“Therapy isn’t Radio.We don’t need to constantly fill the air with sounds. Sometimes, when its quiet, surprising things happen.”
― Mary Pipher, Letters to a Young Therapist
SERVICES PROVIDED
I provide a range of supports to my clients based on an assessment of their needs and their self directed goals. I work to demonstrate a respect for diversity and inclusion of modalities and models appropriate to the needs of the people who I work with. These modalities may include: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills training; Motivational Interviewing; Mindfulness; Somatic Experiencing (SE); and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
My areas of specialization include, but are not limited to:
- Trauma resolution & PTSD recovery
- Recovery from sexual assault
- Recovery from childhood sexual abuse
- Recovery from childhood attachment wounds and neglect
- Recovery from car accidents
- Reclaiming control over anxiety and panic
- Reclaiming control of anger
- Moving through depression
- Grief and loss
- Navigating life changes
- Addiction recovery
- Working with First Responders
- Working with social workers, therapists, and counsellors
ABOUT PSYCHOTHERAPY
Psychotherapy can be an agent of change and growth. Some people find that participating in therapy can even result in positive changes that were not expected or intended at the outset. Numerous research studies have shown that psychotherapy can result in benefits such as: resolution of past traumatic events, improvement in relationships and the ability to socially engage, an increased ability to tolerate distress, improved emotional capacity, increased insight, an improvement in mood, resilience, and adaptability. Clients are most likely to improve if they trust their therapist, feel understood by their therapist and experience a genuine concern and support from their therapist. Some examples of the methods that I may use in therapy include: dialogue, encouragement to pay attention to your thoughts and feelings, challenges to maladaptive patterns and avoidance, free association, interpretation, cognitive reframing, awareness exercises, skill building, self-monitoring experiments, visualization, body awareness and tracking, journaling, dream exploration, EMDR, and homework.
Despite its many benefits, therapy is often challenging work with potential risks. Therapy should be transformative over time but requires that you discuss and explore memories, emotions, sensations, and events in your life that may be unpleasant. Some people find that they feel worse as therapy progresses before they feel better. Therapy may bring up increased and uncomfortable emotions such as anxiety, sadness, guilt, shame, anger, and frustration. Clients may also recall unexpected and unpleasant memories that can be painful to look at. Making changes in your life can be scary and poses the risk of disrupting your status quo. Therapy can change how you live, and it can change how you feel about your relationships. It is important that you consider carefully all of the risks and benefits when deciding if psychotherapy is right for you.