Counselling Services
What We Do
Counselling Services
Individual and Personal Counselling
As humans we use communication to connect with others and to make sense of our thoughts and feelings. Unfortunately we don’t always feel comfortable to talk to people in our lives because they are emotionally involved with us.
Individual counselling allows you to speak to someone in confidence one-on-one. We provide a safe, caring and non-judgemental environment to explore your feelings, behaviours and belief systems. Counselling allows you to experience growth during challenging parts of life.
Individual counselling can help one deal with many personal topics in life such as anger, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, marriage and relationship challenges, parenting problems, school difficulties, career changes and stress.
Couples Counselling
Disarming conflicting verbal communication increasing intimacy, respect, and affection
With couples counselling we use well researched approaches to help with developing healthier relationships.
The Gottman Method
The Gottman Method is an approach to couples therapy that includes a thorough assessment of the couple’s relationship and integrates research-based interventions based on the Sound Relationship House Theory.
To learn more : https://www.gottman.com/blog/what-is-the-sound-relationship-house/
The goals of the Gottman Method Couples Therapy are to increase intimacy, respect, and affection. We look at disarming conflicting verbal communication and creating a heightened sense of empathy and understanding within the context of the relationship. (John and Julie Gottman)
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
Emotionally Focused Therapy
Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) is a type of short-term therapy that is used to improve attachment and bonding in adult relationships. This approach to couples therapy was developed by doctors Sue Johnson and Les Greenberg in the 1980’s and is rooted in research on love as an attachment bond. EFT uses attachment as a map to understand dysfunctional relationship patterns. When we feel safely connected to our partners we are healthier and happier. Counsellors will use EFT as a map to help guide couples build healthier attachments in their relationships.
Bowen Systems Therapy
The Bowen Family Systems approach to counselling would invite individuals to take a broader view of their situation and get at the root of their problems. It would involve identifying any dysfunctional patterns that govern their relationships, whether it is with family, friends, or coworkers. The goal is to help individuals find more thoughtful ways to direct their own lives, by guiding them to choose healthier ways of managing relationships and respond more effectively to situations.
Trauma Counselling
Working with a therapist or therapy that is trauma-focused or trauma-informed.
Trauma is our response to a deeply distressing or very disturbing event that overwhelms our ability to cope and it is associated with feeling of helplessness. This can affect our ability to feel our full range of emotions and experiences. Trauma can lead us to feel more negatively about ourselves.
Not every traumatic situation leads to PTSD. Sometimes people develop Acute Stress Disorder, where they have similar symptoms to PTSD initially but disappear in a few weeks. Receiving specialised therapy benefits those with PTSD.
Treatment may involve:
Mindfulness-based stress reduction, Eye Movement Desensitization Technique, Emotional Freedom Technique, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Approaches, and Client centred Approaches
Services and Fees
Due to COVID-19 appointments will be available virtually. In-person appointments will also be available.
The regular fee for counselling is $160 per 50-minute session, 10 minutes will be used for administration.
Couples sessions are $170.00 per regular session.
A $10.00 Student Discount is available on all regular counselling fees.
Counselling Services
Extended Areas of Help
Depression/Anxiety/PTSD
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OCD/Compulsions
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If you would like to learn more about our treatment approaches, please view the approaches to counselling page. If you have any questions please call or e-mail us.