherapists is unique in the region, and emphasizes trauma healing and resolution, emotion regulation, relationship repair, and touch/table work, grounded in neuroscience, somatics and attachment theory: www.healingrefuge.com

Psychotherapy addresses some of the same challenges as counselling does, but aims its focus more deeply on the psychological roots of problems and unhealthy behavior patterns. Some of our belief- and behavior patterns develop in childhood, others evolve through subsequent life experiences. In our sessions, I will gently help you understand your emotions, thoughts and action and where they might originate. We will explore possible sources of your stress, and I will guide and support you to become aware, that you can heal your past and explore ways to effectively cope in the present. 905-842-3626

The associates at New Leaf Psychology Centre represent a broad range of experiences and expertise. Psychotherapy is offered for clients across the lifespan. Treatment approaches taken are evidence based yet personalized to you. Psychotherapy can be helpful for self-exploration (e.g. identity, anger, procrastination, career options), coping with life stressors (e.g. work, family, children, school, separation, grief), reducing worries, and improving mood.

Psychotherapy is an effective treatment for a variety of mental health concerns. This treatment allows clients to explore their behaviours, thoughts and emotions in a safe and non-judgemental environment. Clients are encouraged to take an expert role in developing clear goals and strategies to overcome the challenges that they are presently experiencing.

Looking for a longer term approach to working through difficulties? As with counselling, psychotherapy involves a therapist and client working together to develop effective coping mechanisms and improve functionality; unlike counselling, psychotherapists dig deeper, exploring patterns of behaviour that have lead to where a person finds oneself in life.