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Therapy

Adult Psychotherapy Therapy

Adult Psychotherapy Therapy

Adult Psychotherapy Therapy

 

  • A safe, nonjudgmental space to explore thoughts, feelings, and life challenges.
     
  • Therapy tailored to each individual using approaches like Client-Centered Therapy and CBT.
     
  • Support for anxiety, low mood, trauma, anger, and relational difficulties.
     
  • Strength-based approach that builds on personal resilience and coping strategies.
     
  • Focus on personal growth, emotional regulation, and improved day-to-day functioning.

Adolscents & Teens

Adult Psychotherapy Therapy

Adult Psychotherapy Therapy

 

  • A safe, supportive space for adolescents to explore emotions, identity, and life challenges.
     
  • Therapy tailored to individual needs using Client-Centered Therapy and CBT.
     
  • Support for anxiety, low mood, trauma, anger, bullying, and relational difficulties.
     
  • Focus on building emotional resilience, communication styles, and problem-solving skills.
     
  • Includes family guidance to support healthy dynamics and lasting change.

Play Therapy

Adult Psychotherapy Therapy

 

  • A developmentally appropriate, child-led approach that uses play as a form of communication.
     
  • Helps children express emotions, process experiences, and develop healthy coping strategies.
     
  • Supports social, emotional, and behavioural growth in a safe and nurturing environment.
     
  • Especially effective for children facing anxiety, trauma, anger, loss, or adjustment difficulties.
     
  • Includes parent feedback and guidance to support progress beyond the therapy space.

Anxiety & Depression

 

  • Explore interactional and communication patterns that may contribute to anxiety or low mood, fostering more adaptive relational styles.
     
  • Support the development of structured routines to promote emotional stability and a sense of safety.
     
  • Identify and build on personal assets and external resources to enhance resilience and self-efficacy.
     
  • Use a polyvagal-informed approach to support nervous system regulation through practices that promote safety, connection, and grounding.
     
  • Guide clients in resourcing and rewiring internal responses, supporting long-term emotional and behavioural change.

Informed Trauma Care

 

  • Gently explore interactional and communication patterns shaped by past experiences, promoting safer and more adaptive relational styles.
     
  • Establish consistent routines to create a sense of predictability, safety, and emotional grounding.
     
  • Identify and strengthen internal assets and external supports to foster resilience and empowerment.
     
  • Apply a polyvagal-informed lens to support nervous system regulation through connection, co-regulation, and body-based safety cues.
     
  • Focus on resourcing and gently rewiring stress responses to support healing, emotional balance, and long-term well-being.

Framework of Practice

 

  • I integrate a brain-based approach with traditional therapy to support emotional, cognitive, and behavioural development.
     
  • Interventions are aligned with the brain’s natural processes for growth, regulation, and healing.
     
  • By drawing on the brain’s plasticity, therapy fosters meaningful and lasting change.
     
  • Brain-based strategies enhance engagement, self-awareness, and overall therapeutic outcomes.
     
  • Approaches are developmentally informed and tailored to each client’s neurological and emotional needs.

FAQ's

Individual Psychotherapy

The therapeutic process begins with an intake consultation. This is an opportunity for clients to convey their needs and identify areas of support and intervention. 


Play Therapy

Feedback is given every 4-6 sessions depending on the client's progress.


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