Every person is unique and deserves to be acknowledged and heard. My psychotherapy style is an integrative approach to mental health and overall well-being. This means I embody a holistic view toward therapy, as well as life. There is much to explore within ourselves in order to understand our thoughts, feelings, behaviours, perspectives and the impact experiences have on our lives. I believe healing and personal awareness and growth is an active process achieved by observing one’s mind, body and soul, trusting, and being honest with ourselves. Studies indicate that many people feel alone and isolated even in the company of others. Often one of the the first questions in my mind when sitting with a client is, “I wonder how they talk to themselves?” because this is an accurate representation of how they will feel. This is why I believe strongly in paying attention to self-talk and support mindfulness strategies.
Some modalities & Techniques used:
- Talk Therapy
- Inner child and inner critic
- Certified Havening Techniques® Practitioner Havening Techniques®, also known as Amygdala Depotentiation Therapy (ADT).
- Hypnosis – Better sleep/fears/anxiety etc
- EMDR
- NLP
- Focusing and body awareness
- Mindfulness
- Meditation
- Past Life Regression
- Life Between Life
- Resiliency building
- Brainspotting Therapy
- ACT – Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Spiritual Technology/Accelerated Evolution
- DBT – Dialectical behavioral therapy
Psychotherapy is a collaborative process between the client and therapist. We work together to identify and uncover various patterns, core issues and beliefs, and feelings and repetitive thoughts which may keep you from living and feeling your best. People are sometimes uncomfortable about entering psychotherapy because they feel they will have to revisit upsetting circumstances in their past. They hesitate to talk to a stranger about personal matters. This is understandable, however, psychotherapists are trained to help clients process and have an impartial perspective which is different than speaking to a family member or friend. Sometimes clients feel that opening old wounds may make them feel worse. Though current difficulties are shaped in someway by past experiences it is not always necessary to fully empty one’s closest fully to feel better, reduce stress, identify false beliefs and gain relief. While processing an experience is important, I use a few techniques that work primarily around the emotional charge regarding a challenge rather than focusing on the depths and details of the story. Often reducing the emotional charge first enables a client to talk more easily. Either way we work together identifying what works best for you.
I work with clients in a variety of areas including, but not limited to, anxiety, childhood sexual abuse, work related stress, gender issues, depression, family of origin exploration, relationships, employment/life changes and adoption issues. A key aspect on the way I approach healing has to do with the emotional charge attached to trauma and how to reduce it. My focus is one-to-one and/or group therapy.
I believe we do the best we can with what we have to work with at a specific time. Be gentle with yourself. If you are struggling reach out to someone you trust. Below is a website with crisis services in Ontario: https://www.chs.ca/distress-centres-and-crisis-lines-ontario It includes various mental health contact numbers.