Services

We can help with:

Anxiety

Anxiety, though unpleasant, is a normal part of life. It is a normal reaction to stress, and in some situations can even be beneficial. Anxiety is not always benign, though. It can come on suddenly and intensely to the point of panic, can be triggered by routine daily tasks, activities and interactions, or may seem to never fully recede, leaving one with an uncomfortable level of anxiety as a baseline. If it feels like your anxiety is dominating your life, therapy can help.

Boundary Setting

Boundary setting is a challenge for many of us. If you find saying ‘no’ to other people is difficult or uncomfortable, feel responsible for the feelings of others in a way that is not reciprocated, or feel obliged to attend to others’ needs before your own, learning to establish healthy boundaries in a respectful way may could be a tremendous help. Setting boundaries helps you feel comfortable making yourself a priority, helps you avoid burnout and resentment, and restores balance to your life.

Burnout

Burnout occurs when work-related stress becomes so acute that we either can no longer fulfill the requirements of our employment or no longer find value in the work we do. When suffering from burnout, a normal work day leaves us feeling resentful and disproportionately fatigued. You may feel anxiety about your job at all hours, knowing you are not doing your best work. If you need help managing burnout, therapy can help you find a path forward.

Child and Adolescent Therapy

Child and Adolescent Therapy can help with mental health issues like stress and depression that can result from complex peer relationships, bullying, social media pressure, personal identity questions and other challenges

Child Abuse

Child Abuse occurs in our society with tragic frequency and devastating impact. Survivors are often left with poor self-esteem, depression and other emotional problems which can linger through adulthood if left untreated. Whether the abuse was physical, emotional, sexual or through neglect, therapy can be an important step toward healing.

Compassion Fatigue

Compassion Fatigue is a pervasive feeling of emotional exhaustion common to those in helping professions. Proximity to suffering, trauma or death over an extended time, without proper debriefing and self-care, erodes the pool of empathy we need to have healthy and productive personal and private relationships. Talking to a therapist with an understanding of this experience can help process vicarious trauma and restore the emotional balance needed to continue helping others in a healthy way.

Couples Therapy

Couples Therapy helps rebuild the connection between partners. There are any number of reasons a divide may grow between loved ones – it could be a specific event, a pattern of behaviour or an accumulation of otherwise unrelated circumstances, but the end result is often the same: a rift that feels impossible to bridge. Seeking therapy together can be an effective way to gain a mutual understanding of the issues and work through them to rekindle friendship and intimacy.

Depression

Depression varies widely in intensity and the scope of symptoms it manifests. It may or may not have a known cause or trigger. The commonality is that depression erodes or strips away our ability to enjoy life, take pleasure in daily events, and maintain a positive outlook. Whether depression is intense and overwhelming or an intermittent burden. A compassionate therapist can play an important role in the journey to wellness.

Grief

Grief is the natural reaction to loss, a profound sadness that is deeply personal and can be overwhelming. The experience of grief is not limited to the loss of a loved one, though this is certainly a powerful trigger. The loss of life opportunity, an important relationship, a valued job or even a cherished personal item can all be expected to trigger a sense of grief for a period of weeks, months or even years. This is normal; we all respond and adapt to grief differently. Sometimes though, our grief becomes all-encompassing. It can make normal daily interactions feel painful, leave us numb to positive emotion, and become a singular focus of our life that feels impossible to look beyond.

Illness and Disability

Illness and disability can be significant impediments to daily functioning and deeply impactful on mental health, owing to both the reality of the impairment and society’s often flawed response to it. Discrimination, barriers to access and long-term planning can become sources of stress and anxiety. A skilled therapist can help you work through these feelings, build self-advocacy skills, navigate challenging relationships and adapt to changing roles.

Infertility

Infertility can trigger a complex interaction of grief and anxiety. Confronted on a daily basis with the thing we want most – children – the trauma and loss associated with infertility leave us vulnerable to a barrage of triggers for negative emotions, riding a roller coaster of anger, sadness, jealousy and frustration. A skilled therapist can help separate the medical condition of infertility from the mental health struggles that have grown out of it, and help reestablish your identity as separate from it.

Life Transitions

Life transitions represent significant change in our lives, and change is rarely easy. Even positive change – marriage, beginning a new career, or welcoming a new child – can be a source of stress. When the transition is to a life state we would prefer to avoid – a divorce, unplanned retirement or job loss, or moving to a new community – it is even more difficult to navigate. Sometimes we need help to navigate these life transitions successfully, but doing so can build confidence, resilience, and leave you better prepared for life’s next challenge.

Post-partum / Perinatal Mental Health

The journey into parenthood can be fraught with stressors which impact our post-partum / perinatal mental health. Anxiety, depression, grief and loss can result from the experience of birth, and it can be helpful to speak with a compassionate therapist to help navigate your parenthood journey.

Regulating Emotions

Regulating Emotions can be difficult if we did not have good mentorship in building emotion-regulating skills while growing or are subjected to threatening or intense conditions that overwhelm our learned capacity for emotional regulation. Unregulated emotions can have deeply negative impacts on personal and professional relationships and opportunities and can cause ongoing erosion of mental wellness. Therapy can help build and reinforce the skills you need to reassert control over your emotions.

Relationships

Relationships are complicated, and our most important ones can be our most challenging. It is normal for relationships with our friends, colleagues and loved ones to experience occasional friction, but when they become dysfunctional it can be deeply impactful on our quality of life. Therapy can help you reclaim your life from the unhealthy relationship(s) it has become entangled with.

Self-esteem and Self-confidence

Self-esteem goes hand in hand with self-confidence. Our ability to express ourselves and advocate for our own needs is intrinsically tied to our own sense of worth. When our self-esteem is low, we tend to blame ourselves when things go poorly, but struggle to take credit when things go well. It becomes difficult to assert ourselves because we lose faith in our own abilities and lose sight of our value to others. A therapist skilled in treating these issues can provide tools to help rebuild your self-esteem and restore your confidence in yourself.

Sexual Abuse and Assault

Sexual Abuse and Assault inflict a deeply personal trauma that commonly manifests as intense anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress and shame. Survivors can develop attachment issues and struggle to maintain intimate relationships. Therapy provides a non-judgmental space to begin resolving these symptoms, work through difficult feelings, and learn coping skills to manage triggering interactions.

Trauma and PTSD

Trauma and PTSD can result from a wide range of situations, including (but certainly not limited to) serious injury, threats, bullying and other forms of abuse or violence, warfare and environmental disasters. We may experience flashbacks, nightmares, overwhelming anxiety and uncontrollable thoughts about the event(s) that inflicted the trauma. Obtaining effective treatment from a capable therapist can be a key step in reducing symptoms and improving quality of life.