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Our individual therapy sessions provide a safe, confidential space for you to explore your thoughts and feelings with a trained therapist. Learn more here.
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Couples therapy offers a safe and supportive space for partners to explore and resolve their challenges. Whether facing communication issues, conflicts, trust concerns, or life transitions, couples therapy provides a structured and compassionate approach to help couples navigate their differences and enhance their connection.
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If you are looking for support from others who may be experiencing similar challenges, our group therapy sessions are a great way to connect with others, learn skills, and build a community of support. Learn more here.
Upcoming Groups:
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Please Note: Our assessment waitlist is currently at capacity and we are not accepting psychoeducational assessment intakes at this time.
Psychoeducational Assessments are provided for a wide range of presenting problems for children, adolescents and adults (e.g., concerns regarding: social skills; activity level; attention; emotional self-control; delayed cognitive or daily life skills; difficulties learning subjects at school; organization skills). Learn more here.
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Psychodiagnostic assessments are assessments for the purpose of diagnosis that are not psychoeducational in nature. Diagnostic assessments include assessments for: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or other stressor-related disorders; Anxiety Disorders, Mood Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Our team of registered psychologists (Ph.D, C.Psych), registered psychological associates, and clinical psychology candidates (supervised) & psychological associate candidates (supervised) can provide diagnostic assessment services.
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Peace of Mind Neurofeedback utilizes the NeurOptimal® system. NeurOptimal® neurofeedback works as an electrical information-detection system noticing shifts and differences in brain activity, in the moment it occurs. NeurOptimal® provides feedback to the brain about these subtle shifts and changes – about what the brain just did. By simply offering the brain this information about what it just did, the brain then notices what it is doing in the present moment and this information allows the brain to organically re-organize itself, activating its own healing wisdom. As a result of the brain training, clients have reported their brain to be flexible and resilient, responding faster naturally.
Neurofeedback offers Training for the Brain and works together with the Central Nervous System (CNS) to learn and improve overall brain functioning. The Brain is always learning and takes the information provided by NeurOptimal® neurofeedback to reorganize and actively improve its functioning, flexibility and stability. As the brain and the CNS develop flexibility and resilience, this is reported to feel like stability to many clients. Each session, the brain and CNS develop the ability to carry this newfound stability across their sessions and, over repeated sessions, to maintain that feeling in their everyday lives.
Our Services
Types of Therapy
Our team members are trained in a variety of therapeutic interventions. The most used therapies include Cognitive Behavior Therapy components. This includes CBT, ACT, DBT, and EMDR Therapies. We all include coping strategies into therapy which may include grounding through our senses, relaxation, and mindfulness skills. Click on each therapy type to learn more.
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CBT therapy is a widely practiced, highly effective, and evidence-based form of psychotherapy that addresses a wide range of mental health issues for children, adolescents and adults. CBT is based on the understanding that our thoughts, feelings (emotional and physical), and behaviors are interconnected and influence each other. CBT aims to help individuals identify and modify negative thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to emotional distress and mental health challenges.
The central principle of CBT is that our perceptions and interpretations of situations directly impact our emotional and behavioral responses. In CBT, individuals work collaboratively with their therapist to examine and challenge these automatic negative thoughts and beliefs, replacing them with more balanced and rational ones.
The therapy typically involves several structured sessions, during which the therapist helps the client develop coping skills and effective strategies to manage their difficulties. These skills may include relaxation techniques, problem-solving skills, and assertiveness training, among others. By learning these tools, individuals can respond to life's challenges in healthier and more adaptive ways.
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ACT is a modern, evidence-based form of psychotherapy that focuses on helping individuals develop psychological flexibility and live a meaningful life (developed by Steven Hayes). ACT is rooted in the principles of mindfulness and acceptance, guiding individuals to acknowledge and embrace their thoughts and emotions without judgment. Rather than attempting to eliminate or control unpleasant feelings, ACT encourages individuals to build a willingness to experience them fully.
The therapy emphasizes the importance of clarifying personal values and committing to behaviors aligned with those values, even in the face of challenges or uncomfortable emotions. Through various mindfulness and acceptance techniques, individuals learn to observe their thoughts and feelings, letting go of unhelpful patterns, and connecting with the present moment.
ACT includes 6 core processes:
Contact with the Present Moment
Self as Context: Observing that we are not our thoughts and not applying judgment labels (there is no good or bad thought)
Acceptance: Accepting parts of our experience are not within our control by shifting how we frame and label our thoughts and feelings
Cognitive Defusion: Separating our evaluations from the actual experience (“I notice I am thinking I can’t do this” rather than “I can’t do this”)
Values: Identifying and clarifying values and goals that provide us with a sense of purpose
Committed Action: Identifying goals that match our values and identifying steps to act on our goals (behavioural action)
ACT is particularly effective for treating anxiety, depression, chronic stress, and a wide range of psychological issues. By promoting psychological flexibility and empowering individuals to live in accordance with their values, ACT supports profound personal growth and enhanced overall well-being. It's a transformative approach that fosters resilience and helps people cultivate a rich, purposeful life.
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DBT Therapy is a specialized and highly effective form of psychotherapy initially developed to treat individuals with borderline personality disorder. Over time, it has proven successful in helping people with various emotional dysregulation and interpersonal difficulties.
DBT combines cognitive-behavioral techniques with mindfulness principles and elements of dialectics, which focus on finding a balance between acceptance and change. The therapy emphasizes validating clients' emotions and experiences while also encouraging them to make positive changes in their lives.
A central component of DBT is learning and practicing mindfulness, which involves being fully present in the moment and accepting one's thoughts and emotions without judgment. Mindfulness helps individuals increase awareness of their feelings and thoughts, leading to better emotional regulation and decision-making.
Another significant aspect of DBT is skills training, which includes four main modules:
Mindfulness: Cultivating present-moment awareness and acceptance.
Distress Tolerance: Learning healthy ways to tolerate and cope with distressing situations without engaging in harmful behaviors.
Emotion Regulation: Developing strategies to manage and modulate intense emotions effectively.
Interpersonal Effectiveness: Enhancing communication skills and setting boundaries in relationships.
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EMDR Therapy is an integrated therapy approach for treating trauma and psychological stress that was developed by Francine Shapiro in 1987 and is supported by research. EMDR Therapy allows people to process events that have become “stuck in time” and lead to symptoms in the “here and now” (i.e., the present). The symptoms a person experiences now are the result of past experiences that have not been processed adequately and integrated in the brain. In other words, your past experiences continue to affect you today.
That is because the brain’s natural way of processing information is blocked during times of stress and trauma. EMDR processing seems to unlock memories of past distressing events so that normal information processing is resumed and the person no longer relives the images, sensory experiences (sounds, smells, sights, etc), feelings, and negative self-beliefs (e.g., I’m unlovable, I’m unworthy, I’m not safe) associated with the distressing event. Although people remember what happened, the memory of the event becomes less distressing (i.e., the ‘gut punch’ is gone), current symptoms decrease, and they are better able to function and cope in the present.
Dual attention stimuli, such as eye movements and tapping, are used to ‘unlock’ the brain and allow processing to occur as a person focuses on a disturbing memory. Information related to the trauma or distressing event is accessed through thoughts (images and self-beliefs), emotions, and body sensations in a structured format that allows a person to work with the memory. Therapists introduce techniques to reduce discomfort and tolerate emotions during preparation work prior to processing memories.