Hello - nice to meet you!
My name is Maddie and I'm so glad that you landed here. I have been working in the field of mental health for 6+ years and absolutely love accompanying people along their therapeutic journey. This therapeutic adventure can take many forms and requires much courage and bravery. It can feel like quite the roller-coaster at times, and there is so much growth and freedom to be experienced alongside it. If you're ready to embark on this internal adventure, keep reading to see if I may be the right fit to accompany you!
What I help with:
Are you a youth (10+), teenager, student, or young adult, or adult experiencing any of the following:
- Anxiety, ADHD, or depression
- Emotional dysregulation
- School stress
- Relationship challenges
- Identity exploration
- 2SLGTBQIA+
- Body Image
- Suicidal ideation & self-harm
- Confidence & Self-esteem
- Low motivation, procrastination, perfectionism, or a strong inner critic
- Grief and loss
- Experiential crisis
- Attachment challenges
- The overall pressures of being a human in today’s world?
Who I Help:
- I offer individual sessions to youth (10+), teenagers, students, young adults, and adults.
- I offer family therapy sessions to families with youth (10+), teenagers, and young adults. I do not offer marriage counselling.
My Approach:
In working with me, we will practice the self-awareness, skill development, emotional regulation and mental health competencies needed to help navigate life's challenges in an engaging way. We can spend our therapeutic sessions chatting in nature, doing art together, calming the nervous system listening the Safe and Sound music program, playing therapeutic games, or just sitting back, relaxing, and talking about everything in life.
Therapeutic Modalities that I offer:
- Talk therapy
- Emotion focused therapy
- Experiential therapy
- Parts work
- Expressive arts therapy
- Walk and talk ecotherapy
- Attachment work
- Inner child work
- Cognitive behavioural-based therapy
- I am trained provider of the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP).
My Past Experience:
My 6+ years of experience has prepared me to work in the field of Psychotherapy and to specialize working with youth, teenagers and their families in a holistic way. My past experience includes:
- Psychotherapist at a pediatric mental health clinic in Milton
- Counsellor for Kids Help Phone
- Counsellor for Smokers' Helpline
- Adventure Therapy Instructor for Wendigo Lake Expeditions
Life is an adventure with its ups and downs and its all arounds, and together we will try to make the best of this wild, whacky and fulfilling journey. Please reach out if you would like to connect about how therapy might be a good fit for you right now. I'd love to join your team as you navigate this experience! Chat soon!
Madeleine Serhal Reaches
Stoney Creek ON